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Going along the emigrant trails / by Barbara Fifer.

Title
Going along the emigrant trails / by Barbara Fifer.
Author
Fifer, Barbara.
Publication
Helena, Mont. : Farcountry Press, c2006.

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Description
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 28 cm.
Summary
Describes the experiences of families heading west across prairies, mountains, and dangerous rivers to start a new life from the 1850s to the mid-1860s.
Alternative Title
Emigrant trails
Subject
  • Pioneers > West (U.S.)
  • Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
  • Overland Trails
  • West (U.S.) > Description and travel
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [2]).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Who were the emigrants? -- Why were the emigrants leaving their homes? -- Which way did they go? -- How did they get there? -- What did they take? -- What was life like on the trail? -- What did the emigrants encounter? -- What did the land look like? -- Whom did they meet on the way? -- What did they do at the trails' end?
ISBN
  • 1560373547
  • 9781560373544
LCCN
^^2005023501
OCLC
61309271
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library