Author: Harrison Clifford Dale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829
Author: Harrison Clifford Dale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Explorations of William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith, 1822-1829
Author: Harrison Clifford Dale
Publisher: Bison Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
William H. Ashley's expedition up the Missouri River in 1822 met with misfortunes that forced far-reaching changes in the fur-trading operations of the West. His claim to fame as an entrepreneur and explorer is clear in The Explorations of William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith. Just as vivid is the story of the Bible-quoting Jedediah Smith, a member of Ashley's original expedition, who branched off into little-known regions, becoming the first American to reach California by an overland route. In his introduction, James P. Ronda supplies the historical context for their explorations. A professor of history at the University of Tulsa, he is the author of Lewis and Clark among the Indians (1984) and Astoria and Empire (1990).
Publisher: Bison Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
William H. Ashley's expedition up the Missouri River in 1822 met with misfortunes that forced far-reaching changes in the fur-trading operations of the West. His claim to fame as an entrepreneur and explorer is clear in The Explorations of William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith. Just as vivid is the story of the Bible-quoting Jedediah Smith, a member of Ashley's original expedition, who branched off into little-known regions, becoming the first American to reach California by an overland route. In his introduction, James P. Ronda supplies the historical context for their explorations. A professor of history at the University of Tulsa, he is the author of Lewis and Clark among the Indians (1984) and Astoria and Empire (1990).
The United States
Author: Arthur H. Clark Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Historical Background for the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Author: United States. National Park Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Early Republic and Antebellum America
Author: Christopher G. Bates
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317457404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1453
Book Description
First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317457404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1453
Book Description
First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
The Pacific Historical Review
Author: Anna Marie Hager
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520030350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520030350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Red Desert
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
A photographic and multidisciplinary study of one of America’s last undeveloped—and most endangered—landscapes, edited by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author. A vast expanse of rock formations, sand dunes, and sagebrush in central and southwest Wyoming, the little-known Red Desert is one of the last undeveloped landscapes in the United States, as well as one of the most endangered. It is a last refuge for many species of wildlife. Sitting atop one of North America's largest untapped reservoirs of natural gas, the Red Desert is a magnet for energy producers who are damaging its complex and fragile ecosystem in a headlong race to open a new domestic source of energy and reap the profits. To capture and preserve what makes the Red Desert both valuable and scientifically and historically interesting, writer Annie Proulx and photographer Martin Stupich enlisted a team of scientists and scholars to join them in exploring the Red Desert through many disciplines: geology, hydrology, paleontology, ornithology, zoology, entomology, botany, climatology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, and history. Their essays reveal many fascinating, often previously unknown facts about the Red Desert—everything from the rich pocket habitats that support an amazing diversity of life to engrossing stories of the transcontinental migrations that began in prehistory and continue today on I-80—which bisects the Red Desert. Complemented by Martin Stupich’s photo-essay, which portrays both the beauty and the devastation that characterize the region today, Red Desert bears eloquent witness to a unique landscape in its final years as a wild place./
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
A photographic and multidisciplinary study of one of America’s last undeveloped—and most endangered—landscapes, edited by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author. A vast expanse of rock formations, sand dunes, and sagebrush in central and southwest Wyoming, the little-known Red Desert is one of the last undeveloped landscapes in the United States, as well as one of the most endangered. It is a last refuge for many species of wildlife. Sitting atop one of North America's largest untapped reservoirs of natural gas, the Red Desert is a magnet for energy producers who are damaging its complex and fragile ecosystem in a headlong race to open a new domestic source of energy and reap the profits. To capture and preserve what makes the Red Desert both valuable and scientifically and historically interesting, writer Annie Proulx and photographer Martin Stupich enlisted a team of scientists and scholars to join them in exploring the Red Desert through many disciplines: geology, hydrology, paleontology, ornithology, zoology, entomology, botany, climatology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, and history. Their essays reveal many fascinating, often previously unknown facts about the Red Desert—everything from the rich pocket habitats that support an amazing diversity of life to engrossing stories of the transcontinental migrations that began in prehistory and continue today on I-80—which bisects the Red Desert. Complemented by Martin Stupich’s photo-essay, which portrays both the beauty and the devastation that characterize the region today, Red Desert bears eloquent witness to a unique landscape in its final years as a wild place./
Nebraska History Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nebraska
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nebraska
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Author: Kevin Starr
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199923256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Examining California's formative years, this innovative study seeks to discover the origins of the California dream and the social, psychological, and symbolic impact it has had not only on Californians but also on the rest of the country.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199923256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Examining California's formative years, this innovative study seeks to discover the origins of the California dream and the social, psychological, and symbolic impact it has had not only on Californians but also on the rest of the country.
History of Nevada
Author: Russell R. Elliott
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803267150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Maintaining the same high standards of the first edition, published in 1973, this new, revised edition is still the most comprehensive one-volume history of a state that was once thought of as "a bridge to somewhere else." In revising, Elliott summarizes the state's economic, political, and social history since 1973 and strengthens a major point he made then: that Nevada's acceptance of liberal marriage and divorce laws and of legalized gambling brought economic stability to a state singularly devoid of stable economic resources. -- from Book Jacket
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803267150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Maintaining the same high standards of the first edition, published in 1973, this new, revised edition is still the most comprehensive one-volume history of a state that was once thought of as "a bridge to somewhere else." In revising, Elliott summarizes the state's economic, political, and social history since 1973 and strengthens a major point he made then: that Nevada's acceptance of liberal marriage and divorce laws and of legalized gambling brought economic stability to a state singularly devoid of stable economic resources. -- from Book Jacket