THE OPENING OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL THE STORY OF THE STEVENS PARTY FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF MOSES SCHALLENBERGER...
1953 · Berkeley & Los Angeles
by [Schallenberger, Moses
Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1953. 115pp. plus plates. Cloth, printed paper spine label. Slightly tanned, else fine. From an edition limited to 350 copies, "specially bound for the Friends of the Bancroft Library." The Stevens party of 1844 is important for its opening of the first wagon road to California, and its discovery and successful crossing of the Donner Pass (Inventory #: WRCAM11239)