Exploring the American West, 1803-1879
Author | : Gordon Press Publishers |
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Release | : 1996-08 |
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ISBN | : 9780849059636 |
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Release | : 1996-08 |
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ISBN | : 9780849059636 |
Author | : Richard A. Bartlett |
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Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1982-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756702700 |
When Thomas Jefferson took office as the 3rd Pres. of the U.S. in 1801, much of the land between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean was unknown territory belonging to France or Spain. By the time Rutherford B. Hayes left office as the 19th Pres. in 1881, this land was not only part of the U.S. but it had been explored, surveyed, mapped, photographed, and was rapidly being settled. This book tells the story of how and why all of this came about. It is published in cooperation with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis. Illustrated with dozens of color and B&W photos, drawings and maps.
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Release | : 1982 |
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Author | : National Park Service |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2017-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780266550556 |
Excerpt from Exploring the American West, 1803-1879 Beyond the plains loomed the Rockies, foothills at first, then towering masses of craggy peaks, cut by passes and separated by parks or upland prairies. Great rivers - the Missouri, the Snake, the Green, the Colo rado and the Yellowstone tore through them, affording paths for the explorers. The mountains, too, abounded with game, but it was their rich, cold beaver streams that attracted the earliest pathfinders. Beyond the mountains stretched a real desert the Great Basin - where a whole generation searched for that one river - the mythical Rio Buenaventura - that would provide easy access across to the Pacific. They never found it. The southern Great Plains were more arid than the northern, and the southern Rockies were a formidable obstacle to travelers, but the old Spanish city of Santa Fe provided a welcome destination. Beyond Santa Fe was a country of terrifying grandeur that included the rugged valley of the San Juan River, the high plateaus of Utah, the gorges of the Little Colorado, and the Grand Canyon. Farther south there was little but desert and isolated volcanic mountain peaks. Beyond all these to the West, before one reached California, lay the Mojave Desert, Death Valley, hundreds of miles of sand dunes, 120-degree temperatures, and little water. After sur mounting these obstacles, a traveler reached the south ern Sierra, crossed over them, and, descending in stages to the coast, saw whales spouting out in the endless Pacific. The trans-mississippi West was big country, so big it took a generation to even begin to assimilate it to the imagination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : United States. National Park Service |
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Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1982 |
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Author | : David R. Dean |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Politics and culture |
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Author | : William H. Goetzmann |
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Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Discoveries in geography |
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Total Pages | : 1192 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Paperbacks |
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Author | : Richard E. Bohlander |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1998-03-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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From pre-Christianity to the 20th century, this reference work provides portraits of over 275 of the world's explorers, geographers, chroniclers and inventors. Each profile details the subject's life, personality, adventures, achievements, and the controversies, if any, surrounding the discovery.
Author | : John F. Burns |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2003-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520936485 |
Taming the Elephant is the last of four volumes in the distinguished California History Sesquicentennial Series, an outstanding compilation of original essays by leading historians and writers. These topical, interrelated volumes reexamine the meaning of the founding of modern California during the state's pioneer period. General themes run through all four volumes: the interplay of traditional cultures and frontier innovation in the creation of a distinctive California society; the dynamic interaction of people and nature and the beginnings of massive environmental change; the impact of the California experience on the nation and the world; the influence of pioneer patterns on modern California; and the legacy of ethnic and cultural diversity as a major influence on the state's history. This fourth volume treats the role of post–Gold Rush California government, politics, and law in the building of a dynamic state, with influences that persist today. Provocative essays investigate the creation of constitutional foundations, law and jurisprudence, the formation of government agencies, and the development of public policy. Authors chart the roles played by diverse groups—criminals and peace officers, entrepreneurs and miners, farmers and public officials, defenders of discrimination and female and African American activists. The essays also explore subjects largely overlooked in the past, such as the significance of local and federal government in pioneer California and early struggles to secure civil rights for women and racial minorities.