Destination, Denver City : the South Platte trail
Nonfiction
x, 293 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780804008594, 9780804008600, 0804008590, 0804008604
11444060
Preface
The tangled threads of destiny
Gold
the elusive seductress
The cradle on wheels
People of the Platte
Another kind of enlightenment
The distant sound of cannon
Sowing the seeds of dissension
The ripening of dragon's teeth
An uneasy autumn
Bloodshed on sand and snow
Vengeance, fire, and ice
The prairie claims its own. Maps: The South Platte Trail, North Platte to Denver
Routes to the gold fields and Route of the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company
The overland stage route from Atchison to North Platte
Maps on lining papers
"A Sage book of Swallow Press"--Title page verso