EXPLORING THE WEST - by Herman J. Viola. Hardbound, 256 pages, 9" x 11". In the 1840's, thousands of settlers urged their teams onward toward the setting sun, toward Oregon, Texas and the West. But what of the others, hat of those who went first, who climbed the mountains, traced the rivers, followed the canyons and blazed the trails for others to follow. The guides, soldiers, geologists, surveyors, naturalists, and engineers who went west not as conquerors but as cartographers, surveyors, catalogers of resources. Or the artists and photographers who captured the unspoiled West for their own time and forever? Exploring the West is their story. Hundreds of color plates and extensive text.
