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Not wanting to high-jack @CountryGent and his thread on Most interesting persons of the old west...
I thought I'd start a similar one on "Tourists" in the old west.
Our Western frontier held a huge fascination with many during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Folks came from around the world just to tour our western regions...
Heath...
Science...
Hunting...
Seeing the Indians and wildlife...
Were some common reasons to "Go West young ( and not so young ) man....
The following is a list of books that I own and are :
First hand accounts or narratives
Or
Works about our west based on the author's experiences
Some are still in print...others are not...all are worth searching out.
Note that the list is in no particular order.
Also note that this list is far from complete...
Happy reading...!
Andy
Tixier's travels on the Osage Prairies.....by Victor Trixier
Edward Warren...by Sir William Drummond Stewart
Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains , to the Columbia River...by John Kirk Townsend
Rocky Mountain Life...by Rufus sage
A tour to Northern Mexico 1846-1847
A Journey to the Rocky Mountains 1839...both by Fredrick A. Wislizenus
Life in the Far West
Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains 1846-1847...both by George Ruxton
Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail...Lewis Garrard
Prairie & Mountain Sketches
Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail....both by Matt Field
The Oregon Trail...by Francis Parkman
A Tour of the Prairies...by Washington Irving
Indian Sketches...by John Treat Irving JR
Travels in North America 1822-1824...Paul Wilhem Duke of Wurttemberg
I thought I'd start a similar one on "Tourists" in the old west.
Our Western frontier held a huge fascination with many during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Folks came from around the world just to tour our western regions...
Heath...
Science...
Hunting...
Seeing the Indians and wildlife...
Were some common reasons to "Go West young ( and not so young ) man....
The following is a list of books that I own and are :
First hand accounts or narratives
Or
Works about our west based on the author's experiences
Some are still in print...others are not...all are worth searching out.
Note that the list is in no particular order.
Also note that this list is far from complete...
Happy reading...!
Andy
Tixier's travels on the Osage Prairies.....by Victor Trixier
Edward Warren...by Sir William Drummond Stewart
Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains , to the Columbia River...by John Kirk Townsend
Rocky Mountain Life...by Rufus sage
A tour to Northern Mexico 1846-1847
A Journey to the Rocky Mountains 1839...both by Fredrick A. Wislizenus
Life in the Far West
Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains 1846-1847...both by George Ruxton
Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail...Lewis Garrard
Prairie & Mountain Sketches
Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail....both by Matt Field
The Oregon Trail...by Francis Parkman
A Tour of the Prairies...by Washington Irving
Indian Sketches...by John Treat Irving JR
Travels in North America 1822-1824...Paul Wilhem Duke of Wurttemberg