A popular guidebook during the western expansion and a valuable collectible today, The Emigrantsí Guide was first published in 1845. While the book introduced those heading west to the beauty and habitable nature of the Pacific coast, it had considerable shortcomings - it was the guide used by the ill-fated Donner Party. As a corrective, Randolph Marcy published a more accurate guide, The Prairie Traveler (also available from Applewood Books).
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THE author long having had an anxious desire to visit those wild regions upon the great Pacific, which had now become the topic of conversation in every circle, and in reference to which, speculations both rational and irrational were everywhere in vogue, now determined to accomplish his desired object: for which purpose he repaired to Independence, Mo., which place was the known rendezvous of the Santa Fe traders, and the trappers of the Rocky mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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THE author long having had an anxious desire to visit those wild regions upon the great Pacific, which had now become the topic of conversation in every circle, and in reference to which, speculations both rational and irrational were everywhere in vogue, now determined to accomplish his desired object: for which purpose he repaired to Independence, Mo., which place was the known rendezvous of the Santa Fe traders, and the trappers of the Rocky mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
great southern pass, deg north, independence rock, former page, extreme southern part, elevated plains, light draught, missionary stations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fort Hall, United States, Fort Larimie, Hudson's Bay Company, Fort Vancouver, Fort Boisia, Fort Wallawalla, Great Britain, New Helvetia, New York, Sandwich Islands, Vera Cruz, Yerba Buena, Cape Horn, Santa Cruz, Captain Sutter, Juan de Fucas, New Orleans, Queen Charlotte New!
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- Declaration of Independents: Snowboarding, Skateboarding & Music--An Intersection of Cultures by Heckler Magazine on page 217
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