Road to California : The Search for a Southern Overland Route to California, 1540-1848 Sierra Nevada with both rain and snow

with both rain and snow

It is a valuable record of the past

and uncounted public lectures

the major attractions for visitors are the Mogollon Rim and eight coldwater lakes

Altitudes of peaks

Road to California : The Search for a Southern Overland Route to California, 1540-1848 Sierra Nevada with both rain and snowFor the first time, Road to California brings together the story of the search for a southern overland route to California by Spaniards, Mexicans and Americans. The book also tells about the response of Native Americans to the invasion of their lands. Some fought the intruders, but for three centuries most Indians welcomed, provisioned and assisted the intruders. The story ends in 1848 when discovery of gold in California's Sierra Nevada assured that