Reconnaissance in Sonora: Charles D. Poston’s 1854 Exploration of Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase

Reconnaissance in Sonora: Charles D. Poston’s 1854 Exploration of Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase
ISBN-10
0816531498
ISBN-13
9780816531493
Category
History
Pages
206
Language
English
Published
2015-03-05
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Author
C. Gilbert Storms

Description

Reconnaissance in Sonora is based on Charles D. Poston's handwritten report about his 1854 journey from San Francisco to Sonora, Mexico, and his return through the Gadsden Purchase territory of southern Arizona. Along the way, C. Gilbert Storms explores the national debate over a route for a transcontinental railroad and the legends of rich gold and silver mines in 1850s northern Mexico.

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