Southwest Expedition of Jedediah Smith His Personal Account of the Journey to California, 1826-1827

Name: Southwest Expedition of Jedediah Smith His Personal Account of the Journey to California, 1826-1827
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ISBN: 9780803291973

ISBN-10: 0803291973

ISBN-13: 9780803291973

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jedediah S. Smith, George R. Brooks, George R. Brooks

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Jedediah S. Smith was to western exploration what Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison were to the world of invention—a legendary figure kiting into the unknown, a lighter of the dark. No one did more to open the American West than this mountain man. His greatest exploring expedition came in 1826 when he looked to the Southwest for trapping grounds. Jedediah Smith's route ran, in modern terms, from Soda Springs in Idaho to the Great Salt Lake, southward across Utah, along the Colorado River to the Mojave Desert, and westward to California. When he reached the San Gabriel mission there, he could claim to be the first American to have gone overland through the Southwest. Then Smith marched…

Book details

List price: $8.95
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 11/1/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 259
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English