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A California Tramp and Later Footprints; or, Life on the Plains and in the Golden State Thirty Years Ago, with Miscellaneous Sketches in Prose and Verse, by Thaddeus S. Kenderdine. Philadelphia, PA: Press of Globe Printing House. 1888.

Across the Plains in the Donner Party: 1846 to 1847, by Virginia Murphy, Frederick Remington (Illustrator), Thomas Moraw (Illustrator). Colorado Springs, CO: Villa Publishing Syndicate. 1891, 1995 Reprint.

"Across the Plains in the Donner Party: 1846 to 1847", by Virginia Murphy. Century Magazine. July 1891.

Adventures on and Off Interstate 80: Natural and Human History Along the Pioneer and Gold Rush Corridor from San Francisco's Pacific Shore to Nevada, by Eleanor (Ellie) Huggins, John Olmsted. San Francisco, CA: William Kaufmann. 1985.

Alice's Drive: Veil, Duster and Tire Iron, by Alice Huyler Ramsey. Tooele, UT: Patrice Press. 1961, 2007 Reprint.

America's Historic Trails, by J. Kingston Pierce, Tom Bodett (introduction). Darby, PA: Diane Publishing Company. 1977.

America's Historic Trails - Boxed Set. Questar. 2002.

America's Historic Trails - Boxed Set. Questar. 2002.

America's Historic Trails: The California Trail. Questar. 2002.

Araminta's Paint Box, by Karen Ackerman, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator). New York, NY: Antheneum. 1990.

Araminta's Paint Box, by Karen Ackerman, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator). New York, NY: Aladdin. 1990.

At Great Cost, by Mabel Chapman.

Cassie's Journey: Going West in the 1860's, by Brett Harvey, Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator). New York, NY: Holiday House. 1988, 1995 Reprint.

Cassie's Journey: Going West in the 1860's, by Brett Harvey, Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator). New York, NY: Holiday House. 1988, 1995 Reprint.

"Continuity and Change Along the National Road in Pennsylvania", by William B. Rhoads. Pittsburgh History. Fall 1990.

"Crossing the Plains in '46", by William C. Graves. The Russian River Flag (Healdsburg, CA).

Daily Life In a Covered Wagon, by Paul Erikson. London, England: Puffin Press.

Daily Life In a Covered Wagon, by Paul Erikson. Friday Harbor, WA: Turtleback Books.

"Deeply Interesting Letter", by Virginia Murphy. Illinois Journal. December 16, 1847.

Diary of Patrick Breen, One of the Donner Party, by Patrick Breen, Frederick J. Teggart (Editor). Berkeley, CA: University of California. 1910.

Diary of Patrick Breen, One of the Donner Party, by Patrick Breen, Frederick J. Teggart (Editor). Olympic Valley, CA: Outbooks. 1978.

Diary of Patrick Breen, One of the Donner Party, by Patrick Breen. Berkeley, CA: University of California. 1910.

Donner Memorial State Park Teachers Handbook, by Sutherland and Fife. Truckee, CA: Donner Memorial State Park. 1986.

Donner Miscellany: 41 Diaries and Documents, by Carroll Hall. San Francisco: The Book Club of San Francisco. 1947.

Donner Pass and Those Who Crossed It; The Story of the Country Made Notable by the Stevens Party, Gold hunters, and the Railroad Builders, by George Rippey Stewart. Menlo Park, CA: Lane. 1960, 1964 Reprint.

Donner Pass Trip-Tape, by Joy Wake.

Donner Pass: Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing, by John R. Signor. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books. 1985.

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival, by Robert Fuller. Starmaker Entrertainment. 1978.

Exploring the Great Basin, by Gloria Griffen Cline. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. 1963.

Exploring the Great Basin, by Gloria Griffen Cline. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press.

Fearful Crossing, by Harold Curran. Las Vegas, NV: Nevada Publications. 1987.

Forty Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail, by Archer Butler Hulbert. Reno, NV: Nevada Publications. 1948, 1987 Reprint.

Forty Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail, by Archer Butler Hulbert. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company. 1948.

"From a California Emigrant", by James Frazier Reed. Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL). November 5, 1846.

