Compared to such famous frontier paths as Lewis and Clark's route and the Oregon Trail, most people know little about the seminal trade route we call the Santa Fe Trail, yet this rough wagon road endured longer than any other American trail west of the Mississippi River. From 1821 to 1880, bold and daring men loaded their wagons with trade goods and set out from Missouri to Santa Fe, in the newly independent nation of Mexico. In Tracing the Santa Fe Trail, modern, full-color images of the trail are juxtaposed with historical commentary to create a photographic journey that blends past and present. Along for the trek are historical accounts from eyewitnesses who experienced the trail, as well as insights from later writers and historians who shed light on complex cultural issues of the nineteenth century. With dozens of stunning color photographs and a fascinating narrative, Dulle helps readers envision the frontier experience and appreciate the myriad material and cultural changes the Santa Fe Trail brought to our growing nation.
Marshall was just ahead. Taylor called out. “Stop.” He held up the pistol. “Stop I said you stupid fool.” Marshall kept running. Taylor fired a shot. He missed. Taylor kept after him and rode right up to him. He tried to grab his shirt, ...
Author John L. Moore serves up a miscellany of fascinating depictions of obscure but authentic people and situations in this non-fiction book about the Pennsylvania Frontier between 1743 and 1778.
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FRONTIER WAR for AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WILLIAM R. NESTER “ The frontier war for their nation's independence is little known to most Americans , " writes historian William R. Nester . The American Revolution is commonly associated with ...
The preachers present were McKendree, Gwinn, Goddard, Travis, and Walker. ... His appearance led the great Dr. Bangs, of New York, to mentally to exclaim, "I wonder what awkward backwoodsman they have put in the pulpit this morning, ...
Contains three classic westerns by the beloved master of the genre--Riders of the Purple Sage, The Lone Star Ranger, and The Rainbow Trail.
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