Item Detail
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6392
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Platt, Philip L
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The travelers' guide across the plains, upon the overland route to California, showing distances from point to point, accurately measured by roadometer, and describing the springs, streams of water, hills, mountains, camping-places and other notable objects along the route; with an appendix containing the routes from Council Bluffs to Fort Laramie; from Fort Leavenworth to the Big Blue River; the routes by way of Salt Lake and Ft. Hall, and a general summary of distances. By P. L. Platt and N. Slater, A.M
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Chicago
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Printed at the Daily Journal Office
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1852
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1852
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vi, [7]–64p
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15cm
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map
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Includes a reference to the Mormon ferry on the North Platte, p. 17; the northern routes through Utah (with a description of Parley P. Pratt's new "Golden Pass Road" through the Wasatch), description of Great Salt Lake City and the Mormon settlements north; mention of Mormon Station on the Carson River, p. 50–53
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CtY, ICN, UPB
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Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois; Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah