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Reconnaissance in Sonora : Charles D. Poston's 1854 exploration of Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase / C. Gilbert Storms.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Storms, C. Gilbert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902--Travel--Mexico--Sonora (State).
- Poston, Charles D.
- Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902--Travel--Arizona.
- Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902.
- Travel.
- Sonora (Mexico : State)--Description and travel.
- Sonora (Mexico : State).
- Arizona--Description and travel.
- Arizona.
- Gadsden Purchase.
- Mexico--Sonora (State).
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2015].
- Summary:
- "Reconnaissance in Sonora is based on Charles D. Poston's handwritten report about his 1854 journey from San Francisco to Sonora, Mexico, and his return through the Gadsden Purchase territory of southern Arizona"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Starting out in Kentucky
- San Francisco and the customs house
- The government boarding house
- Expansionist dreams and private conquests
- Planning the expedition to Sonora
- Navachiste and Sonora
- A port on the Gulf
- The sand desert
- The Gila trail and Colorado City
- Deals and disappointments
- Stories of the Sonoran expedition
- Poston's story : a postscript
- Appendix. Charles D. Poston, Reconnaisance in Sonora.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816531493
- 0816531498
- OCLC:
- 893974348
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