In an elaborately documented, day-by-day format, The Old West meticulously records every incident that shaped the frontier from the years 1848 to 1890. Whether it's a gold discovery, an advance in transcontinental travel, or a series of racial skirmishes, each chronological entry furnishes the reader with a quick, fascinating summary.This extraordinary reference condenses and organizes decades of history and lore that must otherwise be laboriously hunted down in newspaper records and secondary sources.
In an elaborately documented, day-by-day format, The Old West meticulously records every incident that shaped the frontier from the years 1848 to 1890. Whether it's a gold discovery, an advance in transcontinental travel, or a series of racial skirmishes, each chronological entry furnishes the reader with a quick, fascinating summary.This extraordinary reference condenses and organizes decades of history and lore that must otherwise be laboriously hunted down in newspaper records and secondary sources.