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Success depends on the animals emigrants, livestock, and wild animals on the Overland Trails, 1840-1869 /

"Between the 1840s and 1860s, thousands of emigrants crossed the Great Plains to California, Oregon, and Utah. They learned how to deal with many new situations, including how to work with the animals they brought with them on the journey. Although many emigrants knew how to take care of the li...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Diana L., 1953-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2016]
Physical Description: x, 132 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Human-animal relationships -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Livestock -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Animals -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Overland Trails -- History.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.

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