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345.

A wagon train attacked by Indians. — F. S. Amer. c.
1855 .

PAGE

1174

346.

Disaster to a wagon bound for Pike's Peak. - F. W.
Amer. c. 1858...

1177

347.

Overland emigrants' wagons passing Fort Laramie.

8vo. Lith. Amer. c. 1850...

1179

348.

Wagon train approaching Fort Mohave. -F. Lith.
Amer. c. 1855.....

1183

349.

350.

Independence, Missouri, during the period of overland
travel by wagons.
Sm. F. S. German. c. 1853
View of Kansas City in its earliest days. 4to. S.
Amer. c. 1850...

1191

1193

351.

....

A view of Kansas City in 1872. Sm. W. Amer.
1872 ..

1196

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A prairie fire. Sm. F. Lith. Col. German. c. 1856
Manner of conveying a wagon across a western river too
deep to be forded. Svo. Lith. Amer. c. 1858..
A wagon train descending a hill. 8vo. Lith. Amer.
c. 1855 ...

1201

1203

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1207

356.

Long wagon train making its way through a valley.
8vo. Lith. Amer. c. 1855...

1210

357.

Wagon train in the Black Hills. 12mo. Lith. Col.
Amer. 1876 ...

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A horse-litter of the West. 12mo. W. Amer. 1859. 1220

360.

St. Paul in its early years. Sm. F. Lith. Amer.

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361.

The Rubber Stamp Map of the Northwest.-L. F.
Lith. Amer. 1864..

1225

362.

Dog-sled of the far West.-F. W. German. 1862...

1228

363.

Announcement of a stage-coach company of the North

west. - 8vo.

Adv.

Amer.

1872......

1233

NUMBER

364

Nauvoo, Illinois, as it appeared before its evacuation
by the Mormons. - Sm. F. Lith. Col. German. C.
1856 ...

PAGE

1239

365.

Ruins of the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo.-F. S.
English. 1855..

1241

366.

367.

368.

A Mormon wagon train on the Oregon trail crossing the
Missouri at Council Bluffs in 1853.-F. S. English.
1855 ...
Mormon wagon train crossing the Loup Fork ferry on
the Oregon trail. F. S. English. 1855...
An early view of a street in Salt Lake City. - 8vo.
Lith. Amer. c. 1852.....

1245

1249

1251

369.

370.

A pack-train caravan near Huerfaño Butte, New Mex-
ico. 4to. S. Amer. c. 1860.....
Wagons halted near the Red River. 8vo. S. Ger-
man. c. 1853....

1255

1259

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Caravan on the Santa Fé trail, approaching the city of
Santa Fé. - 8vo. S. Amer. c. 1836.....

1262

372.

A steamboat in Mohave Cañon. Sm. F. S. Amer.
c. 1865 ...

1265

373.

Title page of Sherwood's Pocket Guide to California.
8vo. Amer. 1849...

1273

374.

A scene in St. Louis during the overland migrations.
8vo. W. Amer. c. 1856 ...

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375.

Scene of the tragedy at Donner Lake in 1846-1847. ·
12mo. W. Amer. 1870. From a photograph taken
about fifteen years after the event....

1277

376.

Family crossing the plains on the way to California.
F. W. Amer. 1852...

1279

377.

Sutter's Fort as it appeared in 1849.8vo. Lith.
Amer. c. 1852....

1281

378.

Sacramento, California, as it appeared in 1850. Sm.
F. S. German. c. 1856.
c. 1856......

1283

379.

380.

Wagons of the gold seekers moving between Sacramento
and the mines. - 8vo. Lith. Amer. c. 1852.....
A miner as he appeared at work. - 8vo. W. Amer.
1852 ..

1285

1289

NUMBER

PAGE

381. Interior view of a California miner's cabin. · 4to. W. Amer. c. 1855.....

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1293

382.

The Frémont Hotel in San Francisco.
man. 1850

4to. W. Ger

1295

383.

Views of San Francisco in 1848 and 1849. Each
12mo. Col. Lith. Amer. c. 1853.....

1300

384.

Announcement of a stage-coach line running between
San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California.
8vo. Adv. Amer. 1858.....

1303

385.

386.

San Diego in 1849.8vo. Lith. Amer. c. 1850..
Travelling through Texas by pack-train. -Svo. Lith.
Amer. c. 1858....

1307

1309

387.

Ferry across the Pecos River, in Texas. 8vo. Lith.
Amer. c. 1858.....

1311

388.

A small overland stage wagon of the period before
1858. 8vo. W. Amer. 1881...

1313

389.

Announcement of the Overland Mail Company.
Adv. Amer. 1858...

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390.

391.

c. 1863.....

Coach of the Overland Mail Company ready to depart
from San Francisco. Sm. F. W. Amer. 1858...
Scene during the surveys attending the selection of a
route for the first transcontinental railway. --8vo.
Lith. Amer. c. 1863.

1317

1323

392.

View of Omaha just after the completion of the first
Pacific railroad. Sm. W. Amer. 1872......

1326

393.

A construction train on the Central Pacific road.
12mo. W. Amer. 1870.....

1331

394.

A construction train on the Union Pacific road. 8vo.
W. Amer. 1870.....

1334

395.

Meeting of the rails and engines at Promontory Point,
Utah, in 1869. — 12mo. W. Amer. 1870......

1339

396.

397.

A transcontinental train halted by snowdrifts on the
prairies. Section of F. Lith. Amer. c. 1872.....
Interior view of a snow-shed on the first Pacific rail-
way. 12mo. W. Amer. 1870...

1343

1347

398.

A transcontinental train in the Sierra Nevada Moun-
tains. L. F. W. Amer. 1870....

1350

NUMBER

399.

400.

Scene in a Chicago railway station after the continent was
spanned by steam transportation. L. F. W. Amer.
1870

Charles Hamilton, American aviator, flying from New
York City to Philadelphia on the first aeroplane flight
made in accordance with an announced schedule. -
Photograph, June 13, 1910...

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2.

List of Maps

Folding map of important early overland routes made or
used by the pioneers east of the Mississippi River dur-
ing the period between 1750 and 1820. — Drawn for
this work

Folding map of the principal overland caravan routes
used during the Caucasian penetration of the region.
west of the Mississippi River during the period be-
tween 1843 and 1868. The roads listed in Appendix L
may be traced on this chart, without regard for the sys-
tem of numeration embodied in the map. A photo-
graph of Ravenstein's map, contained in Burton's edi-
tion of Marcy's "The Prairie Traveller.” Sm. F.
Lith. English. 1863

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