Shortstack
Silver Member
- Jan 22, 2007
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- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Bandido II and DeLeon. also a Detector Pro Headhunter Diver, and a Garrett BFO called The Hunter & a Garrett Ace 250.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Many THers and relic hunters enjoy reading how-to books written by the leading authorities on finding treasure and valuable relics. Their problem is, so many of these books are rehashes of rehashed how-tos that, for the most part, offer nothing new in the way of useful information.
Well, here is a book written by a proven authority concerning how to prepare your wagons and yourselves for the treacherous trips over the most used immigrant trails in the mid-to-late 1800s. The book is a detailed, step-by-step checklist for not only how to prepare, but also how to survive the trail by correctly crossing a stream; where the water sources were located; where to camp at each stop; directions to where each stop was located; directions for each trail route; info on repairing broken equipment while on the trail... In other words; this book gives TODAY'S treasure hunters and relic hunters a mile-by-mile description of where to look and an idea of what's to be found--MAYBE.
Remember--KVM started by probeing ONE campground near Ft. Kearney, NE. This book pinpoints MANY campgrounds used by hundreds, if not thousands, of travelers moving to Texas, Washinton state, Oregon, and California, with the main jumping-off place as St. Louis, MO.
The name of this book and its author is: THE PRAIRIE TRAVELLER. A Handbook for Overland Expeditions. With Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and The Pacific. by: Randolph B. Marcy, Capt. U.S. Army. Published by the U.S. Government in 1859.
Capt. Marcy not only wrote of the things already mentioned, but also detailed what the MINIMUM supplies were per person for their survival.
This book can be downloaded, chapter-by-chapter and is not copyrighted because it was written by a government employee and published with taxpayer dollars.
The website is: http://www.kancoll.org/books/marcy/index.html
This link will open the cover page. At the bottom, click on the Contents button. Then start downloading the Preface and each chapter by clicking on the obvious links. You can get an idea of the depth of Marcy's advice by the subheadings under each chapter number. The link titled, Itineraries has the milages between each important point on each trail.
Happy Hunting!!!
Well, here is a book written by a proven authority concerning how to prepare your wagons and yourselves for the treacherous trips over the most used immigrant trails in the mid-to-late 1800s. The book is a detailed, step-by-step checklist for not only how to prepare, but also how to survive the trail by correctly crossing a stream; where the water sources were located; where to camp at each stop; directions to where each stop was located; directions for each trail route; info on repairing broken equipment while on the trail... In other words; this book gives TODAY'S treasure hunters and relic hunters a mile-by-mile description of where to look and an idea of what's to be found--MAYBE.
Remember--KVM started by probeing ONE campground near Ft. Kearney, NE. This book pinpoints MANY campgrounds used by hundreds, if not thousands, of travelers moving to Texas, Washinton state, Oregon, and California, with the main jumping-off place as St. Louis, MO.
The name of this book and its author is: THE PRAIRIE TRAVELLER. A Handbook for Overland Expeditions. With Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and The Pacific. by: Randolph B. Marcy, Capt. U.S. Army. Published by the U.S. Government in 1859.
Capt. Marcy not only wrote of the things already mentioned, but also detailed what the MINIMUM supplies were per person for their survival.
This book can be downloaded, chapter-by-chapter and is not copyrighted because it was written by a government employee and published with taxpayer dollars.
The website is: http://www.kancoll.org/books/marcy/index.html
This link will open the cover page. At the bottom, click on the Contents button. Then start downloading the Preface and each chapter by clicking on the obvious links. You can get an idea of the depth of Marcy's advice by the subheadings under each chapter number. The link titled, Itineraries has the milages between each important point on each trail.
Happy Hunting!!!
