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Overland Travel List
Last updated January 2, 2010
1. Allen, Martha Mitten. TRAVELING
WEST: 19TH-CENTURY WOMEN ON THE OVERLAND ROUTES. El
Paso, Texas, UTEP: 1987. Softbound covers. Some shelf. Softbound covers. $5.95
2. Becker, Robert H. THOMAS
CHRISTY'S ROAD ACROSS THE PLAINS: A GUIDE TO THE ROUTE FROM MORMON CROSSING, NOW
OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Denver, Old West Publishing Co. :
1969. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $18.00
3. Bennett, William P. THE
FIRST BABY IN CAMP: A FULL ACOUNT OF THE SCENES AND ADVENTURES DURING THE
PIONEER DAYS OF `49. Salt Lake City, Rancher
Publishing Co. : 1893. 68 pages. Softbound covers. Some discoloration to the
green covers. $60.00
4. Brown, George D. FROM
COAST TO COAST. The Only Man to Drive a Single Course across the Continent,
Starting at Catalina Island, California... Simsbury,
Connecticut, Privately Printed: 1923. Wear and discoloration to covers. Library
ink mark on spine. Softbound covers. The front cover has some chips and a
diagonal piece cut away from the bottom corner, with no text affected. This is a
fascinating Americana publication. The author rode a horse-and- buggy from
California to New York state. He kept a detailed journal of his travels and
rights of the many small towns and larger cities that he traveled throughout
history. There is good information on the people and scenery of the states that
he traveled through, including California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and finally New York. A
rare and fascinating privately printed United States travel narrative. $125.00
5. Delafosse, Peter, Korns, J. Roderic
Korns and Dale Morgan. WEST FROM FORT BRIDGER.
Together with TRAILING THE PIONEERS. Two volume boxed deluxe set. Limited to 300
sets signed. Logan, Utah, Utah State University
Press: 1994. Both volumes in VG condition in fine slipcase. Both volumes are
limited to 300 copies and both are signed by all authors and contributors.
"West From Fort Bridger" is signed by Harold Schindler and Will
Bagley. "Trailing the Pioneers" is signed by all of the contributors;
Peter H. DeLafosse, Steven K. Madsen, Roy D. Tea, Jack B. Tykal, Rush Spedden,
Will Bagley, and Harold Schindler. $135.00
6. Florin, Lambert. WESTERN
WAGON WHEELS: A PICTORIAL MEMORIAL TO THE WHEELS THAT WON THE WEST. Seattle,
Superior Publishing Company: 1970. . 183 pages. VG in slightly edge-worn d.j.
$10.00
7. Hafen, Leroy R. THE
FAR WEST AND ROCKIES: Volume XV (15). GENERAL ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE FIFTEEN
VOLUME SERIES AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE JOURNALS OF FORTY-NINERS, SALT LAKE TO LOS
ANGELES. Glendale, Calif., Arthur H. Clark: 1962.
. 360 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and slight dulling to title. $60.00
8. Hafen, Leroy R. JOURNALS
OF FORTY-NINERS, SALT LAKE TO LOS ANGELES: WITH DIARIES AND CONTEMPORARY RECORDS
OF SHELDON YOUNG, JAMES S. BROWN, JACOB Y. STOVER, CHARLES C. RICH, ADDISON
PRATT, HOWARD EGAN, HENRY W. BIGLER AND OTHERS. Glendale,
Calif., Arthur H. Clark: 1954. 333 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to
spine and corners. $55.00
9. Hafen, Leroy R. OLD
SPANISH TRAIL: SANTA FE TO LOS ANGELES. With Extracts from Contemporary Records
and Including Diaries of Antonio Armijo and Orville Pratt. Glendale,
Calif., Arthur H. Clark: 1968. . 377 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and
corners. Scarce. This Is volume I of the "Far West and the Rockies
Series". $70.00
10. Harris, Everett W. THE
EMIGRANTS PASSED THIS WAY. Virginia City, Nevada,
Western Trails Research Association: 2002. . 152 pages. Large glossy softcover
binding. Shelf wear to binding. The top front corner is bumped. $15.00
11. Hartman, Elizabeth - editor. SANDY
PIONEERS, EARLY SETTLERS AND BARLOW ROAD DAYS. Sandy,
Oregon, The Sandy Centennial and Barlow Road Days, Inc. : 1973. . 252 pages.
Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. $8.95
12. National Park Service. DRAFT
ELIGIBILITY-FEASIBILITY STUDY & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. California &
Pony Express Trails. MO-IA-NE-KS-CO-WY-UT-ID-NV-OR. Washington,
DC, U. S. Dept. of the Interior: 1987. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped.
Softbound covers. Some Underlining. Scarce. Covers have light soiling. Includes
dozens of fold-out maps. A great reference book on the California and Pony
Express Trails. $75.00
13. Schiel, Jacob H. JOURNEY
THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE HUMBOLDT MOUNTAINS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Norman,
Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma: 1959. . Slight shelf wear. In slightly worn
dust jacket. $5.95
14. Shearer, Frederick E.-editor. THE
PACIFIC TOURIST. ADAMS AND BISHOP'S ILLUSTRATED TRANS-CONTINENTAL GUIDE OF
TRAVEL, FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. New
York, Adams & Bishop: 1884. . 372 pages. Shelf wear and discoloration to the
spine and covers. There are a couple of small chips to the cloth at the spine
extremities. Corners are rubbed. A reprint of the 1884 first edition. $45.00
15. Shepherd, James S. JOURNAL
OF TRAVEL ACROSS THE PLAINS TO CALIFORNIA AND GUIDE TO THE FUTURE EMIGRANT. Fairfield,
Washington, Ye Galleon Press: 1978. . 53 pages. Facsimile edition. $15.00
16. Todd, Edgeley Woodman. A
DOCTOR ON THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL. Denver, Colorado,
Old West Publishing Company: 1971. . 136 pages. Light wear. A beautiful copy.
$16.00
17. Wistar, Isaac Jones. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF ISAAC JONES WISTAR, 1827-1905. Two volume set. Philadelphia,
Wistar Institute: 1914. Paper over boards with red cloth spines. Shelf wear and
bumped corners. Binding tight. A wonderful narrative of General Wistar's
experiences and adventures in the early west. Very scarce set. $150.00
18. Wood, Dean Earl. THE
OLD SANTA FE TRAIL FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER. Kansas
City, E. L. Mendenhall: 1951. . 272 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and
corners, else near very good. Faint ex-library marks on the spine and former
library bookplate inside front cover. A scarce title. Scarce. $50.00