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1909 Auto Trip over the Old National Road, by Albert Douglas. Arthur W. McGraw. 1909.

A Journey to Ohio in 1810 As Recorded in the Journal of Margaret Van Horn Dwight , by Margaret Van Horn Dwight. Charleston, SC: BiblioLife.

A Journey to Ohio in 1810 As Recorded in the Journal of Margaret Van Horn Dwight , by Margaret Van Horn Dwight. Irvine, CA: Reprint Services Corporation.

A Survey of Roads of the United States, 1789, by Christopher Coles. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.

A Tour in North America in 1798, 1799, and 1800, by Richard Parkinson. London, England. 1805.

A Woman's World Tour in a Motor, by Harriet White Fisher. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co.. 1911.

Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway, by Effie Price Gladding. New York, NY: Brentano's Publishers. 1915.

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

Along the Santa Fe Trail: Marian Russell's Own Story, by Marion Sloan Russell, Ginger Wadsworth, James Watling (Illustrator). Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman and Co.. 1993.

Amazing Story of the Tonelli Family in America: Twelve Thousand Miles in a Buick in Search of Identity, Ethnicity, Geography, Kinship and Home, The, by Bill Tonelli. Redwood City, CA: Addison Wesley. 1994.

An Authentic Wagon Train Journal of 1853: From Indiana to California, by William Richard Brown. B. Wills. 1985.

Boulevards All the Way... Maybe: Being an Artist's Truthful Impression of the U.S.A. from New York to California and Return, by Motor, by James M. Flagg. New York, NY: George H. Doran Company. 1925.

By Motor to the Golden Gate, by Emily Post. Charleston, SC: BiblioLife. 1917, 2009 Reprint.

By Motor to the Golden Gate, by Emily Post. Charleston, SC: BiblioLife. 1917, 2009 Reprint.

"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.

Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, by Kristiana Gregory. New York, NY: Scholastic. 1997.

Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, by Kristiana Gregory. New York, NY: Scholastic. 2002.

Diary of a Bicycle Trip from Brooklyn, New York, to Lebanon, Ohio, 1908, by Malcolm E. Graham. Unpublished manuscript.

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

Down the Santa Fe Trail into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847, by Stella M. Drumm (Editor). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1982.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, by Reuben Gold Thwaite. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Library. 1904-1907, Reprint.

Fill'er Up: The Story of Fifty Years of Motoring, by Bellamy Partridge. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill. 1951.

"Following the Trail of Lewis and Clark", by Ralph Gray. Vol. CIII, No. 6. The National Geographic.

"From Baltimore to Wheeling Along the National Pike (Part 1)", by Oliver Martin. The Transmitter. September 1929.

"From Baltimore to Wheeling Along the National Pike (Part 2)", by Oliver Martin. The Transmitter. October 1929.

"From Baltimore to Wheeling Along the National Pike (Part 3)", by Oliver Martin. The Transmitter. November 1929.

"From Rhode Island to Ohio, 1815", by John Cotton. Vol. XVI. Journal of American History.

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

Heart of the Trail: The Stories of Eight Wagon Train Women, by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien. Guilford, CT: TwoDot. 1997.

History of Transportation in the United States Before 1860, by Balthasar H. Meyer. Irvine, CA: Reprint Services Corporation. 1916, 1993 Reprint.

History of Transportation in the United States Before 1860, by Balthasar H. Meyer. Cranbury, NJ: Scholar's Bookshelf. 1916, 2007 Reprint.

Impressions of the Santa Fe Trail: A Contemporary Diary, by Gregory M. Franzwa. Tooele, UT: Patrice Press. 1988.

In the ruts of the wagon wheels: pioneer roads in eastern Oregon, by Lawrence E. Nielsen. Bend, OR: Maverick Publications. 1987.

It Might Have Been Worse, by Beatrice Larned Massey. San Francisco, CA: Harr Wagner Publishing Co.. 1920.

Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America, 1796-1797 (Travels to the Western Waters), by Francis Baily. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Allegheny Mountains, by Thaddeus Mason Harris. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. 1805, 2009 Reprint.

Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Allegheny Mountains, by Thaddeus Mason Harris. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. 1805, 2009 Reprint.

Land of Enchantment: Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa Fe Trail, by Marion Russell. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. 1981, 1997 Reprint.

Letters from the West: Containing Sketches of Scenery, Manners, and Customs, by James Hall. Delmar, NY: Scholars Facsimiles. 1828, 1967 Reprint.

Letters from the West: Containing Sketches of Scenery, Manners, and Customs, by James Hall. General Books. 1828, 2009 Reprint.

Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania: Old Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pike, or Pennsylvania State Road..., by Robert Bruce. Washington, DC: American Automobile Association and the National Highways Association. 1920.

Miles from Nowhere: In Search of the American Frontier, by Dayton Duncan. New York, NY: Penquin. 1994.

Motor West, by Caroline Rittenberg. H. Vinal. 1925.

Notes on a journey in America, from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois: with proposals for the establishment of a colony of English accompanied by a map, illustrating the route, by Morris Birkbeck. Charleston, SC: BiblioLife.

Notes on a journey in America, from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois: with proposals for the establishment of a colony of English accompanied by a map, illustrating the route, by Morris Birkbeck. Brooklyn, NY: Thomas Larkin. 1818.

Notes on a journey in America, from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois: with proposals for the establishment of a colony of English accompanied by a map, illustrating the route, by Morris Birkbeck. Brooklyn, NY: Thomas Larkin. 1818.

Notes on the United States of North America During a Phrenological Visit in 1830-40, by George Combe. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1841.

