Description
Smith, Donna (1999). California’s Sesquicentennial Wagon Train to Port of Stockton: A Celebration of the Use of Animal Motive Power in the Settling and Commerce of California. California Sesquicentennial Wagon Train, Souvenir Book Committee. 192 Seiten.
The historic meeting of animals, people, wheels and tall ships will celebrate California’s Sesquicentennial in June 1999. This commemorative book gives you, the reader, some of the flavor of early California: her settlers, humor, wagon trains, sailing ships, ethnic mix, commerce, ranching, bandits. The many original pieces dovetail with well-researched reprints to provide a broad spectrum of California history. All were contributed by the many wagon train members and the areas they represent. Text from historical documents preserve the original spelling and grammar. In Twain Harte, enthusiastic members of the Sonora Pass Wagon Train group compiled the whole … not intended to be a textbook! Enjoy your travels through these pages as you, too, celebrate 150 years!
