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RECORD NUMBER: 514 OF 679| Main Title | Sierra crossing : first roads to California / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Howard, Thomas Frederick | |||||||||||
| Publisher | University of California Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1998 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 37345664 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0520206703 (cloth : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Roads--Sierra Nevada (Calif and Nev)--History--19th century ; Overland journeys to the Pacific ; Sierra Nevada (Calif and Nev)--Description and travel | |||||||||||
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| Collation | ix, 218 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Mountain wall, snow, basins, and rivers -- Trans-Sierra transport before wheeled vehicles -- Wagon trains across the Sierra -- Local initiatives in road building -- State government road measures -- The distant prospect of railroads -- The Federal government builds west to California -- Mail contracts and stagecoach service -- A revival of interest in road construction in California -- The Central Pacific Railroad. |