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Overland to California in 1859, A Guide for Wagon Train Travelers
     This book is an excellent educational tool for Upper Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Schools.  Written by Louis M. Bloch Jr. in 1980, the work describes how to organize a wagon train and travel to California and includes extensive excerpts from the emigrant guides of the day.  Included are:
  • Maps, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific
  • Information on the territories of Nebraska, Kansas, and Utah
  • Arrival in California
  • Actual map of Indian Tribes in 1833. 
  • Reprints of actual advertisements of the day are a delight!

     Chapter Guide:

  • Choosing a Route to California
  • Organization of Companies
  • Supplies and Provisions
  • Building Camp Furniture
  • Marching
  • Advance and Rear Guards, Camps, Fording Rivers
  • Indians
  • Nebraska, Kansas, and Utah Territories
  • California

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