The Opening of the California Trail
1953 · Berkeley and Los Angeles
by Stewart, George R. [Editor]
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953 115pp. plus 14 photographs, 2 maps & text illustrations. Notes and bibliography. Tan cloth. A fine copy. The story of the Stevens Party from the reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger, first published in 1888. Stewart has provided an excellent introduction and notes. The party set out for the Pacific Coast in the spring of 1844 and opened the first wagon road to California; the party is given credit for the discovery of the Truckee route and Donner Pass. . (Inventory #: 7500)