Across the Continent in a Caravan contains "Recollections of a Journey from New York through the Western Wilderness and over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific in 1846" By Colonel James Thompkins Watson and also "Remeniscences of Captain (Joseph) Aram". Included are stories about encounters with Indians, discovering gold, the first white child born in California and early days on the Pacific Coast.
21/Softbound/Photographs.
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Book
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Other Documents
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Documentary Objects
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Category 08: Communication Objects
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19th Century American West, California, Native Americans, Gold Mining, Wagon Trains, Diary, Indian Interaction, Western Migration, Trails, California Trail
