Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road Andy Mark

Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road

Author: Andy Mark
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Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road
Author
Andy Mark
ISBN
9781467145268
Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road, meant to connect California with the burgeoning mining industries of Nevada and Idaho. The ambitious plan to make Chico a major Northern California transportation hub was spearheaded by John Bidwell and began in earnest in 1864. The road opened new areas to mining and logging and provided opportunities for less scrupulous characters. Stagecoach robberies, murders and shootouts were just some of the misfortunes that occurred on the road, along with the dangers nature provided--snowstorms, perilous terrain and grizzly bears. Author Andy Mark offers a glimpse of what it was like for nineteenth-century travelers and settlers on the route of the Humboldt Wagon Road.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Andy MarkPublisher: History PressPublished: 10/12/2020ISBN: 9781467145268Pages: 176Weight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road, meant to connect California with the burgeoning mining industries of Nevada and Idaho. The ambitious plan to make Chico a major Northern California transportation hub was spearheaded by John Bidwell and began in earnest in 1864. The road opened new areas to mining and logging and provided opportunities for less scrupulous characters. Stagecoach robberies, murders and shootouts were just some of the misfortunes that occurred on the road, along with the dangers nature provided--snowstorms, perilous terrain and grizzly bears. Author Andy Mark offers a glimpse of what it was like for nineteenth-century travelers and settlers on the route of the Humboldt Wagon Road.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Andy Mark
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/12/2020
ISBN: 9781467145268
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road, meant to connect California with the burgeoning mining industries of Nevada and Idaho. The ambitious plan to make Chico a major Northern California transportation hub was spearheaded by John Bidwell and began in earnest in 1864. The road opened new areas to mining and logging and provided opportunities for less scrupulous characters. Stagecoach robberies, murders and shootouts were just some of the misfortunes that occurred on the road, along with the dangers nature provided--snowstorms, perilous terrain and grizzly bears. Author Andy Mark offers a glimpse of what it was like for nineteenth-century travelers and settlers on the route of the Humboldt Wagon Road.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Andy Mark
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/12/2020
ISBN: 9781467145268
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d