Route for the Overland Stage: James H. Simpson's 1859 Trail Across the Great Basin

by Jesse G. Petersen

The 1859 exploration of the Great Basin by army topographical engineer James Simpson opened up one of the West's most important transportation and communication corridors, a vital link between the Pacific Coast and the rest of the nation. It became the route of the Pony Express and the Overland Mail and Stage, the line of the Pacific telegraph, a major wagon road for freighters and emigrants, and, later, the first transcontinental auto road, the Lincoln...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874216931
• ISBN13: 9780874216936
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher