Souvenir and views of Union Pacific, “the Overland Route,” the world’s pictorial line.

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Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter’s River, Lake Winnepeck, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major, U.S.T.E.

William Hypolitus Keating (1799-1840), a professor of mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania (1822-1828), compiled this two-volume account of a scientific expedition in 1823 under the auspices of President Monroe’s War Department. The expedition encompassed the Minnesota River, Red River, Lake Winnepeg, Lake of the Woods, and Lake Superior. Keating used his own […]

The great agricultural and mineral West; a handbook and guide for the emigrant, to the most inviting agricultural fields of the western states, and to the richest gold and silver regions of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific slope. Itinery [!] of the routes, features of the country, and journal of residence in Idaho and Montana.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Imprint on cover: St. Louis, Mo., J.F. Torrey. images not viewed; td12 2010-08-24

Our new states and territories, being notes of a recent tour of observation through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, Washington Territory and California.

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Incidents of a trip through the great Platte Valley, to the Rocky Mountains and Laramie Plains, in the fall of 1866, with a synoptical statement of the various Pacific railroads, and an account of the great Union Pacific railroad excursion to the one hundreth meridian of longitude.

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The illustrated guide of St. Louis, a new and complete guide to the city.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Cover title: The new illustrated guide of St. Louis, 1896. “Special convention edition with cyclone views.” images not viewed; td12 2010-08-24

The new St. Louis.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Illustrated from photos by Fred Graf. images not viewed; td12 2010-08-24

Souvenir Shrewsbury …

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The trail drivers of Texas, interesting sketches of early cowboys and their experiences on the range and on the trail during the days that tried men’s souls;

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History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean : performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States

This account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, published in 1814, is based on the detailed journals kept by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the leaders of expedition. The book begins with “Life of Captain Lewis,” written by Thomas Jefferson, which reproduces Jefferson’s detailed instructions to Lewis regarding the goals of the expedition. “The […]