"From Sea to Shining Sea", by Ralph Gray, Dean Conger. Vol. 120, No. 1. The National Geographic.

From the desk of Truckee's C.F. McGlashan: His letters to Eliza Donner Houghton, Donner Party survivor, investigative report of a massacred wagon train, Truckee-Tahoe adventures and more., by Charles F. McGlashan. Truckee, CA: Truckee-Donner Historical Society. 1986.

History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra, by Charles F. McGlashan, George Hinkle (Editor), Bliss Hinkle (Editor). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. 1879, 1940 Reprint.

History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra, by Charles F. McGlashan. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. 1879, 2007 Reprint.

Humboldt, Highroad of the West, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Salem, NH: Ayer Company Publications. 1943.

Humboldt, Highroad of the West, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1943, 1985 Reprint.

Journals of Forty-Niners, Salt Lake to Los Angeles: With Diaries and Contemporary Records of Sheldon Young, James S. Brown, Jacob Y. Stover, Charles C. Rich, Addison Pratt, Howard Egan, Henry W. Bigler, and Others, by LeRoy R. Hafen, Ann W. Hafen. Lincoln, NE: Bison Books. 1954, 1998 Reprint.

Lake Tahoe: The Way It Was Then and Now , by Phyllis Zauner. Tahoe Paradise, CA: Zanel Publications. 1982.

Left Hand Turn: A Story of the Donner Party Women, by Jeanette Gould Maino. Modesto, CA: Dry Creek Books. 1987.

Link Across America: A Story of the Historic Lincoln Highway, by Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Ray F. Randall (illustrator). Windsor, CA: Rayve Productions. 1997.

Map of the Emigrant Road from Independence, Missouri, to San Francisco, California, by T. H. Jefferson. San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society.

Maps showing overland trails from Nebraska to California, by Robert H. Becker. Berkeley, CA. 1970.

Milemarking I-80, by Mary Lu Kost. Sacramento, CA: Mile Productions. 1994.

Moon Handbook Nevada, by Deke Castleman. Emeryville, CA: Avalon Travel Publishing. 2005.

"Narrative of the Sufferings of a Company of Emigrants in the Mountains of California in the Winter of 46 and 47", by James Frazier Reed. Springfield, Illinois Journal. December 9, 1847 and December 23, 1847.

Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State, by Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort. 1940.

Of time and space, by George Rippey Stewart. Reno, NV: T. Gorelangton Library, University of Nevada. 1984.

On the Trail of Tragedy: The Excavation of the Donner Party Site. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. 1990.

Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party, by George Rippey Stewart. Boston, MA: Mariner Books. 1936, 1992 Reprint.

Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party, by George Rippey Stewart. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. 1936, 1960 Reprint.

Oregon and California in 1848, by Jessy Quinn Thornton. Salem, NH: Ayer Publishing. 1849, 1973 Reprint.

Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail, Vol. 1, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1994.

Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail, Vol. 1, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1993.

Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail, Vol. 2, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1993.

Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail, Vol. 2, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1993.

Pacific Wagon Roads. Letters from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting a Report upon the Several Wagon Roads Constructed under the Direction of the Interior Department [Report by Albert H. Campbell, Dated 19 February 1859]., by Albert H. Campbell. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party, by Rachel K. Laurgaard, Elizabeth Sykes Michaels. Davis, CA: Tomato Enterprises. 1954, 1989 Reprint.

Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party, by Rachel K. Laurgaard, Elizabeth Sykes Michaels. Friday Harbor, WA: Turtleback Books. 1954, 1989 Reprint.

Pioneer Memoirs, by John Breen. Manuscript in the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers, Part 1, by Archer Butler Hulbert. New York, NY: AMS Press. 1904, 1971 Reprint.

Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers, Part 2, by Archer Butler Hulbert. New York, NY: AMS Press. 1904, 1971 Reprint.

Pony Bob's Daring Ride: A Pony Express Adventure (Highlights from American History), by Joe Bensen, John Potter (Illustrator). Farmington, MO: San Val. 1995.

Pony Bob's Daring Ride: A Pony Express Adventure (Highlights from American History), by Joe Bensen, John Potter (Illustrator). Guilford, CT: TwoDot. 1995.

