Disaster at the Colorado: Beale's Wagon Road and the First Emigrant Party
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Across north-central New Mexico and Arizona, along the line of Route66, now Interstate 40, there first ran a little-known wagon trail called Beale's Wagon Road, after Edward F. Beale, who surveyed it for the War Department in 1857. This survey became famous for employing camels. Not so well known is the fate of the first emigrants who the next year attempted to follow its tracks. The government considered the 1857exploration a success and the road...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0874214378
ISBN13:9780874214376
Release Date:June 2002
Publisher:Utah State University Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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