Originally published in 1859, The Prairie Traveler became the principal manual for westward-bound pioneers.
The handbook is filled with helpful information once essential for safe passage West--from available routes to Oregon and Calif.
Because he was an excellent writer and had spent much of his military career in the American West, Marcy was asked by the War Department to write this guide.
Army.
Marcy (1812-1889) was a Captain of the U.
S.
At the time that he wrote the book, Randolph B.
Originally published in 1859, The Prairie Traveler became the principal manual for westward-bound pioneers