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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04152.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1852 |
| Title | Horn's overland guide, from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California... |
| Date | 1852 |
| Author | Horn, Hosea B. (fl. 1852) |
| Additional authors | Colton, J. H. |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Title continues "Containing a table of distances, and showing all the rivers, creeks, lakes, springs, mountains, hills, camping-places, and other prominent Object, with remarks on the country, roads, timbers, grasses, curiosities, etc.; the entire route having been tracked by a road-measurer, and the distances from place to place, and from the Missouri River, accurately ascertained. With a complete and accurate map." Pertains to the California gold rush. Includes appendix and business advertisements. Publisher's advertisements on eighteen pages at end. Pages 77 and 78 are reversed. A large folding map of the route in size 3 GLC04152.02. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Travel Westward Expansion Frontiers and Exploration Geography and Natural History Surveying Gold Rush Immigration and Migration Government and Civics |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Native Americans; Westward Expansion; Science, Technology, Invention; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Map to Illustrate Horn's Overland Guide to California and Oregon |