Travels in Mexico and California : comprising a journal of a tour from Brazos Santiago through central Mexico by way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the country of the Apaches, and the River Gila to the mining districts of California / by A.B. Clarke ; edited by Anne M. Perry. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, A. B. (Asa Bement), 1817-1882.

Contributor:

Perry, Anne, 1943-

Series:

Essays on the American West ; no. 10.

Essays on the American West Travels in Mexico and California

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clarke, A. B. (Asa Bement), 1817-1882--Diaries.

Clarke, A. B.

Clarke, A. B. (Asa Bement), 1817-1882--Journeys--California.

Southwest, New--Description and travel.

Southwest, New.

Mexico--Description and travel.

Mexico.

California--Description and travel.

California.

California--Gold discoveries--History--19th century.

Clarke, A. B. (Asa Bement), 1817-1882--Travel--California.

California--Gold discoveries.

Genre:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 143 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

From New York to Brazos Santiago

To Monterey

To Chihuahua

To Janos

Recuperation in Janos

Through Guadalupe Pass to Sante Cruz on Graham's Route

To the Presidio of Teuson and Across a Desert to the Gila River

Along Gen. Kearny's and Maj. Graham's Routes near the Gila River to the Junction of the Gila with the Colorado River

Across the Great Desert to Carrizo Creek and Ojo Grande

Through Warner's and Williams' Ranches to Pueblo-de-los-Angelos

To San Francisco.

Notes:

"Originally published by the author in 1852 and produced by Wright & Hasty, printers, Boston"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-585-17503-9