Beginning of the West: Annals of the Kansas Gateway to the American West 1540-1854

Book

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L1975.1.506

Description

The Beginning of the West is an excellent reference for the history of Kansas. Barry takes each year from 1540 to 1854 and selects sections from documents to illustrate what is happening in that year. Historian Dale Morgan says of the book that it is "an aide-memoire for imperfectly remembered facts, as a guide to elusive sources, and as an index to person, places, and events in a matrix of time. For our use, it contains information on early St. Joseph, the Robidouxs and western migration. 1296/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Exploration, Transportation, Newspapers, Settlements

Search Terms

Kansas History, Missouri History, Western Migration, Western History, Trails, California Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Indian Trails, Survey History, Military, Fur Trading, Indian Interaction, Expansion, Kansas Territory

Book Details

Author

Barry, Louise

Place Published

City

Topeka

State/Province

Kansas

Date Published

1972

Call No.

Western BA

LCCN

78-172252

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good