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Western Americana
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1961 Brand Book (Voume XVII): Denver Posse of the WesternersFound in: Western Americana Price: $40.00 Stories of the American West. 
50 Years in Death Valley - Memoirs of a Borax ManFound in: Western Americana by Gower, Harry P. Price: $50.00 Articles written by the author, which appeared in 'The Pioneer' which was the house organ of United States Borax, where he reminiscences of the early days on Death Valley. 
Beyond the Hundredth MeridianFound in: Western Americana by Stegner, Wallace Price: SOLD! Stegner's excellent biography of John Wesley Powell, showing Powell's lifelong struggle to organize and ecourage the participation of the goverment in scientific studies of the nation. 
Beyond the Hundredth MeridianFound in: Western Americana by Stegner, Wallac Price: $170.00 Stegner's excellent biography of John Wesley Powell, showing Powell's lifelong struggle to organize and ecourage the participation of the goverment in scientific studies of the nation. 
Beyond the Hundredth MeridianFound in: Western Americana by Stegner, Wallace Price: $175.00 Stegner's excellent biography of John Wesley Powell, showing Powell's lifelong struggle to organize and ecourage the participation of the goverment in scientific studies of the nation. 
Beyond the Hundredth MeridianFound in: Biography, Western Americana by Stegner, Wallace Price: SOLD! Stegner's excellent biography of John Wesley Powell, showing Powell's lifelong struggle to organize and ecourage the participation of the goverment in scientific studies of the nation. 
Catching The Light: Remembering Wallace StegnerFound in: Essay, Western Americana by Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Price: $149.00 Essays issued to honor Stegner on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Stanford Creative Writing Program 
Cattle Brands in ArizonaFound in: Western Americana by Fraser, James Price: SOLD! A bibliography of published territorial and state brand registration books plus key to brands. 
Central Route to the PacificFound in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Heap, Gwinn Harris (LeRoy & Ann Hafen (Editors)) Price: $115.00 Material on railroad exploratoins and Indian affairs by Edward F. Beale, Thomas H. Benton, Kit Carson, and Col. E.A. Hitchcock, and in other documents, 1853-54. 
Co Bar: Bill Owen Depicts the Historic Rabbitt RanchFound in: Western Americana by Trimble, Marshall Price: SOLD! The text captures the heart of a great southwestern ranch. Bill Owen's oil paintings, pencil drawings and bronzes is a complentary visual record. 
Colorado River ControversiesFound in: Western Americana by Stanton, Robert Brewster Price: SOLD! The story and controversies of James White's raft trip down Cataract, Marble and Grand Canyons 
Colorado River ControversiesFound in: Western Americana by Stanton, Robert Brewster Price: $1,200.00 Controversies of James White's raft trip down Cataract, Marble and Grand Canyons 
Colorado River Ghost TownsFound in: Western Americana by Paher, Stanley W. Price: $49.00 Detailed information and photographs on ghost mining towns in the lower Colorado River. 
Colorado River Ghost TownsFound in: Western Americana by Paher, Stanley W. Price: $150.00 Detailed information and photographs on ghost mining towns in the lower Colorado River. 
Colorado River Survey: Robert B. Stanton and the Denver, Colorado Canyon & Pacific RailroadFound in: Western Americana by 90.00 Price: SOLD! The first descent and exploration of the deep and hazardous Colorado River canyons since John Wesley Powell's historic expeditions twenty years earlier. Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume VI: The Cegiha Language Found in: Western Americana by Dorsey, James Owen Price: $170.00 The material in this volume consists of myths, stories, and letters (epistles) obtained from the Ponkas, to whom the author was missionary from 1871 to 1873, and from the Omaha, with whom he resided from 1878 to 1880. The letters in Part I are those sent 
Coombs Site (Anthropological Papers, Number 41, July 1959 & October 1960, Glen Canyon Series Number 8)Found in: Western Americana by Lister, Robert Price: SOLD! Largest and most significant site within or adjacent to areas that will be flooded west of the Colorado River. Exacated in hope of obtaining information that would enable us to better understand the archeological remains in the region to be inundated. Desert Smells Like Rain, The Found in: Western Americana by Mary Austin Price: $2,200.00 Austin's first major work which became a classic of the southwest. Signed and Inscribed. With rare Dust jacket and in custom slipcase. 
Diaries of William Henry Jackson, Frontier PhotographerFound in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Hafen, Leroy and Ann W. (Editors) Price: $150.00 Jackson's photographs to California and return, 1866-67; and with the Hayden Surveys to the Central Rockies, 1873, and to the Utes and Cliff Dwellings, 1874. 
