An Overland Journey

An Overland Journey
Author: Horace Greeley
Publisher: Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1966
Genre: Overland journeys to the Pacific
ISBN:

Journal of Horace Greeley's journey from New York to San Francisco in 1859.

OVERLAND JOURNEY FROM NEW YORK

OVERLAND JOURNEY FROM NEW YORK
Author: Horace 1811-1872 Greeley
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2016-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781371449223

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An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859

An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859
Author: Horace Greeley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803270794

In the spring of 1859 Horace Greeley, celebrated editor of the New-York Tribune, set off to explore the projected central route for a great transcontinental railroad line connecting the Mississippi Valley and the West Coast. ø Greeley traveled to California, primarily by stagecoach, and sent back a series of letters describing the scenery and human endeavor he encountered. He dismissed the plains as a region of "sterility and thirst." Of the new gold fields near Denver he predicted that they were only a modest representation of the rich veins that ran throughout the Rockies. He understood too that it would be those who mined the miners, rather than those who dug for gold, who would reap financial rewards. ø An inveterate reporter, Greeley commented on everything he saw, from prairie dogs to Mormons to the scenic wonders of the Yosemite valley. He was tireless in recounting economic possibilities for farmers, miners, ranchers, and merchants, ultimately concluding that much of the West was a vast, untapped resource waiting for courageous pioneers and innovative settlers.