Sierra Crossing - First Roads to California

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List of contents

Preface 
Introduction 
I. Mountain Wall, Snow, Basins, and Rivers 
2. Trans-Sierra Transport before Wheeled Vehicles 
3· Wagon Trains across the Sierra 
4· Local Initiatives in Road Building 
5· State Government Road Measures 
6. The Distant Prospect of Railroads 
7· The Federal Government Builds West to California 
8. Mail Contracts and Stagecoach Service 
9· A Revival of Interest in Road Construction in California 
IO. The Central Pacific Railroad 
Epilogue: Trans-Sierra Roads after 
Notes 
References 
Index 

About the author

Thomas Frederick Howard is Associate Professor of Geography at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia.

Summary

Documents the building of the first roads over the Sierra Nevada.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Frederick Howard, Howard Thomas Frederick
• Assisted by: Thomas Frederick Howard (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2000
• EAN: 9780520226869
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22686-9
• No. of pages: 227
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; History, Local History, History of the Americas, US West