Stories Of The Humboldt Wagon Road
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Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road
Author | : Andy Mark |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2020-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439669783 |
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Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road, meant to connect California with the burgeoning mining industries of Nevada and Idaho. The ambitious plan to make Chico a major Northern California transportation hub was spearheaded by John Bidwell and began in earnest in 1864. The road opened new areas to mining and logging and provided opportunities for less scrupulous characters. Stagecoach robberies, murders and shootouts were just some of the misfortunes that occurred on the road, along with the dangers nature provided--snowstorms, perilous terrain and grizzly bears. Author Andy Mark offers a glimpse of what it was like for nineteenth-century travelers and settlers on the route of the Humboldt Wagon Road.
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