Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which Will be Added a View of the States and Territorial Regions of Our Western Empire: Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the West

Segner & Condit, 1869 - 766 pages

INTRODUCTORY	9

HISTORICAL SKETCH Discovery of the Mississippi 1541Spanish Posses	15

PRAIRIE HUNTING The BuffaloThe Elk or WapitiMethods of Hunting	236

CALIFORNIA AND THE MINES Gold DiscoveredEmigrationGeneral Descrip	258

PRAIRIE AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS EXPLORED Expedition of FremontThe	322

THE PACIFIC REGION Explored The Tlamath LakeIndian VillagesGreat	375

KENTUCKY BoundariesPosition and AreaClimateFace of the Coun	439

TENNESSEE Boundaries and AreaFace of the CountryRiversObjects	458

CALIFORNIA Boundaries Position and ExtentFace of the CountryCoun	578

69	597

122	614

KANSAS Boundaries Position and AreaGeneral View of the Face of	623

72	632

NEVADA Boundaries and PositionHistoryState Government Judicial	636

81	640

NEBRASKA Position and BoundariesThe Counties and the Vote in each	655

ILLINOIS Origin of the NameBoundaries Position and AreaFace of	469

INDIAN ANTIQUITIES Mounds of MississippiExplorationsMounds of Illi	475

MISSOURI Boundaries Position and AreaRiversThe Missouri and	482

MISSOURI Early HistorySettled by the FrenchSt Louis founded 1764	498

ARKANSAS Area General Description and BoundariesFace of the Country	503

MICHIGAN Position Boundaries Area and General DescriptionGeology	510

43	528

TEXAS Boundaries Position and AreaFace of the CountryGeology	536

IOWA Boundaries Position and AreaFace of the CountryGeology	549

WISCONSIN Boundaries Position and AreaFace of the CountryGeology	560

NEW MEXICO Position Boundaries and AreaFace of the CountryMin	662

UTAH Position and BoundariesGeneral DescriptionThe Wasatch Mount	669

WASHINGTON Position Boundaries and AreaFace of the Country	677

Towns Necessity of Irrigation etc Counties and County TownsCities	684

104	704

IDAHO Its Position and ExtentGeneral DescriptionBoundariesOrigin	727

INDIAN TERRITORY Boundaries and PositionFace of the CountryRivers	739

ALASKA late Russian Possessions	749

The United States Constitution and Amendments	761

Title	Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which Will be Added a View of the States and Territorial Regions of Our Western Empire: Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the West
Author	John C. Van Tramp
Publisher	Segner & Condit, 1869
Original from	The Ohio State University
Digitized	11 Apr 2016
Length	766 pages

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