The Far West and the Rockies
Historical Series, 1820–1875

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Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen
Published by the Arthur H. Clark Company
Glendale, California

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Volume I, OLD SPANISH TRAIL, Santa Fé to Los Angeles
With extracts from contemporary records and including diaries
of Antonio Armijo and Orville Pratt.
First edition, 1954. In Fine condition; like new.
Tipped-in folding map in perfect condition.
Previous owner's bookmark on front endpaper; otherwise unmarked.

Here is presented for the first time a complete history of one of the notable pioneer trails of America.
Envisioned and partially opened by the Spanish padres Escalante and Garcés in 1776, it was
completed by American fur trappers a half century later. For twenty years it was the scene of regular commerce —
pack trains of blankets carried to California each fall and bands of horses and mules driven back to
New Mexico each spring. Horse-thieves, slave catchers, and some homeseekers also braved
the desert stretches of this inhospitable trail.
$150.00

Volume II, JOURNALS OF FORTY-NINERS, Salt Lake to Los Angeles
With diaries and contemporary records of Sheldon Young, James S. Brown,
Jacob Y. Stover, Charles C. Rich, Assison Pratt, Howard Egan
Henry W. Bigler, and others.
First edition, 1954; Second printing, 1960
In Fine condition; unmarked. Small hole in margin of p. 120.
Tipped-in folding map in perfect condition.

In the autumn of 1849 several companies of goldseekers and some Mormon missionaries
trekked a “Southern Route” to California. The largest company was the Jefferson Hunt train
of over 100 wagons. Most of the goldseekers turned from the known Old Spanish Trail to take the so-called
“Walker Cutoff” to the California mines. Rugged terrain turned back most of these; the foolhardy ones who
persisted became the famous Death Valley Party.
$95.00

Volume VII, CENTRAL ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC
by GWINN HARRIS HEAP
With related material on railroad explorations and Indian affairs by
Edward F. Beale, Thomas H. Benton, Kit Carson, and Col. E. A. Hitchcock,
and in other documents, 1853–54.
First edition, 1957. In mint condition.
Uncut pages. Tipped-in folding map in perfect condition.

This excellent book records the 1853 E. F. Beale expedition from the Missouri River
to California. The route was along the Arkansas River, across the continental divide
by Cochetopa Pass and along the Old Spanish Trail to Los Angeles.
Interesting pictures drawn by Heap, and his map, are reproduced.
$295.00

Volume XI, FREMONT'S FOURTH EXPEDITION
A Documentary Account of
The Disaster of 1848–1849
With Diaries, Letters, and Reports
by Participants in the Tragedy
First edition, 1960. In Mint condition.
Uncut pages. Tipped-in folding map in perfect condition.

The diaries of Benjamin Kern and Richard Kern recount the journey up the
Arkansas and over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and report the
tragic ordeal in the high San Juans. Fremont's losses included all of
his 120 mules, his supplies and equipment, and one-third
of his thirty-three men.
$250.00

Volume XIII, REPORTS FROM COLORADO
The Wildman Letters 1859–1865
with other related letters and newspaper reports, 1859
First edition, 1961. In Mint condition.
Uncut pages. Tipped-in folding map in perfect condition.

These unpublished letters of the Wildman brothers,
Thomas and Augustus, cover the Pike's Peak gold rush
and pioneer life in Denver and the mines.
$75.00

Volume XV, THE FAR WEST AND ROCKIES
General Analytical Index to the Fifteen Volume Series
and Supplement to the
JOURNALS OF FORTY-NINERS
Salt Lake to Los Angeles
First edition, 1961. In Fine condition; like new.
$90.00