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Book/Printed Material Palmer's Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846 Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Columbia River

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Title

  • Palmer's Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846

Other Title

  • Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Columbia River

Names

  • Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
  • Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874
  • Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913

Created / Published

  • Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906.

Headings

  • -  Oregon--Description and travel
  • -  Willamette River Valley (Or.)--Description and travel
  • -  Law--Oregon
  • -  Chinook Wawa language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
  • -  Nez Percé language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
  • -  Overland journeys to the Pacific

Notes

  • -  "Reprint of original edition: Cincinnati, 1847."--p. [21].
  • -  Includes facsimile of t.-p. of 1847 Cincinnati edition with title: Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Columbia River; made during the years 1845 and 1846; containing minute descriptions of the valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Clamet: a general description of Oregon Territory; a list of necessary outfits for emigrants; and a table of distances from camp to camp on the route. Also; a letter from the Rev. H.H. Spalding ...; the organic laws of Oregon Territory, tables of about 300 words of the Chinook jargon, and about 200 words of the Nez Percé language; a description of Mount Hood; incidents of travel, &c. &c.

Medium

  • 311 p. : facsims. ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F592 .T54 vol. 30

Source Collection

  • Early western travels, 1748-1846. v. 30

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 06039791

OCLC Number

  • 1170756

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Palmer, Joel, Henry Harmon Spalding, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Palmer's Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, -1846. Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/06039791/.

APA citation style:

Palmer, J., Spalding, H. H. & Thwaites, R. G. (1906) Palmer's Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, -1846. Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/06039791/.

MLA citation style:

Palmer, Joel, Henry Harmon Spalding, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Palmer's Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, -1846. Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/06039791/>.