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The route taken by Turnbull was unusual in 1852. From Chicago to Kanesville (council Bluffs, Iowa), he followed well known roads. West of the Missouri, however, he took the Mormon Trail, instead of the Oregon Trail which followed the south bank of the Platte. As early as 1842 Fremont had found a well-beaten track along the north bank of the Platte. The Mormons had beaten it down still harder, in and after 1847, but few of the go'ld-seekers had gone this way. Even fewer have left known journals of this route, although there are dozens in print, kept by emigrants on the Oregon Trail.
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Journalist, librarian, and editor Reuben Gold Thwaites (1853--1913) was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and secretary of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. A prolific editor and writer, he edited the Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (73 volumes) and Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (8 volumes) and wrote France in America, 1497--1763 and Wisconsin: The Americanization of a French Settlement.
Thomas Turnbull has been building websites in PHP since 2002, and working with Drupal since 2006. He has been an organizer for Drupal Camp New York, and has been contributor and maintainer for several Drupal modules. He has done Drupal development for Sony Music in New York, where he built sites for artists on their record labels using Drupal, and is currently working for Zagat, helping to migrate their website over to Drupal.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 133331499X
- ISBN 13 9781333314996
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages82
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book gives the reader an opportunity to follow the experiences of Thomas Turnbull, traversing the Great Plains in the 1850s. Leaving Chicago, he journeys alongside his companions in the summer rush of 1852. This was a time when thousands of prospectors embraced the gold rush and set out with prairie wagons and oxen for the distant western territories of California. T. Turnbull's fascinating account provides a glimpse into their hopes, fears, and daily lives on this journey, offering plenty of information about the realities of Overland Trail travel, as well as details on emigrant routes and landmarks. The detailed descriptions of places, and their relationship to the main overland routes of the time, serve as a treasured record of the mid-19th-century western landscape. The author's observations on the environment and interactions with fellow travelers, Native Americans, and settlers further add to our understanding of the era. Overall, through Turnbull's adventures and observations, this book grants a rare glimpse into the challenges and rewards of westward expansion in the United States. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333314996_0
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