overland journeys to the pacific

A fictional journal recounting the travels--from Pittsburgh to the Pacific Ocean--of sixteen-year-old George Shannon, the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery.

Follows the history of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, beginning in Omaha with the Union Pacific and in Sacramento with Central Pacific, meeting in Promontory, Utah in 1869.

Based on the diary of a goldseeker named William Swain and over 500 other diaries and letter collections, this book reveals the life and times of the forty-niners and their families.

Now armed with rifles, the self-reliant women of the Petticoat Party wagon train continue their journey to Oregon City and face more challenges including a shooting contest with a band of Snake Indians.

A fictionalized account of twelve-year-old Sallie Fox's journey in 1858 from Iowa to California in a covered wagon.

Chronicles the age of the steamboat and the stagecoach in America's northwest region, examining technological, economic, and social aspects and presenting more than two hundred photos and other illustrations.

Describes the Overland Trail and the frontiersmen who traveled to Fort Bridger.

Briefly explores what it was like to travel across the country by wagon train, including first-hand accounts about such things as cooking on the trail and dangers to be faced.

As a school project, sixth graders recreate a westward trek to Oregon with all the perils that faced real pioneers.