A
storehouse of information done in graphic anecdotal fashion of
the scenes in the early mining camps of Idaho and Montana.
Valuable as the work of a contemporary writer who took part in
the scenes he describes.
JOHN C. VAN TRAMP, "Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures or Life
in the West," 1870. A study of the States and territorial regions
of our Western empire, embracing history, statistics, and
geography, with descriptions of the chief cities of the West. In
large part a compilation of earlier Western literature.
SAMUEL BOWLES, "Our New West," 1869. Records of travel between
the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, with details
regarding scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life,
etc., including a full description of the Pacific States and
studies of the "Mormons, Indians, and Chinese" at that time.
HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN, "The American Fur Trade of the Far
West," 1902. The work of a distinguished Army officer. Done with
the exact care of an Army engineer. An extraordinary collection
of facts and a general view of the picturesque early industry of
the fur trade, which did so much toward developing the American
West.
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