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Author: Farnham, Thomas J.
Title: Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Greeley & McElrath
Date Published: 1843
Description:

112 pp. (8vo), old morocco-backed marbled boards. Original printed wrappers not present, manuscript title page inserted. Custom box. Second (or Third) Edition.

"Farnham was the leader of a group of Oregon-bound settlers, known as the 'Peoria Party.' Leaving Independence on May 20, 1839, the party followed the Santa Fe Trail to Bent's Fort on the Arkansas River, where they divided. Farnham...traveled up to Arkansas, over the divide to the North Platte River, and on to Brown's Hole on the Green River...on to Oregon, arriving at Marcus Whitman's mission on September 23...." - (Wagner-Camp). First published in 1841, there were three separate editions in 1843. The present edition was issued as an "Extra" of the New York Tribune. Field 525; Howes F50; Sabin 23872; Smith 3001; Tweney 20; Wagner-Camp 85:3.

Binding worn; added title page with the perforated stamp of the Oregon Historical Society; some chipping to page edges; internally good.