Observations Upon Plank Roads: Together with the general plank road law of the state of New York, as amended by the laws of 1847, 1848, 1849 & 1850, by George Geddes. Syracuse, NY: A. S. Barnes & Co.. 1850.

Out West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail, by Dayton Duncan. New York, NY: Viking Penquin. 1988.

Out West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail, by Dayton Duncan. New York, NY: Penquin. 1988.

Out West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail, by Dayton Duncan. Lincoln, NE: Bison Books. 2000.

Over the Chihuahua and Santa Fe Trails, 1847-1848: George Rutledge Gibson's Journal, by Robert W. Frazer. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 1965.

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.

Pioneer Cat, by William Hooks. New York, NY: Random House/A Stepping Stone Book. 1988.

Pioneer Cat, by William Hooks. n.p..

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.

Retracing the Pioneers from West to East in an Automobile, by Hugo Alois Taussig. Boise, ID: Kessinger Publishing. 1909, 2009 Reprint.

Retracing the Pioneers from West to East in an Automobile, by Hugo Alois Taussig. Boise, ID: Kessinger Publishing. 1909, 2009 Reprint.

Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America, by Henry Bradshaw Fearon . Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Library.

Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America, by Henry Bradshaw Fearon . Blom Publications.

Southwest on the Turquoise Trail: The First Diaries on the Road to Santa Fe, by Archer Butler Hulbert. Colorado Springs, CO: The Stewart Commission of Colorado College. 1933.

Surveys for travellers, emigrants, and others, by John Melish. Salem, NH: Ayer Company Publications. 1976.

Ten Years in Oregon: Travels and Adventures of Doctor E. White and Lady, West of the Rocky Mountains, with incidents of two sea voyages via Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn, by A. J. Allen. Ithaca, NY: Mack, Andrus & Co.. 1848.

The American Traveler: A Guide through the United States, Containing Brief Notices of the Canals and Railroads, by Henry Schenck Tanner. Philadelphia, PA: Author. 1839.

The Discovery of the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart's Narratives of His Overland Trip Eastward from Astoria in 1812-13, by Robert Stuart, Philip Ashton Rollins (Editor). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1934, 1995 Reprint.

The Discovery of the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart's Narratives of His Overland Trip Eastward from Astoria in 1812-13, by Robert Stuart, Philip Ashton Rollins (Editor). New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1934.

The Eastern and Western States of America, by James Silk Buckingham. London, England: Fisher, Son & Co.. 1842.

The Eastern and Western States of America, by James Silk Buckingham. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Library.

The Family Flivvers to Frisco, by Frederic F. Van de Water. New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company. 1927.

The Flight of the Gray Goose, by L. B. Miller. Marysville, MI: Wills Sainte Claire Company. 1926.

The Old National Road: Most historic thoroughfare in the United States, and strategic eastern link in the National old trails ocean-to-ocean highway , by Robert Bruce. Washington, DC and Old Slip, NY: National Highway Association and the Author. 1915.

The Oregon Trail, by Francis, Jr. Parkman, Bernard Rosenthal (Editor). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 1849, 1996 Reprint.

The Oregon Trail, by Francis, Jr. Parkman. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1849, 1999 Reprint.

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 Travelers Directory through the United States: Containing a description of all the principal roads through the United States with copious remarks, by John Melish. Philadelphia, PA: Author. 1816.

The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman, by Amelia Stewart Knight. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. 1993.

The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman, by Amelia Stewart Knight. New York, NY: Aladdin. 1999.

The West: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan. Boston, MA: Back Bay Books. 1999.

The West: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan. New York, NY: Random House. 1998.

To the West in 1894: Travel Journal of Dr.James English of Worthington, Indiana, by James Douglass English. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society. 1977.

Toward the Setting Sun: Pioneer Girls Traveling the Overland Trails, by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien. Guilford, CT: TwoDot. 1999.

"Travel and Description, 1765-1865", by Solon J. Buck. Vol. IX. Illinois State Historical Library Collection. 1914.

Traveling the National Road: Across the Centuries on America's First Highway, by Merritt Ierley. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press. 1993.

Traveling the National Road: Across the Centuries on America's First Highway, by Merritt Ierley. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press. 1993.

Travels in New England and New York, by Timothy Dwight. General Books.

Travels in New England and New York, by Timothy Dwight, Barbara Miller Solomon (Editor), Patricia M. King (Editor). General Books.

Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, by Basil Hall. Charleston, SC: BiblioLife. 1829, 2009 Reprint.

Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, by Basil Hall. General Books. 1829, 2009 Reprint.

Travels in Some Parts of North America in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806, by Robert Sutcliff. Philadelphia, PA: B. & T. Kite. 1811.

Travels in the United States of America in the Years 1806, 1807, 1809 and 1811: including an account of passages betwixt America & Britain, by John Melish. Philadelphia, PA: G. Cowie and J. Cummings . 1818.

Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, by Isaac Weld, Jr.. London, England: J. Stockdale. 1807.

Travels through the United States of North America, 1795-1797, by Duke de la Rochefoucault Liancourt. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. 1799, 2007 Reprint.

Truly Emily Post, by Emily Post. New York, NY: Funk and Wagnalls. 1961.

Wagon Wheels & Wild Roses: Heirloom Recipes and Oregon Trail Stories from the McCaw Family, 1847-1995, by Naomi Stanley Kulp. Adams Basin, NY: Wild Rose Press. 1996.

Wagon Wheels: A Contemporary Journey on the Oregon Trail, by Candy Moulton, Ben Kern. Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. 1996.

Wagon Wheels: A Contemporary Journey on the Oregon Trail, by Candy Moulton, Ben Kern. Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. 1996.

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.

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