South Pass: Gateway to a Continent [Paperback] Bagley, Will

Description: Wallace Stegner called South Pass “one of the most deceptive and impressive places in the West.” Nowhere can travelers cross the Rockies so easily as through this high, treeless valley in Wyoming immediately south of the Wind River Mountains. South Pass has received much attention in lore and memory but attracted no serious book-length study—until now. In this narrative, award-winning author Will Bagley explains the significance of South Pass to the nation’s history and to the development of the American West.Fur traders first saw South Pass in 1812. From the early 1840s until the completion of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads almost forty years later, emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails used South Pass in transforming the American West in a single generation. Bagley traces the peopling of the region by the earliest inhabitants and adventurers, including Indian…condition info: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages.

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EAN: 9780806148427

Book Title: South Pass : Gateway to a Continent

Number of Pages: 328 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Publication Year: 2015

Item Height: 0.8 in

Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Emigration & Immigration, Adventurers & Explorers, United States / General

Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 16.8 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Will Bagley

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback