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03315aam a2200529Ia 4500 001 C96F1B06672511E0B83307B26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110415010050 008 100629s2010 okuab b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2009028667 020 $a 0870623818 (v. 1 : special edition : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780870623813 (v. 1 : special edition : alk. paper) 020 $a 0806141034 (v. 1 : hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780806141039 (v. 1 : hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)644732381 040 $a ZAD $c ZAD $d SILO $d SILO 043 $a n-usp-- 082 04 $a 978/.02 $2 22 100 1 $a Bagley, Will, $d 1950- 245 1 $a So rugged and mountainous : $b blazing the trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848. / $c Will Bagley. 260 $a Norman : $b University of Oklahoma Press, $c c2010. 300 $a xxii, 458 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 27 cm. 440 0 $a Overland West : the story of the Oregon and California Trails, v. 1. 505 0 $a We had to travel through an Indian country -- Difficulties which never occurred to their minds : fur traders, adventurers, and visionaries -- The stern facts of geography : Americans head west, 1840 and 1841 -- Jumping off : preparations, provisions, and partings -- You damn Yankees will do anything you like : opening roads to the Pacific, 1842 and 1843 -- The restless ones : the swelling tides of 1844 and 1845 -- All very much of the same : life on the early trails -- Grasping and unscrupulous : peace in Oregon, war in California, 1846 -- A wild looking set : society on the trails -- Tragedy in Oregon, gold in California, and a city at the Great Salt Lake, 1847 and 1848. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-439) and index. 520 $a "So rugged and mountainous is the first of a projected four-volume history, Overland West: the story of the Oregon and California Trails. This sweeping series describes how the 'Road across the Plains' transformed the American West and became an enduring part of its legacy. And by showing that overland emigration would not have been possible without the cooperation of Native peoples and tribes, it places American Indians at the center of trail history, not on its margins"--Book jacket. 650 0 $a Trails $z West (U.S.) $x History. 651 0 $a Oregon National Historic Trail $x History. 651 0 $a California National Historic Trail $x History. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x Description and travel. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Oregon National Historic Trail. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z California National Historic Trail. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x History $y To 1848. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x History $y 1848-1860. 650 0 $a Overland journeys to the Pacific. 830 0 $a Overland West : the story of the Oregon and California Trails ; $v v. 1. 941 $a 9 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724065624.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214032807.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20171214012707.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825073414.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150514025506.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20120321010210.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20111119012216.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512012529.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20110415011743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C96F1B06672511E0B83307B26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search