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050 00 $aF789$b.P47 2008
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100 1 $aPetersen, Jesse G.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007087632
245 12 $aA route for the overland stage :$bJames H. Simpson's 1859 trail across the Great Basin /$cJesse G. Petersen ; foreword by David L. Bigler.
260 $aLogan :$bUtah State University Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $aviii, 248 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-239) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $g2.$tThe Journey Begins: Camp Floyd to Faust Creek -- $g3.$tFaust Creek to Pleasant Valley -- $g4.$tPleasant Valley to Roberts Creek -- $g5.$tRoberts Creek to Middlegate -- $g6.$tMiddlegate to Genoa -- $g7.$tGenoa to Smith Creek Valley -- $g8.$tSmith Creek Valley to Steptoe Valley -- $g9.$tSteptoe Valley to Swasey Mountain -- $g10.$tSwasey Mountain to Triple Peaks -- $g11.$tTriple Peaks to Camp Floyd -- $g12.$tAfter the Return -- $gApp.$tGeographic Coordinates.
520 1 $a"The 1859 exploration of the Great Basin by army topographical engineer James Simpson opened up one of the West's most important transportation and communication corridors, a vital link between the Pacific Coast and the rest of the nation. It became the route of the Pony Express and the Overland Mail and Stage, the line of the Pacific telegraph, a major wagon road for freighters and emigrants, and, eventually, the first transcontinental auto road, the Lincoln Highway, later Highway 50." "Despite its importance, no one until now has accurately tracked or mapped Simpson's original route. Jesse Petersen shows us - in words, maps, and photos - exactly where the explorer and his party went. Sharing his detective work and historical reconstruction as he walked or drove the entire trails, which varied on Simpson's way west and return east, Petersen takes readers along on a mountain and desert trek through one of America's most remote and striking landscapes."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aSimpson, J. H.$q(James Hervey),$d1813-1883$xTravel$zGreat Basin.
651 0 $aGreat Basin$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aGreat Basin$vSurveys.
651 0 $aGreat Basin$xGeography.
650 0 $aScientific expeditions$zGreat Basin$xHistory$y19th century.
852 00 $boff,glx$hF789$i.P47 2008