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  Title

  A Nation moving West; readings in the history of the American frontier

  Author

  Richmond, Robert W.  

  Publisher:

  University of Nebraska Press

  Pub date:

  [1966]

  Physical desc:

  viii, 366 pages

  Copy info:

  1 copy available in Shelved by call number, A-L 4th Floor, N-Z 3rd Floor.
  1 copy total in all locations.

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    F591.R5	1	Book	Shelved by call number, A-L 4th Floor, N-Z 3rd Floor

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  Richmond, Robert W.
  

  Personal Author:

  Richmond, Robert W.

  Title:

  A Nation moving West; readings in the history of the American frontier, edited by Robert W. Richmond and Robert W. Mardock.

  Publication info:

  Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press [1966]

  Physical descrip:

  viii, 366 pages 22 cm

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-360).

  Contents:

  Beyond the Appalachians -- The Old Northwest and the Upper Mississippi Valley -- The Southern frontier -- Frontier conflict: Indian fighting and the War of 1812 -- Eastern Indians and the removal policy -- Roads and waterways: The Appalachians to the Mississippi -- Customs and culture on the Early Frontier -- The Fur trade -- Exploring the West -- The Road to Manifest Destiny -- The Great Western Trails -- The Mormons and the settlement of Utah -- The mining frontier -- Roads and waterways: Beyond the Mississippi -- The Civil War in the West -- Western Indians and the peace policy -- Railroads in the West -- Cattle Country: Trail, town and ranch -- Settlement of the Great Plains -- The Pacific Far West -- The advancing social and cultural frontier.

  Summary:

  Facets of the pioneer experience on the changing American frontier from the Revolution to 1900.

  Subject term:

  Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)

  Geographic term:

  West (U.S.)--History--Sources.

  Genre:

  History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

  Genre:

  Sources. fast (OCoLC)fst01423900

  Added author:

  Mardock, Robert Winston, 1921-, editor.

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Personal Author:

Richmond, Robert W.

Title:

A Nation moving West; readings in the history of the American frontier, edited by Robert W. Richmond and Robert W. Mardock.

Publication info:

Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press [1966]

Physical descrip:

viii, 366 pages 22 cm

Bibliography note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-360).

Contents:

Beyond the Appalachians -- The Old Northwest and the Upper Mississippi Valley -- The Southern frontier -- Frontier conflict: Indian fighting and the War of 1812 -- Eastern Indians and the removal policy -- Roads and waterways: The Appalachians to the Mississippi -- Customs and culture on the Early Frontier -- The Fur trade -- Exploring the West -- The Road to Manifest Destiny -- The Great Western Trails -- The Mormons and the settlement of Utah -- The mining frontier -- Roads and waterways: Beyond the Mississippi -- The Civil War in the West -- Western Indians and the peace policy -- Railroads in the West -- Cattle Country: Trail, town and ranch -- Settlement of the Great Plains -- The Pacific Far West -- The advancing social and cultural frontier.

Summary:

Facets of the pioneer experience on the changing American frontier from the Revolution to 1900.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)

Geographic term:

West (U.S.)--History--Sources.

Genre:

History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

Genre:

Sources. fast (OCoLC)fst01423900

Added author:

Mardock, Robert Winston, 1921-, editor.