Westward on the Oregon Trail

Place, Marian T. (Marian Templeton) 1910-2006 (Author).

Summary: The history of the expansion on the West via the famous Oregon Trail, the most important route to the American Northwest during the 19th century.

Record details

Physical Description: print
153 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Meredith Press, c1962.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The way West -- The trackless land -- Trappers' frontier -- Wagons over the mountains -- Missionaries to the heathen -- A highway of destiny -- The great emigration -- Frontier on the Pacific -- The Mormon trek -- The rush for gold -- End of the trail.