Beale's Road Through Arizona de Bowman, Eldon G. and Jack Smith - 1979

Fine minus book in trade wraps with one slight spot back wrapper. This copy has been signed by the authors on the half-title page and is numbered 110 of 275 copies. Book documents Edward F. Beale's 1857 Expedition to survey and build a road across northern Arizona (approximately along the 35th parallel) for travel from Ft. Defiance, New Mexico, to the Colorado River. The Expedition also explored the use of camels as pack animals in the Southwest, using 25 camels imported from Tunisia. This publication was the first by the Flagstaff Corral of the Westerners International Organization.