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Sierra crossing : first roads to California / Thomas Frederick Howard

Author:
Howard, Thomas Frederick 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 218 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Date:
1998
C1998
19th century
Topic:
Roads--History  Search this
Overland journeys to the Pacific  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_537385

From exploration to conservation : picturing the Sierra Nevada / major sponsorship provided by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ; additional sponsors include the Nell J. Redfield Foundation ... [et al.]

Title:
Picturing the Sierra Nevada
Author:
David & Lucile Packard Foundation  Search this
Nell J. Redfield Foundation  Search this
Nevada Museum of Art  Search this
Wilderness Society (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Date:
1998
20th century
19th century
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
In art  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_596653

Roaring camp : the social world of the California Gold Rush / Susan Lee Johnson

Author:
Johnson, Susan Lee  Search this
Physical description:
464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
California
Date:
2000
C2000
19th century
Topic:
Mining camps--History  Search this
Gold discoveries  Search this
Social aspects  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_592153

Donner dinner party Nathan Hale

Illustrator:
Hale, Nathan 1976-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (123 pages) color illustrations
Type:
Comic books, strips, etc
Juvenile literature
Biography
Electronic books
Biographies
Graphic novels
History
Juvenile works
Place:
California
West (U.S.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
United States
Sierra Nevada
West United States
Date:
2013
19th century
Topic:
Donner Party  Search this
Pioneers--History  Search this
Pioneers  Search this
Overland journeys to the Pacific  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Graphic novels  Search this
Survival  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PZ7.7.H345 Don 2013 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Unlimited users
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146250

The best land under heaven : the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny / Michael Wallis

Title:
Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny
Author:
Wallis, Michael 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
California
West (U.S.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Date:
2017
19th century
Topic:
Donner Party  Search this
Pioneers--History  Search this
Overland journeys to the Pacific  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1080304

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