The Great West and the Pacific Coast

Book

Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1981.12.4

Description

Traveler's transcontinental guide from NY to West Coast, with "sketches of men and things" along the way. No reference to Napa County, not even in the brief discussion of California wine!

Collection

Books

Acquisition

Accession

1981.12

Source or Donor

Curtin, Thomas P.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Emigrants, Railroads

Search Terms

Emigrant parties, Emigrants, Emigrant guidebooks, Travel guides, California statistics 1860s, California population 1860s, California wines 1860s, California Indians, California mines 1860s, California live oak, California agriculture 1860s, Railroads, Chinese laborers, Chinese residents, Mexicans

Book Details

Author

James F. Rusling

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1866 - 1876

Call No.

917.8042 Rusl

Notes

Date: 1877 Spine Label: 979 Rusling

Create Date

December 10, 2011

Update Date

July 9, 2026