Author: Roger Lawrence BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Military Music at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from 1819 to 1858
Author: Roger Lawrence BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Broadax and Bayonet
Author: Francis Paul PruchaPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803251519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"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.
Forts of the Upper Missouri
Author: Robert G. AthearnPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803257627
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This book brings to life one of the most exciting eras in American history. In late 1819 Colonel Henry Atkinson led an expedition to explore the wilderness of the Upper Missouri and establish sites for a string of military posts, which would extend successful contacts with the Indians as well as exploit trade with British companies. The result of his efforts was a fort system which played a dramatic and significant role in the opening of the territories of the upper plains and the Rockies.
Minnesota History
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Vol. 6 includes the 23d Biennial report of the Society, 1923/24, as an extra number.
Minnesota History Bulletin
Author: Theodore Christian BlegenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Vols. 2-6 include the 19th-23d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1923/24 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-6 as extra numbers).
Minnesota Music in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Frank GillisA Bibliography of Theses on Minnesota History, Including Theses on Subjects Relating to Minnesota History
Author: Walter Martin OstremPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Picturing Lake Minnetonka
Author: James W. OglandPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873514025
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A pictorial history through postcards of the lake from the 1860s to the beginning of the 20th century.
Peddlers and Post Traders
Author: David M. DeloPublisher: Kingfisher Books
ISBN: 9780966221817
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Mrs. Dred Scott
Author: Lea VanderVeldePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019975408X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish their freedom. --from publisher description.