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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Crossing the Rockies
Characters:
Mountain man; pioneers
Pencils:
? (painting)
Inks:
? (painting)
Colors:
? (painting)
Notes:
The cover painting bears an illegible signature in lower right.
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Crossing the Rockies
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Norman Nodel
Inks:
Norman Nodel
Title:
The Oregon Trail
Characters:
Marcus Whitman; Narcissa Whitman [Narcissa Prentiss]; Henry Spalding; Eliza Spalding; Joe Meek; Squire Ebberts; Tom Fitzpatrick; Jim Bridger; Reverend Samuel Parker; Cayuse Indians
Synopsis:
Dr. Marcus Whitman has a passion to go to the Oregon country as a missionary. With another couple he and his wife make the journey; the wives are reputedly the first white women to cross the Great Divide. Their route becomes the Oregon Trail, and Whitman helps other parties make the trek. Cayuse Indians kill the Whitmans and others, after which the federal government takes steps to police and organize the territory.
Pages:
19.000
Pencils:
Don Perlin
Inks:
Don Perlin
Title:
Death and the Donners
Characters:
George Donner; Tamsen Donner; immigrants; mountain man; Charles Stanton; James Reed
Synopsis:
Putting unfounded trust in their guidebooks, the Donner party takes a treacherous route west and squanders a chance to cross the mountains before snow falls. Starvation takes its toll as they are trapped in snow, and only 47 survive out of 89 souls.
Pages:
8.000
Notes:
Although cannibalism is a famed aspect of the Donner history, it is not mentioned in this story.
Title:
This Is the Place
Characters:
Joseph Smith; Brigham Young; Jim Bridger; Sam Brannan; Mormon pioneers
Synopsis:
When Joseph Smith is killed, Brigham Young leads refugee Mormons to the west. He has no destination, but promises he will know the place when he sees it. He approves a site in the Great Salt Lake Valley, and the settlement grows to a rich new community.
Pages:
3.000
Pencils:
Norman Nodel
Inks:
Norman Nodel
Title:
The Gold Rush
Characters:
John Sutter; James Marshall; Juliet Brier; Dan Hill; Lucky Bill Thornton; Rattlesnake Dick Brier; George Skinner; Sam Brannan; John Jenkins; Charles Cora; James P. Casey; James King of William; con men; prospectors; 49ers [Forty-Niners]
Synopsis:
Discovery of gold in California leads to a rush of immigrants, many of whom die from poor preparation, and few of whom actually strike it rich. Sam Brannan and James King of William are among the citizens who fight against the rampant lawlessness. Some of them are killed, but eventually law, order, and democracy prevail. Mining moves to Nevada, and California becomes a peaceful farming state.
Synopsis:
An arrogant cavalry officer falsely accuses Cochise of kidnapping and tries to arrest him, touching off 25 years of war.
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Title:
The Overland Mail
Characters:
Samuel H. Woodson; George Chorpenning; John Butterfield; Waterman Lily Ormsby; Indians; travelers; stagecoach drivers
Synopsis:
After several fitful starts, a true transcontinental mail route is established by John Butterfield. He sets up way stations all along the route, while his drivers fight off Indians and contend with the elements.
Pages:
11.000
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Title:
The Pony Express
Characters:
William Russell; Billy Richardson; Major Howard Egan; Warren Upson; Bill Hamilton; Pony Bob Haslam; Jack Keetley; Billy Fisher; Johnnie Frey; Jules Reni; Captain Jack Slade; McCanless; James Butler Hickok [Wild Bill Hickok]; Ben Holliday; Paiute Indians
Synopsis:
For eighteen months, through punishing conditions and sometimes under Indian attack, Pony Express riders carry rapid mail across the west. They help keep the nation together as the Civil War approaches, but are soon superseded by the transcontinental telegraph.
Pages:
16.000
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Title:
Bound by Rails
Characters:
Railroad construction workers; Sioux Indians; General Grenville Dodge; Leland Stanford; Thomas C. Durant
Synopsis:
Crews working from both sides of the country complete a transcontinental rail line in 1869.
Pages:
5.000
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Title:
Meanwhile, Back in the East…
Synopsis:
Even as white population is expanding in the west, New York State and New York City are growing and maturing.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Magic Wire
Characters:
Linemen; Samuel F. B. Morse
Synopsis:
Samuel F. B. Morse travels widely. He develops the Morse Code and a system for sending it via telegraph.
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