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Selections from the Rare Book Collections

1698 Kino, Eusebio Francisco. Passage par terre a la californie decouverte par le P.P. Eusebefrancois… Paris: F. Kino, 1705? xG4422 C3 1698 K5

1752 Carte generale des d’ecouvertes de l’amiral de fonte et authres navigateurs espagnols anglois et russes pour la resecherche du passage a la mer du sud. Paris: M Del Isle de l’Academie Royal des Science &c., 1752 xG3300 1752 A33

1755 de Vaugondy, Gilles Robert (1688-1766). Partie de l’amerique septent…Paris?, 1755 x3400 1755 R6

Travelers

1775 Burnaby, Andrew (1734-1818). Travels through the middle settlements in North-America, in the years 1759 and 1760 with observations upon the state of the colonies. London: T. Payne, 1775 First edition xE162 B96

Weld, Isaac, Jr. (1774-1856). Travels through the states of North America…London: Printed for John Stackdale, Piccadilly, 1799 First edition xE164 W44 1799 [University of Utah copy gift of Dr. Ronald Rubin.]

Politicians

1806 Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Message from the President of the United States, communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley and Mr. Dunbar; with a statistical account of the countries adjacent. February 19, 1806. Printed by order of the Senate. City of Washington, A & G. Way, printers, 1806 xF592.3 1806

1831 Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845). Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the senate relative to the British establishments on the Columbia, and the state of the fur trade &c. Washington: 1831First edition xF592 U5 1831

1849 Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858). Highway from the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean. Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate…February 7, 1849. Washington: Printed at the office of the Daily Globe, 1849 xHE2763 1850

Explorers

1807 Gass, Patrick (1771-1870). Journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of…Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M’Keehan, publisher and proprietor, 1807 First Edition xF592.5 G2 1807

1810 Pike, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Juan rivers; performed by order of the government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a tour through the interior parts of New Spain, when conducted through these provinces, by order of the captain-general, in the year 1807. Philadelphia: Published by C. & Z. Conrad, Somervell & Conrad, Peterburgh, Bonsal, Conrad, Norfolk, and Fielding Lucas, jr., Baltimore. John Binns, printer, 1810 xF592 P63 First edition xF592 P63 1810

1814 Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809). History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: performed during the years 180-4-5-6 by order of the government of the United States/prepared for the press by Paul Allen. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; New York: A.H. Inskeep, 1814 xF592.4 1814

1843 Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890). A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte rivers…By Lieut. J.C. Fremont, of the corps of topographical engineers. Washington: Printed by order of the United States’ Senate, 1843 xF592 F875 1843

1845 Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890). Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky…Washington: Gales and Seaton, printers, 1845 First edition, Senate issue xF592 F874 1845

1848 Emory, William H. (1811-1887). Notes of a military reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printer, 1848 xE405.2 U56 1848

Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890). Geographical memoir upon upper California in illustration of his map of Oregon and California. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1848 First edition xF864 F85 1848

United States.Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Report of the secretary of war, communicating… Washington, 1848 xF801 U58 1848

1854 Heap, Gwinn Harris. Central route to the Pacific, from the valley of…Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1854 First edition xF593 H43

1861 Washington: Govt. Print. Off, 1861. Report upon the Colorado River of the west explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives. First edition, Senate issue xF788 U58 1861

1865 Official report of the Owyhee reconnaissance made by Lieut. Colonel C. S. Drew, 1st Oregon Cavalry, in the summer of 1864, pursuant to the orders of Brigadier George Wright, commanding Dept. of the Pacific. Jacksonville: Oregon Sentinel Printing Office, 1865 First edition xF881 U54

1875 Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902). Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: G.P.O., 1875 First edition xF788 S65 1875

1882 Dutton, Clarence E. (1841-1912). Tertiary history of the Grand Caon District…Washington: GPO, 1882 First edition xQE691 D86 1882

Emigrant

1818 Darby, William (1775-1854) The emigrant’s guide to the western…New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1818 First edition xF353 D27 1818

1846 Johnson, Overton. Route across the Rocky Mountains…Lafayette, IN: J.B. Semans, printer, 1846 First edition xF851 J68

