Bibliograph

The great Platte River road, the covered wagon mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie, by Merrill J. Mattes

Type

Label

The great Platte River road, the covered wagon mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie, by Merrill J. Mattes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: 523-571 page

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great Platte River road

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

15629269

Responsibility statement

by Merrill J. Mattes

Sub title

the covered wagon mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie

Summary

The Great Platte River Road through Nebraska and Wyoming was the grand corridor of America's westward expansion. A number of famous trails converged in the broad valley of the Platte, forming a kind of primitive superhighway for the great covered wagon migration from 1841 to 1866. From jumping-off places along the Missouri River<U+2014>notably the Omaha-Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, and Kansas City areas<U+2014>the emigrant throngs came together at Fort Kearny, Nebraska. Although they continued on to South Pass, Wyoming, and beyond, this book focuses on the feeder mutes and the more than three hundred miles between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie.--, Amazon.com

Target audience

adult

Classification