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Author : Bruce Ellis Mahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:$B726995
Author : Bruce Ellis Mahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015027811085
Author : William E. Whittaker
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587298820
At least fifty-six frontier forts once stood in, or within view of, what is now the state of Iowa. The earliest date to the 1680s, while the latest date to the Dakota uprising of 1862. Some were vast compounds housing hundreds of soldiers; others consisted of a few sheds built by a trader along a riverbank. Regardless of their size and function—William Whittaker and his contributors include any compound that was historically called a fort, whether stockaded or not, as well as all military installations—all sought to control and manipulate Indians to the advantage of European and American traders, governments, and settlers. Frontier Forts of Iowa draws extensively upon the archaeological and historical records to document this era of transformation from the seventeenth-century fur trade until almost all Indians had been removed from the region. The earliest European-constructed forts along the Mississippi, Des Moines, and Missouri rivers fostered a complex relationship between Indians and early traders. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1804, American military forts emerged in the Upper Midwest, defending the newly claimed territories from foreign armies, foreign traders, and foreign-supported Indians. After the War of 1812, new forts were built to control Indians until they could be moved out of the way of American settlers; forts of this period, which made extensive use of roads and trails, teamed a military presence with an Indian agent who negotiated treaties and regulated trade. The final phase of fort construction in Iowa occurred in response to the Spirit Lake massacre and the Dakota uprising; the complete removal of the Dakota in 1863 marked the end of frontier forts in a state now almost completely settled by Euro-Americans. By focusing on the archaeological evidence produced by many years of excavations and by supporting their words with a wealth of maps and illustrations, the authors uncover the past and connect it with the real history of real places. In so doing they illuminate the complicated and dramatic history of the Upper Midwest in a time of enormous change. Past is linked to present in the form of a section on visiting original and reconstructed forts today. Contributors: Gayle F. Carlson Jeffrey T. Carr Lance M. Foster Kathryn E. M. Gourley Marshall B. McKusick Cindy L. Nagel David J. Nolan Cynthia L. Peterson Leah D. Rogers Regena Jo Schantz Christopher M. Schoen Vicki L. Twinde-Javner William E. Whittaker
Author : Evan Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Fort Snelling (Minn.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041566808
Recounts the Minnesota Fort's role in shaping the lives of westerners between 1824 and 1840 and Lawrence Taliaferro's efforts to stop the fur-traders' exploitation of the Indians.
Author : Kenneth Lawson
Publisher : Ambassador International
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781935507475
Brigadier General Gustavus Loomis (1789-1872) served for almost six decades in the uniform of the United States Army. A veteran of five wars, Loomis was a professional soldier respected by his peers and feared by his enemies. But Gustavus Loomis, a country boy from Thetford, Vermont was more than a career military officer. Loomis was a sincere and dedicated Christian. His faith in Jesus Christ was visible and undeniable. In his long life, Loomis always placed God first, followed by devotion to his family and then to service to his country. He was a man of the military who saw frequent combat and who spoke about Jesus to all who would listen. His home in garrison and his tent in the field were places of psalm singing and scripture reading. His bravery in the face of the enemy gave him high commendations, but his real passion was for the Lord and for his family. While some ridiculed him for his support of revivals, none ever questioned his professionalism as a soldier and an officer.
Author : Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803251513
"In a style that is clear, unhurried and . . . vigorous, Francis P. Prucha has written a definitive study of [the] frontier army that was itself a pioneer. It pushed the line of occupation far beyond settlements. It raised crops, herded cattle, cut timber, quarried stone, built sawmills and performed the manifold duties of pioneers. It restrained lawless traders, pursued fugitives, ejected squatters, maintained order during peace negotiations and guarded Indians who came to receive annuities."--New York Times Book Review. "A work of original research which stands almost alone in relating the Army's work to the peaceful processes of territorial expansion and social development. Studying the thirteen army posts established in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and northern Illinois, the author demonstrates their importance for Indian and land policy administration, as cash markets for the early settlers, and as centers of exploration, road-building, and cultural developments."--A Guide to the Study of the United States of America. "Well-written. . . . a significant contribution to the study of . . . both the westward movement and our military establishment."--Mississippi Valley Historical Review. Known for his books about American Indian government policy and the frontier army, Francis Paul Prucha, S.J., is an emeritus professor of history at Marquette University. Introducing this edition is Edward M. Coffman, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the author of The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784?1898.
Author : Frank Freidel,Frank Burt Freidel,Richard K. Showman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : 0674375602
Editions for 1954 and 1967 by O. Handlin and others.
Author : Timothy R. Mahoney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 052164092X
Provincial Lives tells the story of the development of a regional middle class in the antebellum Middle West. It traces the efforts of waves of Americans to transmit their social structures, behavior, and values to the West and construct a distinctive regional middle-class culture on the urban frontier. Intertwining local, regional, and national history with social, immigration, gender and urban history, Mahoney examines how a succession of settlers from "good" society--farmers, entrepreneurs, professionals, and "genteel" men and women from the urban East--interacted with, accommodated, and compromised with those already there to construct a middle-class society.
Author : K. Jack Bauer
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807118516
Considering the course his life took, one might wonder how Zachary Taylor ever came to be elected the twelfth president of the United States. According to K. Jack Bauer, Taylor “was and remains an enigma.” He was a southerner who espoused many antisouthern causes, an aristocrat with a strong feeling for the common man, an energetic yet cautious and conservative soldier. Not an intellectual, Taylor showed little curiosity about the world around him. In this biography—the most comprehensive since Holman Hamilton’s two-volume work published forty years ago—Bauer offers a fresh appraisal of Taylor’s life and suggests that Taylor may have been neither so simple nor so nonpolitical as many historians have believed. Taylor’s sixteen months as president were marked by disputes over California statehood and the Texas–New Mexico boundary. Taylor vehemently opposed slavery extension and threatened to hang those southern hotheads who favored violence and secession as a means to protect their interests. He died just as he had begun a reorganization of his administration and a recasting of the Whig party. Balanced and judicious, forthright and unreverential, and based on thoroughgoing research, this book will be for many years the standard biography of Zachary Taylor.
Author : Mary C. Gillett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210006418980
Author : Mary C. Gillett
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Clarence Edwin Carter,John Porter Bloom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1466 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Archives
ISBN : IND:30000102503566
Author : Patrick J. Jung
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0806138114
The most up-to-date narrative of the Blawk Hawk War
Author : Robert Walter Frazer
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : 0806112506
The number and variety of forts and posts, together with changes of location, name, and designation, have posed perplexing problems for students of western history. Now Robert W. Frazer has prepared a systematic listing of all presidios and military forts, which were ever, at any time and in any sense, so designated. The lists of posts are arranged alphabetically within the boundaries of present states. Pertinent information is included for each fort: date of establishment, location, and reason for establishment; name, rank, and military unit of the person establishing the post; origin of the post name and changes in name and location; present status or date of abandonment; and disposition of any existing military reservation. A map for each state shows the location of the posts discussed. A prime reference for historians, Forts of the West will prove useful to readers of western history as well.
Author : Marcus L. Hansen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752316346
Reproduction of the original: Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Marcus L. Hansen