Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California Book

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Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California, A critical era in California's history and development—the building of the first roads over the Sierra Nevada—is thoroughly and colorfully documented in Thomas Howard's fascinating book. During California's first two decades of statehood (1850-1870), the , Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California

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Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California
Written by author Thomas Frederick Howard
Published by University of California Press, October 2000
A critical era in California's history and development—the building of the first roads over the Sierra Nevada—is thoroughly and colorfully documented in Thomas Howard's fascinating book. During California's first two decades of statehood (1850-1870), the
"As Thomas Howard proves in this engaging study of early efforts to breach the Sierra Nevada, contemporary pathways represent an intriguing interaction of geography, human intention—and will. Having read this book, one will never again think simply a

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Preface
Introduction 1
1 Mountain Wall, Snow, Basins, and Rivers 6
2 Trans-Sierra Transport before Wheeled Vehicles 12
3 Wagon Trains across the Sierra 34
4 Local Initiatives in Road Building 54
5 State Government Road Measures 75
6 The Distant Prospect of Railroads 100
7 The Federal Government Builds West to California 115
8 Mail Contracts and Stagecoach Service 125
9 A Revival of Interest in Road Construction in California 139
10 The Central Pacific Railroad 163
Epilogue: Trans-Sierra Roads after 1869 174
Notes 181
References 195
Index 207

Title: Sierra Crossing: First Roads to California

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Publication Date: October 2000

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.000 cm (2.36 inches)

Heigh : 9.000 cm (3.54 inches)

Depth: 0.630 cm (0.25 inches)

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Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Mountain Wall, Snow, Basins, and Rivers	6
2	Trans-Sierra Transport before Wheeled Vehicles	12
3	Wagon Trains across the Sierra	34
4	Local Initiatives in Road Building	54
5	State Government Road Measures	75
6	The Distant Prospect of Railroads	100
7	The Federal Government Builds West to California	115
8	Mail Contracts and Stagecoach Service	125
9	A Revival of Interest in Road Construction in California	139
10	The Central Pacific Railroad	163
	Epilogue: Trans-Sierra Roads after 1869	174
	Notes	181
	References	195
	Index	207