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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015000097189
Twenty true adventure stories by noted Western authors on the Alamo, the gold rush, Geronimo and the Lincoln County War, etc.
Author : Thomas A. Permar
Publisher : The Western Sea Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780990730606
If you’ve ever stared in awe at the Rocky Mountains and wondered how early travelers could possibly traverse those peaks, then this is the book for you! In a time of smartphones, GPS devices, and voice automated navigation systems, it’s difficult to imagine crossing unknown desserts, mountains, and prairies with just a few ancient techniques and the heavens above. This history of movement across the American West brings three centuries of travel to life. It shows how four different cultures, in four different areas, migrated across this harsh and beautiful land: the native travelers on foot, Spanish conquistadors on horseback, Frenchmen by canoe, and American settlers by wagon. In this history, the “who,” “where,” and “when” take a back seat to the fascinating “how.” How did they find their way from place to place? How did they measure time, distance, and direction traveled? How did they provide themselves with food, water, and shelter—the barest necessities of human existence? Travel the myth and reality of the raw land that made the American West. Discover the depth of human bravery, determination, and ingenuity. And enjoy the adventure.
Author : Steve Rajtar
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476610429
From the Seminole Wars to the Little Big Horn, the history of America’s native peoples and their contacts with those seeking to settle or claim a new land has often been marked by violence. The sites of these conflicts, unlike many sites related to the American Revolution and the War Between the States, are often difficult to locate, and information on these battles is frequently sketchy or unclear. This reference work provides essential information on these sites. The arrangement is by state, with sections for Canada and Mexico. Each entry has information about how to find the site, tours, museums, and resources for further study. In addition, there is a chronological list of battles and other encounters between Indians and non–Indians, including dates, location in the text, and the larger conflict of which each battle was a part. There is an index of battle locations and an index of prominent people involved. The bibliography and site listings are cross-referenced for further research.
Author : Michael S. Durham
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466863217
On July 24, 1847, a band of Mormon pioneers descended into the Salt Lake Valley. Having crossed the Great Plains and hauled their wagons over the Rocky Mountains, they believed that their long search for a permanent home had finally come to an end. The valley was an arid and inhospitable place, but to them it was Zion. They settled on the edge of an immense, uncharted, and self-contained region covering over 220,000 square miles, or one-fifteenth of the area of the United States. The early-nineteenth-century explorer John Charles Fremont had just aptly named this region the Great Basin because its lakes and rivers have no outlet to the sea: its waters course down the mountains and disappear into the desert. Here, in a land that few others wanted, the Mormons hoped to live and worship in peace. Within ten years of their arrival, the Mormons had established nineteen communities, extending all the way to San Diego, California--a remarkable feat of colonization and one of the great successes of the westward movement. Desert Between the Mountains is by no means, however, a story of splendid and stoic isolation. Beginning with an explanation of the Great Basin's unique and enigmatic topography, Michael S. Durham delineates the region as a crucible for a complex and exciting narrative history. Tales of nomadic Indian tribes, Spanish ecclesiastics, intrepid furtrappers, and adventurous early explorers are brilliantly and thoroughly chronicled. Moreover, Durham depicts the Mormon way of life under the constant strain from its interaction with miners, soldiers, mountain men, the Pony Express, railroad builders, federal officials, and an assortment of other so-called Gentiles. Durham vigorously explores the dynamics of this important chapter of American history, capturing its epic sweep, its near biblical mayhem, and its unforgettable characters in an illuminating and provocative account. Desert Between the Mountains concludes with the joining of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, an event that marked the end of the pioneer era. This is a dramatic, multifaceted, and definitive study of the Great Basin, demonstrating, for the first time, that it is a region unified in its history as well as its geography--that today includes all of Nevada, most of Utah, and parts of five other surrounding states.
Author : Verne Huser
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1585443441
On their remarkable journey across the North American continent, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's "Corps of Discovery" traveled almost ten thousand miles, about nine thousand of them on rivers. With an expert's eye, Verne Huser tells us what it was like to mount and carry out such an expedition. 52 photographs, 4 line drawings, map.
Author : David Pike
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780826355690
This revised and expanded edition of Roadside New Mexico provides additional information about these sites and includes approximately one hundred new markers, sixty-five of which document the contribution of women to the history of New Mexico.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1510 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357243
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : West (U.S.)
ISBN : OCLC:429611549
Author : John Whitcomb,Claire Whitcomb
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040695202
Oh Say Can You See opens the door to a side of American history your professors may never have known--the human and humorous one. Filled with entertaining and thought-provoking insights on America's past and sure to keep you awake 'til the dawn's early light! Photographs.
Author : Edwin S. Grosvenor
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781640193512
Here in this remarkable collection from American Heritage, such noted authors as Tom Brokaw, Wallace Stegner, John Lukacs, and others bring to life many of the most famous men and women of the Old West - from Lewis and Clark to Charles Frémont, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Chief Joseph, Frederick Remington, the defenders of the Alamo, the Texas Rangers, and the riders of the Pony Express. It also shines a light on topics such as the origins of scalping, the famous Lincoln County War, the grim medical reality of Western gunfights, cowboy jargon, and the first rodeo.
Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082911317
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015078259689
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Author : John Artman
Publisher : Milestone
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0866530681
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015559276
Author : National Library Service Corporation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Books
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024216181
