South Dakota Historical Review; October, 1936, Vol. II, No. 1; Published Quarterly.
Pierre SD: South Dakota Historical Society, 1936. Pamphlet. 48p., illustrated only with tables (personnel, distances), plain printed 9x6 inch offwhite stapled wraps. Nice copy, slight toning of textpaper, faint dustsoil to front cover and a small bump to back cover and to two adjacent leaves, otherwise sound, clean and unmarked.
South Dakota officials saw a way to make money for the state by funding a "wagon road" to take gold-seekers on through to diggings in Idaho and Montana. The military accounts here reprinted describe hot weather and sharp-shooting Native Americans.
Cat.No: 323309
Price: $22.00
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