Our new West.Records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific Coast. With details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.With map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations. By Samuel Bowles.