South Pass

by Will Bagley
Category: "U.S. History - Cultural"
Pages:294
Year of Publication:2014
Date Added:08/25/2015
Date Read:02/10/2018
Notes:Subtitle: Gateway to a Continent

South Pass, in southern Wyoming, was the only place a wagon could be driven across the Continental Divide before roads were made. Because of this, it became a major thoroughfare across the country for immigrants, stagecoaches, the Pony Express, mountain men, and the telegraph.
My Rating: 5

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Review - South Pass

I got the basic gist, but even one decent map would have helped. The author was thorough. I don't think he neglected to include every record he could find of every last person who used the route before 1867, when the South Pass gold fever petered out. This created a great deal of redundancy and boring detail.

Reviewed by Roger on 2018-02-11 00:02:12

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