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Bagley, Will, 1950-2021

South Pass : gateway to a continent / Will Bagley.

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]

325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Pioneers -- Wyoming -- South Pass -- History -- 19th century.

Immigrants -- Wyoming -- South Pass -- History -- 19th century.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming -- South Pass.

South Pass (Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.

West (U.S.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.

West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Great Gate -- "Daring and intrepid actions" : discovering South Pass, 1812 -- "Marshalling the way" : rediscovering South Pass, 1824 -- "Two fortunes apiece" : the Rocky Mountain fur trade -- "Unheard-of journey" : missionary couples cross South Pass, 1834-1840 -- "Treading unknown paths" : emigrants and explorers, 1841-1848 -- "The other side of the world" : the Gold Rush, 1849-1855 -- Conflict and catastrophe at South Pass, 1856-1860 -- "Emphatically an emigrant road" : the Lander Cutoff -- The U.S. mail and the war for South Pass, 1860-1869 -- "Gold, slathers of it" : the rush to South Pass, 1867 -- Afterword: The legacy of South Pass -- Commemorating South Pass -- Preservation and protection -- South Pass National Historical Park : a 1969 vision -- South Pass today.

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