Diaries of William Henry Jackson, Frontier PhotographerFound in: Western Americana by Hafen, Leroy & Ann (Editors) Price: $190.00 To California and return, 1866-67; and with the Hayden Surveys to the Central Rockies, 1873, and to the Utes and Cliff Swellings, 1874. 
Discovery of the Yosemite, And The Indian War Of 1851Found in: Western Americana by Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton Price: $75.00 Chronicals of a number of key historical events that began in 1851 including discovery, the Yosemite Indian conflicts, the naming of various landmarks. 
Down The ColoradoFound in: Western Americana by Stanton, Robert Brewster Price: $50.00 Survey and feasibility of a railroad down the Colorado in Stanton's own words. 
Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the FrontierFound in: Western Americana by Victor, Frances F. Price: $250.00 Life on the frontier with a full account of Custer's last battle. 
Feud On The ColoradoFound in: Western Americana by Woodward, Arthur Price: $140.00 Feud between Alonzo Johnson and Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives 
Footprints in the Wilderness: A History of The Lost Rhoades MinesFound in: Western Americana by Rhoades, Gale R., Boren Kerry Ross Price: $190.00 The myths and legends of Thomas and Caleb Rhoades and their mysterious gold-mining operations in the Uintah Mountains. 
Fremont's Fourth ExpeditionFound in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Hafen, Leroy and Ann W. (Editors) Price: SOLD! A documentary account of the disaster of 1848-1849 with diaries, letters, and reports by participants in the tragedy. 
Fremont's Fourth ExpeditionFound in: Western Americana by Hafen, Leroy & Ann (Editors) Price: SOLD! A Documentary Account of The Disaster of 1848-1849. With Diaries, Letters, and Reports By Participants in the Tragedy. 
Historical Sites in Glen Canyon: Mouth of San Juan River to Lee's Ferry (Anthropological Papers, Number 46, June 1960, Glen Canyon Series Number 12)Found in: Western Americana by Crampton, C. Gregory Price: SOLD! The primary objective of the study has been to learn what historical areas and remains will be covered up by the waters of Lake Powell. 
Jessie Fremont's DiaryFound in: Western Americana by Fremont, Jessie Benton Price: $900.00 Jessie Fremont's Diary 
Journal of Captain John R. BellFound in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Fuller, Harlin M. & Hafen, LeRoy R. (Editors) Price: $75.00 Official journalist for the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. 
Journal of Captain John R. BellFound in: Western Americana by Fuller, Harlin M. & Hafen, LeRoy R. (Editors) Price: $60.00 Official journalist for the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. 
Journals of Forty-Niners: Salt Lake to Los AngelesFound in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Hafen, Leroy and Ann W. Price: $80.00 Diaries and contemporary records of Sheldon Young, James S. Brown, Jacob Y. Stover, Charles C. Rich, Addison Pratt, Howard Egan, Henry W. Bigler, and others. 
Journals of John D. Lee: 1846-47 and 1859Found in: Mormon History/Issues, Western Americana by Kelly, Charles (Editor) Price: $1,400.00 Journals of John D. Lee 
Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert SouthwestFound in: Western Americana by Meloy, Ellen Price: $85.00 Near fine first edition, signed by author 
Last FrontierFound in: Western Americana by FitzPatrick Price: SOLD! Historical narratives by the people who made the history. 
Last Frontier, Volume IIIFound in: Western Americana by FitzPatrick Price: $250.00 Historical narratives by the people who made the history. 
Life in the Rocky Mountains; A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado 1830-1835Found in: Western Americana by Ferris, Warren Angus Price: $90.00 
Log of a CowboyFound in: Western Americana by Adams, Andy Price: SOLD! A narritive of the old trail days with 6 illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. 
Mormon ChronicleFound in: Mormon History/Issues, Western Americana by Lee, John D. Price: $220.00 Lee, a controversial figure, was adopted by Brigham Young, becoming a leading member of the church's hierarchy. Lee's five diaries detail the everyday life of Utah's pioneer Settlers. 
Motor Camping BookFound in: Western Americana by Jessup, Elon Price: $105.00 An early guide to car camping with other 100 illustrations. 
Mountain Meadows WitnessFound in: Mormon History/Issues, Western Americana by Backus, Anna Jean Price: SOLD! Klingensmith, witness and participant in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, drawn from letters, trial testimony, journals and diaries. 
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West (Biographical Sketches of the Participants by Scholars of the Subject and With Introductions by the Editor)Found in: Western Americana by Hafen, Leroy (Editor) Price: SOLD! Ten volume set with a history and biographical stekches of the fur traders with many pictures, maps, and illustrations. 
