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The March of the mounted riflemen : first United States military expedition to travel the full length of the Oregon Trail from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver, May to October, 1849 : as recorded in the journals of Major Osborne Cross and George Gibbs and the official report of Colonel Loring / edited by Raymond W. Settle.
LIBRA F593 .M29 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gibbs, George, 1815-1873.
- Cross, Osborne, 1803-1876.
- Diaries.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- Overland journeys to the Pacific.
- Oregon National Historic Trail.
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- United States.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Cross, Osborne, 1803-1876--Diaries.
- Cross, Osborne.
- Gibbs, George, 1815-1873--Diaries.
- Gibbs, George.
- Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886.
- Loring, William Wing.
- Physical Description:
- 378 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- The March Of The Mounted Riflemen, First published in 1940, is important as the only complete record of one of the longest marches ever made.
- Notes:
- "A Bison book"--Spine.
- Reprint. Originally published: Glendale, Calif., U.S.A. : A.H. Clark Co., 1940.
- Bibliography: pages [351]-357.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0803291965
- OCLC:
- 19629724
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