C. Aubrey Angelo's 1865 account, Idaho: A Descriptive Tour, chronicles the rugged landscapes and burgeoning mining districts of the Idaho Territory during the height of the inland gold rush. The narrative guides readers through early boomtowns and perilous pioneer trails across the Boise Basin, the Owyhee Mountains, and the remote Salmon River country. By detailing the challenging overland transportation routes from neighboring Pacific Northwest hubs—such as Portland, Oregon and Walla Walla, Washington—into Idaho's interior valleys, Angelo maps the commercial arteries of the frontier era. Ultimately, the text provides a vivid geographic snapshot of Idaho's river systems and mineral-rich mountain ranges just as they were opening to widespread settlement.

Idaho, Idaho Description and travel, Travel

Includes facsimile reproduction of t.p. of original ed., San Francisco, 1865: Idaho: a descriptive tour and review of its resources and route, prefaced by a sketch of British misrule in Victoria, V.I. By C. Aubrey Angelo (Chaos)Illustrated lining papers"Erratum" p. [53]

Includes facsimile reproduction of t.p. of original ed., San Francisco, 1865: Idaho: a descriptive tour and review of its resources and route, prefaced by a sketch of British misrule in Victoria, V.I. By C. Aubrey Angelo (Chaos)Illustrated lining papers"Erratum" p. [53]