Author: Walter WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
History of Missouri from before statehood to 1930. Includes many biographical sketches of leading residents.
Missouri, Mother of the West
Author: Walter WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
History of Missouri from before statehood to 1930. Includes many biographical sketches of leading residents.
Missouri, Mother of the West
Author: Walter WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
History of Missouri from before statehood to 1930. Includes many biographical sketches of leading residents.
Missouri, Mother of the West
Author: Frederick SimpichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Independence, Missouri
Author: Missouri
Author: Charles PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Index to Missouri, Mother of the West by Walter Williams, LL. D. and Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, A.B., A.M., Assisted by an Advisory Council, Missouri Biography by Special Staff of Writers
Author: A History of Missouri
Author: Richard Stewart KirkendallPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826215604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
This interpretation of Missouri's history from the end of World War I until the return of Harry Truman to the state after his presidency describes the turbulent political, economic, and social changes experienced by Missouri's people during those years.
Jim Bridger
Author: Jerry EnzlerPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806169796
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman’s full measure for the first time—and tells a story that would do Jim Bridger proud. Born in 1804 and orphaned at thirteen, Bridger made his first western foray in 1822, traveling up the Missouri River with Mike Fink and a hundred enterprising young men to trap beaver. At twenty he “discovered” the Great Salt Lake. At twenty-one he was the first to paddle the Bighorn River’s Bad Pass. At twenty-two he explored the wonders of Yellowstone. In the following years, he led trapping brigades into Blackfeet territory; guided expeditions of Smithsonian scientists, topographical engineers, and army leaders; and, though he could neither read nor write, mapped the tribal boundaries for the Great Indian Treaty of 1851. Enzler charts Bridger’s path from the fort he built on the Oregon Trail to the route he blazed for Montana gold miners to avert war with Red Cloud and his Lakota coalition. Along the way he married into the Flathead, Ute, and Shoshone tribes and produced seven children. Tapping sources uncovered in the six decades since the last documented Bridger biography, Enzler’s book fully conveys the drama and details of the larger-than-life history of the “King of the Mountain Men.” This is the definitive story of an extraordinary life.
A History of Missouri: 1860 to 1875
Author: William E. ParrishPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826213761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A History of Missouri: Volume III, 1860 to 1875, now available in paperback with a new, up-to-date bibliography, follows the course of the state's history through the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Increasingly bitter confrontations over the questions of secession and neutrality divided Missourians irreparably in 1861, with the result that the state was represented in the armies both of the North and of the South. During the next four years, Missouri would be the scene of several important battles, including Wilson's Creek and Westport, and much bloody combat as secessionist guerrillas and Union militias engaged in constant encounters throughout the state. Indeed, Missouri probably saw more military encounters during the war than any other state. Out of the chaos, the Radical party emerged as a powerful political force seeking to eradicate pro-Confederate influences, and its efforts made the Reconstruction era as volatile as the war years had been. Jesse and Frank James, who had been part of Quantrill's guerrillas, continued to provoke disorder through their numerous bank and train robberies. In their efforts to establish a "new order," the Radicals effected a new, highly proscriptive constitution. In the long run, however, they were unable to eradicate the strong conservative influences in the state, and by the mid-1870s reaction set in. In addition to the important political events of the period, the social and economic conditions of the state immediately before, during, and after the war are treated in A History of Missouri: Volume III. Despite the ravages of war and political dispute, Missouri managed during Reconstruction to make impressive strides in economic development, education, and racial equality. The changes introduced by such industries as railroads, farming, and mining served to revitalize the state and to guarantee its future growth and development. This volume will be an essential resource for anyone--scholars, students, and general readers--interested in this crucial and important part of Missouri's history.
A History of Missouri and Missourians
Author: Floyd Calvin ShoemakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description