Author: William MacFarlane NeilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Territorial Governor in the Rocky Mountain West, 1861-1889
Author: William MacFarlane NeilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors
Author: Thomas A. McMullinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first comprehensive biographical information source to the 191 American governors who served during the period 1788-1959. Historical and political analysis accompanies each entry.
The Governor in the United States System of Territorial Government
Author: Jack Ericson EblenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
The First and Second United States Empires
Author: Jack E. EblenPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822975726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
In the late eighteenth century the fledgling republic of the United States was faced with the problem of devising a form of government to oversee its vast land possessions north and west of the Ohio River. To fill this need, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Ordinance of 1784, which evolved into the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Deliberately modeled on the British colonial system, it granted territorial governors broad autocratic powers. It defined government in the Northwest, and all other subsequent territories in the public domain. Eblen defines two historical periods (empires): 1787-1848; and 1849-1912; based on government land acquisition. This book describes the nature of government in all the contiguous territories of the United States, offering an original and comprehensive view of the role and meaning of territorial government, and the administration of the Western territories.
Wyoming History Journal
Author: Annals of Wyoming
Author: The Journal of Arizona History
Author: The Territories and the United States, 1861-1890
Author: Earl S. PomeroyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512818429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
State Publications: Western states and territories. 1905
Author: Richard Rogers BowkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Rebels in the Rockies
Author: Walter Earl PittmanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786478209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The Civil War in 1861 found Southerners a minority throughout the West. Early efforts to create military forces were quickly suppressed. Many returned to the South to fight while others remained where they were, forming a potentially disloyal population. Underground movements existed throughout the war in Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and even Idaho. Repeatedly betrayed and overwhelmed by Union forces and without communications with the South, these groups were ineffective. In southern New Mexico, Southerners, who were the majority, aligned themselves with the Confederacy. Four small companies of irregulars, one Hispanic, fought (effectively) as part of the abortive Confederate invasion force of 1861-2. The most famous of these, the "Brigands," were close in function to a modern special forces unit. In 1862 the Brigands were sent into Colorado to join up with a secret army of 600-1,000 men massing there, but were betrayed. Returning to Texas, the Brigands and the other irregulars were used for special operations in the West throughout the War; they also fought in the Louisiana-Arkansas campaigns of 1863-4.