Name/Title
Great Platte River Road, TheEntry/Object ID
2009.3.50Description
The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie, Is a publication, Volume XXV, by the Nebraska State Historical Society. This book is considered the seminal book about the Oregon-California-Mormon Trails throught Nebraska west to Fort Laramie and its author considered THE expert on the Trails in Nebraska. The book is a study in depth of border towns, trail routes, river crossings, Indian encounters, state stations, military posts and the famous North Platte Valley landmarks. Included are cultural aspects of the Great Migration: food, dress, equipment, organization, camping, traffic patterns, sex ratios, morals, manners, religion, crime, accidents, disease, death and burial customs. There is also an extensive index. This book is from the collection of Don Reynolds.
583/Hardbound/Illustrations/MapsCollection
Don and Maudie Reynolds CollectionLexicon
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Trails, Trail Maps, Western Migration, Platte River Road, Oregon Trail, Council Bluffs Road, California Trail, St. Joe Road, Indian InteractionBook Details
Author
Mattes, Merrill J.Place Published
City
OmahaState/Province
NebraskaDate Published
1969Call No.
Western MALCCN
79-627916Notes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
Excellent