MS 081
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Walker, Henry P. (Henry Pickering), 1911- |
| Collection Name: | The Rise and Decline of High Plains Wagon Freighting |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1822-1880 |
| Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Walker's research is concerned with the importance of wagon freighting in the economic development of the American West. The time period under discussion begins in 1822, with early merchandise wagons making the trip from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It concludes in 1880, when the railroad system reaches the mining towns of Montana. |
| Collection Number: | MS 081 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
American historian.
Walker's research is concerned with the importance of wagon freighting in the economic development of the American West. The time period under discussion begins in 1822, with early merchandise wagons making the trip from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It concludes in 1880, when the railroad system reaches the mining towns of Montana. Some illustrations are reproduced from historic photographs. Maps show principal routes of both water and land commerce. Charts and graphs follow the extensive bibliography. Some show the number of wagons by year, while others depict comparative prices of wool and grocery items such as coffee, bacon, sugar and flour.
This typescript, written in 1965, was Walker's Ph.D. dissertation for the History Department at the University of Colorado.
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Published in 1966 by the University of Oklahoma Press as: The Wagonmasters.
The Rise and Decline of High Plains Wagon Freighting (MS 081). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as gift, 1966.
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