DRIVING THROUGH HISTORY: ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, to NEWPORT, OREGON ON U.S. 20 - Softcover

Treadwell, Perry

 
9780595452576: DRIVING THROUGH HISTORY: ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, to NEWPORT, OREGON ON U.S. 20
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0595452574 ISBN 13: 9780595452576
Publisher: iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

Take a modern Voyage of Discovery from Illinois to the Pacific Coast on the last "blue highway" across the U.S. Follow the record of westward migration over the U.S. 20 corridor, which is little recognized by contemporary narratives. Visit the railroads or their remnants that deposited emigrants at the temporary terminals. Discover why so many Swedes settled in Rockford, Illinois, and which U.S. presidents were involved in the Black Hawk War. Visit a basilica in Dyersville, Iowa and a ship named after the only member of the Lewis and Clark expedition to die. Find out what happened ten million years ago to bury rhinos, camels, and three-toed horses. Drive through the history of the largest area of grass-stabilized dunes in the Western Hemisphere. Pass through layers of geologic history from the Precambrian to recent times and then through fields of solid lava. Get to know trappers who guided mapping expeditions. Visit the forts built for protection from Native Americans who were being constantly pushed farther west. Cattlemen sent their hoofed meat back east. Manifest Destiny was played out here as well as along the other routes to the West Coast. Finally, discover the mysteries of life in the Pacific Ocean.

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Synopsis

Take a modern Voyage of Discovery from Illinois to the Pacific Coast on the last "blue highway" across the U.S. Follow the record of westward migration over the U.S. 20 corridor, which is little recognized by contemporary narratives. Visit the railroads or their remnants that deposited emigrants at the temporary terminals. Discover why so many Swedes settled in Rockford, Illinois, and which U.S. presidents were involved in the Black Hawk War. Visit a basilica in Dyersville, Iowa and a ship named after the only member of the Lewis and Clark expedition to die. Find out what happened ten million years ago to bury rhinos, camels, and three-toed horses. Drive through the history of the largest area of grass-stabilized dunes in the Western Hemisphere. Pass through layers of geologic history from the Precambrian to recent times and then through fields of solid lava. Get to know trappers who guided mapping expeditions. Visit the forts built for protection from Native Americans who were being constantly pushed farther west. Cattlemen sent their hoofed meat back east. Manifest Destiny was played out here as well as along the other routes to the West Coast.Finally, discover the mysteries of life in the Pacific Ocean.

About the Author

Perry Treadwell has published books about growing up on a Midwestern farm with his grandfather, about life in a boy?s military school in the 1940s, and about the similarity between the sociology of syphilis in the 15th century and of AIDS. He is a frequent traveler who has crossed the U.S. several times.

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Publisher
iUniverse
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0595452574
ISBN 13 
9780595452576
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
114