TURNER'S GUIDE FROM THE LAKES TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.INCLUDING A HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RAILROADS OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS AND CITIES ALONG THE ROUTE, AND NOTICES OF THE CONNECTING ROADS AND ROUTES
Turner, T.G. and C.E.
Published by Spalding and LaMontes, Chicago, 1868
Used
From
William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 13, 2006
This specific copy is no longer available. Here are our closest matches for TURNER'S GUIDE FROM THE LAKES TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.INCLUDING A HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RAILROADS OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS AND CITIES ALONG THE ROUTE, AND NOTICES OF THE CONNECTING ROADS AND ROUTES by Turner, T.G. and C.E..
About this Item
Description:
288pp. including many illustrated advertisements. Colored frontis. Original green cloth, spine gilt, edges red. Corners bumped, extremities a bit rubbed. Later ownership ink stamps on endleaves. Light dampstaining in upper gutter margin, heavier toward end of volume. Minor foxing. About very good. An extensive guide to travel from Cleveland and Chicago to the Missouri River, through Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Rocky Mountains via a number of railroads, including the Cleveland and Toledo, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, Chicago and North-Western, Union Pacific, and Pacific and Sioux City Railroad. Included are chapters on early explorations in the West, railroads, steamboat travel, manufactures, and general capabilities and prospects for the West. Pages 213-232 are devoted to Wyoming, including an early description of Cheyenne and towns in the Black Hills. The last twenty pages contain ads (many of them illustrated) for merchants, real estate agents, attorneys, bankers, etc. from all over Nebraska, Wyoming Territory, Iowa, and Indiana. The colored frontispiece depicts a Studebaker Wagon. A lively western travel book. Howes lists a gazetteer of the St. Joseph valley by Turner published in 1867, but not the present work. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS locates only four copies (CSmH, DLC, IC, ICH). Scarce. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS 1414. GRAFF 4211. EBERSTADT 114:804. Seller Inventory # WRCAM51727
Bibliographic Details
Title: TURNER'S GUIDE FROM THE LAKES TO THE ROCKY ...
Publisher: Spalding and LaMontes, Chicago
Publication Date: 1868
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
TURNER'S GUIDE FROM THE LAKES TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.INCLUDING A HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RAILROADS OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS AND CITIES ALONG THE ROUTE, AND NOTICES OF THE CONNECTING ROADS AND ROUTES.
Published by
Chicago: Spalding and LaMontes, 1868., 1868
Used
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
An extensive guide to travel from Cleveland and Chicago to the Missouri River, through Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Rocky Mountains via a number of railroads, including the Cleveland and Toledo, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, Chicago and North-Western, Union Pacific, and Pacific and Sioux City Railroad. Included are chapters on early explorations in the West, railroads, steamboat travel, manufactures, and general capabilities and prospects for the West. Pages 213-232 are devoted to Wyoming, including an early description of Cheyenne and towns in the Black Hills. The last twenty pages contain ads (many of them illustrated) for merchants, real estate agents, attorneys, bankers, etc. from all over Nebraska, Wyoming Territory, Iowa, and Indiana. The colored frontispiece depicts a Studebaker Wagon. A lively western travel book. Howes lists a gazetteer of the St. Joseph valley by Turner published in 1867, but not the present work. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS locates only four copies (CSmH, DLC, IC, ICH). Scarce. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS 1414. GRAFF 4211. EBERSTADT 114:804. 288pp. including many illustrated advertisements. Colored frontis. Original green cloth, spine gilt, edges red. Corners bumped, extremities a bit rubbed. Later ownership ink stamps on endleaves. Light dampstaining in upper gutter margin, heavier toward end of volume. Minor foxing. About very good. Seller Inventory # 51727
Quantity: 1 available