OVERLAND FREIGHTING IN THE PLATTE VALLEY 1850–1870

CONTENTS CHAPTER I: THE ROUTE–WHEN AND WHERE: The valley of the Platte; "Great Medicine Road"; The Astorians; Milton Sublette; First use of wagons; General William R. Ashley; South Pass discovered; Captain Benjamin L. E. Bonneville; Nathaniel J. Wyeth; Periods of the trail; The "Orego...

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Main Author: Bresee, Floyd Edgar
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Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1937
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss/4
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