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Look of the West 1860, TheEntry/Object ID
2009.3.237Description
The Look of the West 1860, by Sir Richard Burton is his account of traveling across the western United States starting in St. Joseph, MO. The first 115 pages are sub-headed under "St. Joseph to Fort Laramie." The book is largely his impressions of things and peoples he encountered on his journey. The Appendix at the end of the book is labeled "Emigrants' Itinerary." "Showing the distances between camping-places, the several mail-stations where mules are changed, the hours of travel, the character of the roads, and the facilities for obtaining water, wood, and grass on the route along the southern bank of the Platte River, from St. Joseph, MO via Great Salt Lake City, to Carson Valley. From a Diary kept between the 7th August and the 19th October 1860." This book is from the Don Reynolds collection.
The text of this book originally comprised part of "The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California" by the author, published first in 1862.
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Stage Coach Travel in 1860, St. Joe Road, Trails, Burton, Richard, Sir, Stagecoach, St. Joseph History, Western Migration, Carson Valley, Fort LaramieBook Details
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Sir Richard BurtonPlace Published
City
LincolnState/Province
NebraskaDate Published
1963Call No.
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63-17030Notes
Copy No.: 2Condition
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ExcellentRelationships
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Sir Richard Burton