Mountain Men and The Fur Trade of the Far West Volume VIIIFound in: Western Americana by Hafen, LeRoy R. (Editor) Price: SOLD! Twenty-eight articles containing biographical sketches of 30 of the mountain men engaged in the trans-Mississippi fur trade of the first half of the 19th century. 
Mountain Men and The Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume IXFound in: Western Americana by Syers, Edgar & Madge (Editors) Price: $90.00 Forty-one articles containing biographical sketches of 43 of the mountain men engaged in the trans-Mississippi fur trade of the first half of the 19th century. 
News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803-1865 (complete 8 volume set) + Plains & Rockies, 1800-1865 (supplemental 9th volume)Found in: Western Americana by White, David A. (editor) Price: $430.00 Original narratives of overland travel and adventure selected from the Wagner-Camp and Becker bibliography of Western Americana. 
Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-88Found in: Western Americana by Powell, J.W. Price: $90.00 Contains two articles: The Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition, by John Murdoch; and The Medicine Med of the Apaches, by John G. Bourke. In 1879, Powell founded and became the first director of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 
Notes Of A Military Reconnoissance, From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego, In California, Including Parts Of The Arkansas, Del Norte, And Gila RiversFound in: Western Americana by Emory, William H. Price: $650.00 Classic exploration work on the American Southwest with much on Native Americans, geography, and natural history. 
On Desert Trails with Everett RuessFound in: Western Americana by Henderson, Randall (Editor) Price: SOLD! Everett Ruess, youthful poet and artist, went off to explore the deserts of southern Utah in the early thirties. He dissappeared in November, 1934. This book includes letters to family and friends. 
On Desert Trails with Everett RuessFound in: Western Americana by Henderson, Randall (Editor Price: SOLD! Everett Ruess, youthful poet and artist, went off to explore the deserts of southern Utah in the early thirties. He dissappeared in November, 1934. This book includes letters to family and friends. 
On Desert Trails with Everett RuessFound in: Western Americana by Henderson, Randall (Editor) Price: $180.00 Everett Ruess, youthful poet and artist, went off to explore the deserts of southern Utah in the early thirties. He dissappeared in November, 1934. This book includes letters to family and friends. 
On Desert Trails with Everett RuessFound in: Western Americana by Henderson, Randall (Editor) Price: SOLD! Everett Ruess, youthful poet and artist, went off to explore the deserts of southern Utah in the early thirties. He dissappeared in November, 1934. This book includes letters to family and friends. 
Outline History of the Glen Canyon Region, 1776-1922 (Anthropological Papers, Number 42, September, 1959, Glen Canyon Series Number 9)Found in: Western Americana by Crampton, C. Gregory Price: $48.00 The primary objective of the study has been to learn what historical areas and remains will be covered up by the waters of Lake Powell. 
Over the Edge: Death In Grand CanyonFound in: Western Americana by Ghiglieri, Michael P.; Myers, Thomas M. Price: SOLD! Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the world's seven natural wonders. 
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and PlaceFound in: Western Americana by Williams, Terry Tempest Price: $50.00 Great Salt Lake Flooding in 1983 and its devastation 
Relations with the Indians of the Plains, 1857-1861Found in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Hafen, Leroy and Ann W. (Editors) Price: $175.00 A documentary account of the military campaigns, and negotiations of Indian agents -- with reports and journals of P.G. Lowe, R.M. Peck, J.E.B. Stuart, S.D. Sturgis, and other official papers. 
Reminiscences of Eastern OregonFound in: Western Americana by Elizabeth Lord Price: SOLD! Life and times of the author's grandfather, father, and herself from the midwest to Oregon. Report on the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah with Atlas (Atlas missing) Found in: Western Americana by Dutton, C.E. Price: $900.00 Report of explorations and studies in Utah Territory during the years 1875-1877 in connection with the survey of J.W. Powell. 
Report On The Lands Of The Arid Region Of The United StatesFound in: Western Americana by Powell, John Wesley Price: SOLD! Edited by Wallace Stegner, this was compiled by Powell in the late 1870's with an emphasis on Utah. 
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States: With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of UtahFound in: Western Americana by Powell, John Wesley Price: $225.00 Powell provides the necessary scientific information about the Colorado Plateau, particularly its geology and physical boundaries. 
Report Upon the Colorado River of the WestFound in: Western Americana, Expeditions by Ives, Lieutenant Joseph C. Price: $1,200.00 The Ives report is also one of the first descriptions of the Grand Canyon and of the area's native inhabitants.This is the first book to deal with the Colorado River and predates Powell's exploration by 10 years. 
Road to California 1540-1848Found in: Western Americana by Hague, Harlan Price: $45.00 The search for a southern overland route to California. 