Pony Express Guidebook (Desert Rat Guidebook Series), by Jamison Station Press Staff. Central Point, OR: Pacific Northwest Books. 1984.

Pony Express Riders of the Wild West (Trailblazers of the Wild West), by Jeff Savage. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers. 1995.

Rand McNally's Pioneer Atlas of the American West, by Dale Lowell Morgan. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally. 1956.

Relief of the Donner Party, by Daniel Rhoads.

Reno-Sparks Nevada, by Phyllis Zauner. Tahoe Paradise, CA: Zanel Publications. 1984.

Report of a Journey from California by the South Pass to Fort Leavenworth in 1847, by Thomas Swords. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1848.

Roadtrip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways, by Jamie Jensen. Emeryville, CA: Avalon Travel Publishing. 2009.

"Route 66 is Officially Wiped off the Map", by Sunny Mays Schust. Vol. 8. Nation's Cities Weekly. July 1985.

Route 66: The Illustrated Guidebook to the Mother Road, by Bob Moore, Patrick Grauwels. Del Mar, CA: USDC. 1994.

Scenic Driving Utah, by Joe Bensen. Helena, MT: Falcon Publishing. 1996.

Sheep Rock, by George Rippey Stewart. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. 1951, 1971 Reprint.

Sheep Rock, by George Rippey Stewart. New York, NY: Random House. 1951.

Sierra Nevada Lakes, by George Hinkle, Bliss Hinkle. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. 1987.

Sierra Nevada Lakes, by George Hinkle, Bliss Hinkle. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1949.

Snow Covered Wagons: A pioneer epic: The Donner party expedition, 1846-1847 , by Julia Cooley Altroochi. New York, NY: MacMillan. 1936.

Special Delivery (Carolrhoda on My Own Books), by Betty Brandt, Kathy Haubrich. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group. 1988.

"Statement of William McCutchen", by William McCutchen. Pacific Rural Press. April 1, 1871.

Survival: A Novel of the Donner Party, by K. C. McKenna. New York, NY: Jove Publications. 1994.

Tamsen Donner: A Woman's Journey, by Ruth Whitman. Cambridge, MA: Alice James Books. 1977.

The Bidwell-Bartleson Party, 1841, by Doyce Nunis. Santa Cruz, CA: Western Tanager Press. 1991.

The Boston-Newton Company Venture: From Massachusetts to California in 1849, by Jessie G. Hannon. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1969.

The California Trail: An Epic with Many Epic Heroes, by George Rippey Stewart. Lincoln, NE: Bison Books. 1962, 1983 Reprint.

The California Trail: An Epic with Many Epic Heroes, by George Rippey Stewart. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill. 1962.

"The Cut-Off", by Arthur W. North. Sunset. December 1915.

The Donner Party, by George Keithley. New York, NY: George Braziller. 1989.

The Donner Party, by George Keithley. New York, NY: George Braziller. 1972.

The Donner Party, by Ric Burns, Ades, Lisa. PBS Paramount. 1992.

"The Donner Party and Relief Hill", by W. W. Waggoner. California Historical Society Quarterly. December 1931.

The Donner Party Chronicles, by Frank Mullen, Jr., Marilyn Newton. Reno, NV: Nevada Humanities Committee. 1997.

"The Donner Tragedy", by Frances H. McDougal. Pacific Rural Press. January 21, 1871 and April 29, 1871.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate, by Eliza P. Donner Houghton. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1911, 1997 Reprint.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate, by Eliza P. Donner Houghton. Buffalo, NY: IndyPublish.com. 1911, 2005 Reprint.

"The First Wagon Train to Cross Utah, 1841", by David E. Miller. Vol. 30. Utah Historical Quarterly. Winter 1962.

"The Heartland Highway: Travelling U.S. 50 from Ocean City, Maryland to Sacramento, California in a Porsche 911 Cabriolet", by Larry Griffin. Vol. 32. Car and Driver.

The Kilgore Journal of an Overland Journey to California in the Year 1850, by William H. Kilgore, Joyce Rockwood Muench (Editor). New York, NY: Hastings Publishing. 1949.

The Overland Trail, by Jay Monaghan, James Monaghan. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1947.

