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Pre-Gold Rush (2 Books) 1948 & '66 [182041]

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Pre-Gold Rush (2 Books) 1948 & '66 [182041]
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Two books with topics from the pre-Gold Rush era: 1. The First Emigrant Train to California. John Bidwell. Collector's edition: Limited to 400 copies. March, 1966. With illustrations. 54 pp. 7.75 x 10.5 in. Light stains on cover, otherwise very good. John Bidwell was a member of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party, the first organized group of emigrants ever to reach California from the United States. On the pages that follow he gives a graphic account of the origin of that enterprise and of the hardships encountered during the trail-breaking journey. 2. Texas, Oregon and California. S. Augustus Mitchell. 1948, Biobooks, Oakland, CA. No. 12 in the California Centennial Editions. Reprint of the great cartographer's historically crucial 1846 map and text Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, with the Regions Adjoining. 45 pp. 6 x 9in. Fold-out scarce map of Texas, Oregon and California, from the first edition printed at Philadelphia in 1846. Illustration- colored miniature reproductions of the Samuel Brannan family. Dust jacket. Fine. [