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Download or read book Destiny Road written by Odie B. Faulk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1973 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Gila Trail, also known as the Southern Emigrant Trail, Butterfield Stage Trail, and Kearny trial, which was important southern route to California during the Gold Rush era.
Book Synopsis The Gila Trail by : Benjamin Butler Harris
Download or read book The Gila Trail written by Benjamin Butler Harris and published by Silverstowe Book. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas Argonauts were on the march west as early as January, 1849 -a remarkable circumstance when it is recalled that the famous tea caddy of gold dust which set off the gold fever in the "States" did not reach Washington, D. C, until December 7, 1848. From Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and San Antonio, the dusty trails of the gold seekers crisscrossed through West Texas and northern Mexico. Among the travelers was young attorney Benjamin Butler Harris, who joined the fifty-two man Duval party, one of the earliest emigrant parties to head for California from Texas. Traveling by saddle horse and pack mule, the Duval group was probably the first to operate a ferry on the Colorado River, although the boat was only a hastily caulked wagon bed. The overland journey was fraught with interest and peril-Apache alarms and skirmishes adding to the hazards of nature -but the party reached the mines on September 29, 1849. Here, published for the first time, are Harris's colorful reminiscences of his experiences on the Gila Trail and in the Mother Lode mining camps in 1849-50. Harris was intelligent, observant, and gifted with a sense of humor, and his account of the trail and the feverish activities of the early mining camps makes first-rate reading for all Western Americana enthusiasts. There is a bonus, too, in the new material presented on some of the most interesting and important men of California's early days, among them Major James D. Savage, Judge David S. Terry, and John Joel Glanton. About the author and editor: The sixth of twelve children in a prominent Virginia family, Benjamin Butler Harris graduated from Nashville University, Tennessee, read law and went to East Texas to seek his fortune. Soon convinced that the East Texas climate, with its "Brazos fever," would do him in if he remained, he decided to take his law practice and his bad liver farther west-hence this account. Richard H. Dillon who has provided the superb introduction and informative notes for Harris's account, is a historian of note and author of Embarcadero an excellent story of the port of pre-fire San Francisco.
Book Synopsis The Gila Trail by : Benjamin Butler Harris
Download or read book The Gila Trail written by Benjamin Butler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gila Trail by : Benjamin Butler Harris
Download or read book The Gila Trail written by Benjamin Butler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold rush journal of the lesser traveled southern route.
Download or read book The Gila Trail written by Frank Austin and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hiking New Mexico's Gila Wilderness by : Bill Cunningham
Download or read book Hiking New Mexico's Gila Wilderness written by Bill Cunningham and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife.
Book Synopsis First and Wildest by : Elizabeth Hightower Allen
Download or read book First and Wildest written by Elizabeth Hightower Allen and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gila Wilderness is both a landmark in conservation history and a living, evolving place. First and Wildest is an elegant, impassioned, and timely tribute to its remarkable past and present.” —MICHELLE NIJHUIS In the summer of 1922, Aldo Leopold traveled on horseback up into the headwaters of New Mexico's Gila River and proposed to his bosses at the Forest Service that 500,000 acres of that rough country be set aside as roadless wilderness. Thus was born America's first—the world's first—designated wilderness. A century later, writer–activists, including Indigenous voices, come together to celebrate this vast, rugged landscape, the Yellowstone of the Southwest. Contributors include Michael P. Berman, Philip Connors, Martha Schumann Cooper, Beto O'Rourke, Martin Heinrich, Pam Houston, Priyanka Kumar, Laura Paskus, Sharman Apt Russell, Jakob Sedig, Leeanna T. Torres, and JJ Amaworo Wilson. ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER ALLEN is a contributing editor at Outside magazine, where she spent twenty–plus years editing award–winning features and writing columns and book reviews. A transplanted southerner turned westerner, she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she edits books and articles about public lands, memoir, and adventure, and serves on the advisory board to Writers on the Range. She and her husband and daughter spend as much time as they can exploring the rivers and mountains of the West—while also making it back to Tennessee fairly frequently for ham biscuits. Her mind is blown by the rugged vastness of the Gila.
Book Synopsis Gila Descending by : Maynard Hubbard Salmon
Download or read book Gila Descending written by Maynard Hubbard Salmon and published by High Lonesome Books. This book was released on 1988-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a 200-mile wilderness journey by canoe down the Gila River.
Book Synopsis The Gila Wilderness Area by : John A. Murray
Download or read book The Gila Wilderness Area written by John A. Murray and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Upper Sonoran desert canyons to sub alpine mountain peaks, New Mexico 's Gila Wilderness Area is a world of contrasts and diversity. Named a wilderness region by Congress in 1924, the Gila was the first place in the world to be so protected. Today it encompasses 1,000 square miles and protects the headwaters of the three forks of the Gila River. Blessed with the rich human and natural history, it is home to Indian, Spanish, and Anglo cultures and Central and North American flora and fauna. In this complete guide to the Gila Wilderness Area, John A. Murray explores the region 's natural history, highlights its human history, and provides tips for backcountry trips. The hiking section describes twenty-four trails for both the serious backpacker and the casual day hiker, in all covering some three hundred miles of trail. Each trail description gives directions to the trailhead, length, elevation, level of difficulty, scenic highlights, and natural and human history along the trail.
Book Synopsis The Gila Trail by : Benjamin Butler Harris
Download or read book The Gila Trail written by Benjamin Butler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Kearny's Route from the Rio Grande to the Gila River by : George Ruhlen
Download or read book Kearny's Route from the Rio Grande to the Gila River written by George Ruhlen and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pathway to the Southwest by : Charles Wayne Harris
Download or read book Pathway to the Southwest written by Charles Wayne Harris and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hiking New Mexico's Gila Wilderness by : Polly Cunningham
Download or read book Hiking New Mexico's Gila Wilderness written by Polly Cunningham and published by Falcon Guides. This book was released on 1999 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife. This rugged landscape boasts sweeping tundra, hot springs, mountain views, and deep gnarled canyons. Within Gila's boundaries, you can follow trails to views of the breathtaking peaks of the Mogollon Range, wonder at ancient cliff dwellings, and wind your way along stream-ribboned ponderosa forests.
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Download or read book The American Peoples Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The American Peoples Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trails West written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the California Trail, the Gila Trail, and the Boseman Trail.
Book Synopsis Trails, Rock Features, and Homesteading in the Gila Bend Area by : John L. Czarzasty
Download or read book Trails, Rock Features, and Homesteading in the Gila Bend Area written by John L. Czarzasty and published by Gric Anthropological Research. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on archaeological investigations along State Route 85, this fourth installment in the Gila River Indian Community Anthropological Research Papers provides a close look at the subtle interface between the archaeological cultures of the western Hohokam and eastern Patayan, including chapters on geomorphology, ceramics, lithics, shell, pollen, and ethnobotanical remains. An abundance of well-preserved trails and historical roads, including the Anza and Butterfield Trails, also provides the foundation for historical overviews and incisive theoretical discussion. This unique collaboration between ASU's Office of Cultural Resource Management and the Gila River Indian Community's Cultural Resource Management Program also provides an unusual account of Depression-era African American homesteading at the Warner Goode Ranch based on oral history, archival research, and archaeological data. Historic transportation corridors, homesteads, and prehistoric occupations on trails traversing cultural and geographic transitions make this a coherent and engaging view of this centuries-old crossroads and a valuable reference for the archaeology and history of the Gila Bend.
