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The Central Gold Region, Gilpin, 1860

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The Central Gold Region, Gilpin, 1860
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Gilpin, William; The Central Gold Region, the grain, pastoral and gold regions of North America with some views of its physical geography; and observations on the Pacific Railroad. ; Sower, Barnes & Co., St. Louis; 1860. X-library (internal stamps only), appropriately marked. 6 x 9”, hardbound. Spine with professional new covering. First blank fly page detached. Six folding maps, 4 in color. Wear to extremities, contents intact. Gilpin is one of the most important historical figures in the history of the West. He met up with Fremont, joining the group as it searched for an easy pass over the Rockies, along the way passing through Colorado. He claimed he found evidence of placer gold there. Once over the Rockies, and in Walla Walla, Fremont and his party went south, and Gilpin went west to Oregon. There, in the Willamette Valley he helped settlers form a provisional government. He served in the Mexican War. Upon the onset of the Pikes Peak gold Rush, Gilpin went there in 1859 reportedly to follow up on his placer gold hunches. He became the first Territorial Governor. Gilpin County, where the first lode gold discoveries were made, bears his name. This book was a landmark for discussion of western exploration and travel. Its approach to the geography and climate of the regions is often transformed into the maps, which are a significant departure from the norm. In example, the first map is a “hydrographic map” of North America, showing the basic large basins and mountain ranges that made up relative drainage basins, hence “hydrographic”. The map centered upon the usual point of departure, Independence, Missouri . Arguably, one of the bets maps in the work is the map of the Pikes Peak region, one of the first such published. Measuring 11 x 13”, the map shows the South Pass Route at the top to Ft. Bridger, with Ft. defiance and Santa Fe at the bottom. The North, south and middle Park gold/silver regions are well delineated, though the only noted settlement on the eastern slope opposite is St. Vrains Fort. A year earlier, Gilpin had published a Guide to the Kansas Gold Mines (Mendenhall, Cincinnati, 1859), though in this work he references this guide as October, 1858. An important and necessary work for Colorado historians, gold rush historians and western exploration aficionados.City: County: State: CADate:
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