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Silver Spur
Publishing Joseph R. Walker; Frontier Adventure Series.
NEW RELEASE
California
Expedition 1833-34
Read about
Capt. Bonneville's Expedition into the Rocky Mountains, the best
ever organized and equipped. Study Bonneville's correspondence with
the Army regarding the passports. Follow Capt. Joe Walker across the
desert and down Mary's River to Humboldt Sinks. Learn what Joseph
Walker had to say about the route near Yosemite and read Chief
'Tenie-ya' comments. Visit Captain Walker's camps in the San Juan
Valley and take the 'tramp through the settlements' with Walker and
Zenas Leonard. Follow the Walker's party across the San Joaquin
Valley and learn where the 'Concoas' guides pointed out 'the foot of
the passover'. Read Walker's interview, where he describes his route
across the Sierras, after leaving the Valley, in March of 1834.
Joseph Reddeford Walker.
Opening of
the Santa Fe Trail
Introduces the reader to
young Joe Walker and sets the scene for the adventure that follows.
Walker joins the army at fifteen years old, by his early twenties he
has been to the Rockies and Santa Fe. Hired by the surveyors to
layout the Santa Fe Trail, returns and becomes the first sheriff of
the newly formed county of Jackson, Missouri.
Expedition
Against the Mohave Indians
Discover how history
misspelled the name of the only man killed while under the
leadership of the famous Captain Joe Walker. Learn how and why the
army hired Walker to guide two expeditions against the Mohave
Indians at the Colorado River.
New Trail to
Coso and Mono Mines
Read the interview Captain
Joseph Walker gave to the editor of the Visalia Weekly Delta in
1860. Learn about Walkers 1834 trail through the mountains described
by Zenas Leonard. Discover the truth about the different passes
Walker used in the Sierra Mountains.
In Search of
Arizona Gold
Discover new facts about
Walker's greatest adventure, Arizona Gold. Read the eye witness
accounts about the events in history during the Civil War years in
New Mexico. Study the army reports of the many Indian skirmishes and
battles involving Capt. Joseph R. Walker.
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