1849 Ware, Joseph E. (fl. 1849). The emigrants’ guide to California, containing every point of information for the emigrant – including routes, distances, water, grass…with a large map of routes, and profile of country, &c. – with full directions for testing and assaying gold and other ores. By Joseph E. Ware. St. Louise, MO., J. Halsall, 1849? xF593 W26

1852 Child, Andrew (fl. 1852). Overland route to California, description of the route, via Council Bluffs, Iowa; keeping the north side of the Platte River…thence over the South Pass…over the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento Valley. By Andrew Child, of Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Daily Sentinel Steam Power Press, pub. by C. Child, 1852 xF593 C5

1858 Wadsworth, William (fl. 1858). The national wagon road guide, from St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, via South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, to California...by W. Wadsworth. San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., 1858 First edition xF593 W34

1863 Hewitt, Randall Henry (1840-). Memoranda of a journey across the plains from Sundee, ILL., to Olympia, W.T., May 7, to November 3, 1862. Olympia: Printed at the office of the Washington Standard, 1863 xF594 H48

1864 Hall, Edward Hepple (fl. 1864). The great West: emigrants’ , settlers’ & travellers’ guide and handbook to the states of California and Oregon, and the territories of Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington. With a full and accurate account of their climate, soil, resources, and products. By Edward H. Hall. New York: Tribune Office, 1864 First edition xF594 H15]

1865 Mercer, Asa Shinn (1839-1917). Washington territory, the Great North-West… Utica, NY: L.C. Childs, 1865 First edition xF891 M5 1865

Adventurers

1839 Leonard, Zenas (1809-1857). Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard. Clearfield, Pa: D. W. Moore, 1839 First edition xF592 L36 1839

1849 Parkman, Francis (1823-1893). The California and Oregon Trail. New York, London: 1849 First edition xF592 F24

1850 Adam, George (fl. 1850). The Dreadful sufferings and thrilling adventures of an overland party of emigrants to California; their terrible conflicts with savage tribes of Indians!! and Mexican bands of robbers!! with marriage, funeral, and other interesting ceremonies and customs of Indian life in the Far West, comp. from the journal of George Adam, one of the adventurers, by Wm. Beschke. St. Louis, Barclay, 1850 First edition xF593 A19 1850

Ryan, William Redmond. Personal adventures in upper and lower California, in 1848-9, with the author’s experience at the mines. London: William Shoberl, 1850 First edition xF865 R96

1851 Keller, George (fl. 1851). A trip across the plains, and life in California; embracing a description of the overland route; its natural curiosities…the gold mines of California; its climate…with sketches of Indian, Mexican and Californian character; to which is added, a guide of the route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. By Geo. Keller…Massillon, Oh: White’s Press, 1851 xF593 K28

1852 Coke, Henry J. A ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a glance at some of the tropical islands, including the West Indies and the Sandwich Islands. London: Richard Bentley, 1852 First edition xF593 C67

1854 Piercy, Frederick Hawkins (1831-1891). Route from Liverpool to the Great Salt Lake Valley: illustrated by a series of splendid steel engravings and wood cuts by Charles Fenn, Edwin Roffe, and Mason Jackson from sketches made on the spot and from life expressly for this work by Frederick Piercy, and containing a map of the overland portion of the journey/edited by James Linforth. Liverpool: F.D. Richards; London: E.C. Brand, etc. 1854-1855 xE166 P65

1856 Beckwourth, James Pierson (1798-1866). The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth, mountaineer, scout, and pioneer, and chief of the Crow nation of Indians. Written from this own dictations, by T.D. Bonner. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856 First edition xF592 B39

Tourists

1851 Williams, Wellington. The travelers and tourists guide through the… Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851 First edition xE158 W55 1851

1870 Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer (1829-1887). Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features, and some account of the resources of the great West; containing thirty photographic views along the line of the Pacific rail road from Omaha to Sacramento, by F.V. Hayden…New York: J. Bien, 1870 xF594 H41

1888 Northern Pacific Railroad. The Northern Pacific R.R., the dining car route…Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., September, 1888 xTF668 N67 1888

Yellowstone. Yellowstone Park, WY: Yellowstone Park Hotel Company…, 1936 xF722 Y24 1936