America's Western Frontiers

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

America's Western Frontiers

Entry/Object ID

L2001.17.1

Secondary Title

The Exploration and Settlement of the Trans-Mississippi West

Description

America's Western Frontiers is a social history of the trans-Mississippi West. Subjects covered are: Overland exploration, imperialism on the Pacific, Louisiana Purchase, fur traders and trappers, wagon train migration, gold rush, mining, revolution in western transportation, Indian problems, cowman's frontier, farmers, and end of the frontier. Page 266 - 272 is a reprint of Hutchings' California Magazine of July 1860, The Pony Express. 440/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photos

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express, Animals, Exploration, Ships, Mining, Settlements, Farming, Cowboys

Search Terms

American West - Social History, Pony Express, Western Migration and Settlement, Trans-Mississippi West., Trails, Oregon Trail, California Trail, Survey History, Western Migration, Military, Fur Trading, Cowhands, Indian Interaction, Expansion, Louisiana Territory, Stagecoach

Book Details

Author

Hawgood, John A.

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1967

Call No.

Western HA

LCCN

66-19380

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent