W. Clayton prints an overland guidebook in St. Louis, Missouri. The front cover reads: ―THE Latter Day Saints‘ Emigrants‘ Guide: Being a Table of Distances Showing All the Springs, Creeks, Rivers, Hills, Mountains, Camping Places, And All Other Notable Places, From Council Bluffs to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake; Also, The Latitudes, longitudes and Altitudes of the Prominent Points on the Route; Together with Remarks on the Nature of the Land, Timber, Grass, &c. The whole route having been carefully measured by a Roado-meter, and the distance from point to point, in English miles, accurately shown. By W. Clayton; St. Louis: Mo. Republican Steam Power Pressâ€"Chambers & Knapp..
[source: Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984]
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