Introduction -- Starting out in Kentucky -- San Francisco and the customs house -- The government boarding house -- Expansionist dreams and private conquests -- Planning the expedition to Sonora -- Navachiste and Sonora -- A port on the Gulf -- The sand desert -- The Gila trail and Colorado City -- Deals and disappointments -- Stories of the Sonoran expedition -- Poston's story : a postscript -- Appendix. Charles D. Poston, Reconnaisance in Sonora
Summary
"Reconnaissance in Sonora is based on Charles D. Poston's handwritten report about his 1854 journey from San Francisco to Sonora, Mexico, and his return through the Gadsden Purchase territory of southern Arizona"--Provided by publisher
