Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863Yale University Press, 1959 - 509 Seiten This book tells the story of the U.S. Army's role in exploring the trans-Mississippi West, particularly the role of the Topographical Engineers. An interdisciplinary book, it addresses the military's role in the founding of archaeology and ethnology in this country and includes art and photography as part of the story. |
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Into the Mountain Mans West | 22 |
John C Frémont | 65 |
The Mexican War Reconnaissance | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
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1st Sess 32nd parallel American appointed Brevet Second Arkansas Army Bartlett Basin Bent's Bent's Fort Benton Boundary Survey Brevet California Camp Canyon Capt Captain Charles Preuss Colonel Abert Colorado River command Cong Creek Derby desert El Paso emigrant Emory's Exec expedition exploration Fort Vancouver Fort Yuma Frémont frontier G. K. Warren geographical geological George Gila River Humboldt Ibid important Indians James Jefferson Davis John John Torrey Kearny land Llano Estacado longitude Louis Mexico miles military Mississippi Missouri Mormon officers Oregon Pacific Railroad Reports Pacific railroad surveys parallel route party Paso Platte pueblos Raynolds reconnaissance Red River region Rocky Mountains Salt Lake San Diego Santa Fe scientific scientists Secretary Senator settlement Sierra Simpson Smith Southern Southwest Stansbury territory Texas tion Topographical Corps Topographical Engineers trail United Utah Valley wagon road Warren Washington Weller western Whipple Whipple's William Yellowstone York