An edition of South Pass
(2014)
South Pass
gateway to a continent
by Will Bagley
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Emigration and immigration, Pioneers, Immigrants, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Immigrants, united states, South pass (wyo.), Wyoming, history, United states, emigration and immigration, West (u.s.), historyPlaces
South Pass, Wyoming, South Pass (Wyo.), West (U.S.)Times
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Great Gate
"Daring and intrepid actions" : discovering South Pass, 1812
"Marshalling the way" : rediscovering South Pass, 1824
"Two fortunes apiece" : the Rocky Mountain fur trade
"Unheard-of journey" : missionary couples cross South Pass, 1834-1840
"Treading unknown paths" : emigrants and explorers, 1841-1848
"The other side of the world" : the Gold Rush, 1849-1855
Conflict and catastrophe at South Pass, 1856-1860
"Emphatically an emigrant road" : the Lander Cutoff
The U.S. mail and the war for South Pass, 1860-1869
"Gold, slathers of it" : the rush to South Pass, 1867
Afterword: The legacy of South Pass
Commemorating South Pass
Preservation and protection
South Pass National Historical Park : a 1969 vision
South Pass today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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