The Pioneers Go West, by George Rippey Stewart. New York, NY: Random House. 1954, 1982 Reprint.

The Pioneers Go West, by George Rippey Stewart. Minneapolis, MN: Tandem Library. 1954, 1999 Reprint.

The Pony Express (Cornerstones of Freedom), by Peter Anderson. Chicago, IL: Children's Press. 1996.

The Pony Express (Cornerstones of Freedom), by Peter Anderson. Chicago, IL: Children's Press. 1996.

"The Road to 'Fortune:' The Salt Lake Cutoff", by L. A. Fleming, A. R. Standing. Vol. 33. Utah Historical Quarterly.

The Secret Valley, by Clyde Robert Bulla. Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith Publisher.

The Secret Valley, by Clyde Robert Bulla, Grace Paull (Illustrator). New York, NY: Harper Trophy.

"The Snow-Bound, Starved Emigrants of 1846", by James Frazier Reed. Pacific Rural Press. March 25, 1871 and April 1, 1871.

The Story of the Pony Express, by Glenn D. Bradley. Detroit, MI: Gale Group. 1974.

The Story of the Pony Express, by Glenn D. Bradley. Buffalo, NY: IndyPublish.com. 2005.

The Story of the Pony Express, by Glenn D. Bradley. Glenside, Wellington, New Zealand: Forgotten Books. 2008.

The Tahoe Sierra : A Natural History Guide to 112 Hikes in the Northern Sierra, by Jeffrey Schaffer. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. 1987.

The Trail: A Bibliography of the Traveler on the Overland Trail to California, Oregon, Salt Lake City, and Montana during the Years 1841-1864, by Lannon W. Mintz. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. 1987.

The Traveler's Guide to the Pony Express Trail, by Joe Bensen. Helena, MT: Falcon Publishing. 1995.

The Ungodly: A Novel of the Donner Party, by Richard Rhoads. New York, NY: David Mckay Company. 1973.

The Ungodly: A Novel of the Donner Party, by Richard Rhoads. Staford General Books. 1973, 2007 Reprint.

They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express, by Cheryl Harness. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Children's. 1996.

They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express, by Cheryl Harness. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Children's. 2002.

To California by Covered Wagon, by George Rippey Stewart, William Moyers (Illustrator). New York, NY: Random House. 1954.

Travelers Guide to Interstate 80 Coast to Coast, by Interstate Guides. Philadelphia, PA: Interstate Guides. 1984.

Truckee, by Joanne Meschery. Truckee, CA: Rocking Stone Press. 1980.

U.S. 40 Today: Thirty Years of Landscape Change in America, by Thomas R. Vale, Geraldine Vale. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. 1983.

U.S. 40 Today: Thirty Years of Landscape Change in America, by Thomas R. Vale, Geraldine Vale. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. 1983.

U.S. 40: Cross Section of the United States of America, by George R. Stewart, Erwin Raisz (Maps). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. 1953.

U.S. 40: Quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, by George Rippey Stewart. Würzburg, Vienna: Zettner. 1953, 1957 German Translatation of U.S. 40: Cross-Section of the United States of America.

Wanted a Few Bold Riders: The Story of the Pony Express, by Darice Bailer, Tom Antonishak (illustrator). Norwalk, CT: Soundprints Corporation. 1997.

Wanted a Few Bold Riders: The Story of the Pony Express, by Darice Bailer, Tom Antonishak (illustrator). Norwalk, CT: Soundprints Corporation. 1997.

What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and through California, in the Years 1846, 1847, by Edwin Bryant. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and through California, in the Years 1846, 1847, by Edwin Bryant. Charleston, SC: BiblioLife.

What Shall We Do Tomorrow at Lake Tahoe: A Complete Activities Guide for Lake Tahoe, Truckee, and Carson Pass, by Eleanor (Ellie) Huggins. Truckee, CA: Coldstream Press. 1998.

Where the Old Roads Go: Driving the First Federal Highways of the Southwest, by George Cantor. New York, NY: Harper & Row. 1992.

Winter of Entrapment, by Joseph King. Lafayette, CA: K & K Publications. 1994.

Winter of Entrapment, by Joseph King. Lafayette, CA: K & K Publications. 1993.

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