A Bouquet for the Death Valley '49ers [essay], 1984.

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A Bouquet for the Death Valley '49ers [essay], 1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228721118

Koenig's essay defends his position that the Death Valley '49ers crossed the San Gabriel Mountains by descending Bouquet Canyon, not Soledad Canyon. Essay uses material written by William Lewis Manly and T.S. Palmer; it also includes maps and photographs.

1 item, 11 cm., 16 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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