Seeing Things Whole, The Essential John Wesley PowellFound in: Western Americana by deBuys, William (Editor) Price: $75.00 Selections ranging from his exploration of the Colorado River, his views on evolution of civilization, along with his ideas on western settlement and management of resources. 
Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1884-'85Found in: Expeditions, Western Americana by Powell, J.W. Price: $110.00 Geological reports from the Zuni Plateau, Mississippi Valley, and Eastern Coast Swamps. 
Solitude & Sunshine: Images of a Grand Canyon ChildhoodFound in: Western Americana by Maurer, Stephen G. Price: $42.00 William Bass' recollections of growing up on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. 
Spurs were a-Jinglin'Found in: Western Americana by Hedgpeth, Don Price: $70.00 History of the cowboys on the Wyoming range country from 1866. Photographs by Charles Belden. 
Steamboats on the Colorado River 1852-1916Found in: Western Americana by Lingenfelter, Richard E. Price: $160.00 First complete history of steam navigation on the Colorado River. 
Ten Thousand Goddam CattleFound in: Western Americana by Lee, Katie Price: $65.00 Katie Lee spent 20 years compiling a history of the American cowboy in song, story and verse. 
Tensleep and No Rest, A Historical Account of the Range War of the Big Horns In WyomingFound in: Western Americana by Gage, Jack Price: $60.00 An historical novel relating the story of the Spring Creek Raid, the final burst of gun-play in the wars between the cattlemen and sheepmen in Wyoming. 
Thousand Miles of Mustangin'Found in: Western Americana by Green, Ben K. Price: $50.00 The story takes place during the depression and when the author hears of "phantom" mustangs in the Big Bend country of south Texas, he can't resist. 
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to MexicoFound in: Western Americana by Kolb, Ellsworth L. Price: SOLD! Kolb brothers' photographic trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers in rowboats 
To the Rockies and Oregon 1839-1842Found in: Western Americana by Hafen, Leroy R. & Ann W. (Editors) Price: $40.00 Diaries and accounts by Sidney Smith, Amos Cook, Joseph Holman, E. Willard Smith, Francis Fletcher, Joseph Williams, Obadiah Oakley, Robert Shortess, and T.J. Farnham. 
Tom Horn, Blood on the MoonFound in: Western Americana by Carlson, Chip Price: $150.00 A look at the dark history of Tom Horn, the murderous cattle detective. 
Trip To The Rainbow ArchFound in: Western Americana by Sayle, W. D. Price: $124.00 Dedicated to the three men whose pleasant companionship during the entire trip through the wonders of Arizona to the Rainbow Arch will ever be remembered and cherished by the writer. 
Utah Expedition 1857-1858Found in: Western Americana, Mormon History/Issues, Expeditions by Hafen, Leroy and Ann W. (Editors) Price: $100.00 A documentary account of the United States military movement under Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, and the resistance by Brigham Young and the Mormon Nauvoo Legion. 
Utah Expedition 1857-1858Found in: Western Americana by Hafen, Leroy & Ann (Editors) Price: $90.00 A documentary account of the United States military movement under Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, and the resistance by Brigham Young and the Mormon Vauvoo Legion. 
Utah Historical QuarterlyFound in: Western Americana by Morgan, Dale Price: $200.00 Book includes journal entries, letters, and biographical information of John Wesley Powell, J.C. Sumner, and George Bradley. 
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vols. XVI & XVII: The Exploration of the Colorado River and the High Plateaus of Utah in 1871-72Found in: Western Americana by Morgan, Dale Price: $200.00 Book includes journal entries of Stephen Vandiver Jones, Walter Clement Powell, and John R. Steward 
Ute War: The Story of the White River MassacreFound in: Western Americana by Mumey, Nolie Price: $70.00 Gives an account of one of the historical episodes that occured in Colorado 3 years after statehood with much on strife between the Utes and the U.S. military and the captivity of several pioneer women. 
West of Philip St. George Cooke, 1809-1895Found in: Western Americana by Young, Otis E. Price: $65.00 Professional Indian-fighter who took a crucial part in the conquest of Sante Fe and California, the pacification of "Bleeding Kansas" and the Mormons, and innumerable Indian clashes. 
Westerners Brand Book 1950 (Volume VI)Found in: Western Americana Price: $50.00 Stories of the west including historic characters, mining and frontier settlements, animals, and business & trade. 
Westerns Brand Book Denver 1960 (Volume XVI)Found in: Western Americana Price: $70.00 A book of stories about the American West. 
Wranglers and RoundersFound in: Western Americana by Santee, Ross Price: $125.00 Santee was a writer and artist who came out the the southwest in the 20's.
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