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The Golden Road : the story of California's Spanish mission trail / Felix Riesenberg, Jr.

Summary:

The "story of the great road known as El Camino Real, the King's Highway, and as the California Mission Trail, and of the people who traveled it in its hundreds of years-Indians, priests, cutthroats, gold hunters, gamblers, and gay caballeros."

Record details

  • Physical Description: 315 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1962.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Seaside route -- Pathfinders of New Spain -- The mission trail -- El Camino Real -- Road of war -- The gold rush -- The highwaymen -- The coast stages -- The tourist wave -- Gasoline alley west -- U.S. 101 -- Dead-end -- Freeway -- The royal road.
Subject:
El Camino Real (Calif.)
California > History.
California.
California > El Camino Real.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library F 861 .R54 1962 259589 Stacks Available -