Download or read book Frontier Forts of Iowa written by William E. Whittaker and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least fifty-six frontier forts once stood in, or within view of, what is now the state of Iowa. The earliest date to the 1680s, while the latest date to the Dakota uprising of 1862. Some were vast compounds housing hundreds of soldiers; others consisted of a few sheds built by a trader along a riverbank. Regardless of their size and function—William Whittaker and his contributors include any compound that was historically called a fort, whether stockaded or not, as well as all military installations—all sought to control and manipulate Indians to the advantage of European and American traders, governments, and settlers. Frontier Forts of Iowa draws extensively upon the archaeological and historical records to document this era of transformation from the seventeenth-century fur trade until almost all Indians had been removed from the region. The earliest European-constructed forts along the Mississippi, Des Moines, and Missouri rivers fostered a complex relationship between Indians and early traders. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1804, American military forts emerged in the Upper Midwest, defending the newly claimed territories from foreign armies, foreign traders, and foreign-supported Indians. After the War of 1812, new forts were built to control Indians until they could be moved out of the way of American settlers; forts of this period, which made extensive use of roads and trails, teamed a military presence with an Indian agent who negotiated treaties and regulated trade. The final phase of fort construction in Iowa occurred in response to the Spirit Lake massacre and the Dakota uprising; the complete removal of the Dakota in 1863 marked the end of frontier forts in a state now almost completely settled by Euro-Americans. By focusing on the archaeological evidence produced by many years of excavations and by supporting their words with a wealth of maps and illustrations, the authors uncover the past and connect it with the real history of real places. In so doing they illuminate the complicated and dramatic history of the Upper Midwest in a time of enormous change. Past is linked to present in the form of a section on visiting original and reconstructed forts today. Contributors: Gayle F. Carlson Jeffrey T. Carr Lance M. Foster Kathryn E. M. Gourley Marshall B. McKusick Cindy L. Nagel David J. Nolan Cynthia L. Peterson Leah D. Rogers Regena Jo Schantz Christopher M. Schoen Vicki L. Twinde-Javner William E. Whittaker

Download or read book Old Fort Crawford and the Frontier written by Bruce Ellis Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Old Fort Crawford and the Frontier written by Bruce Ellis Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania By G D Albert written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Making of Iowa written by Henry Sabin and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania By G D Albert Index written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Indians of Iowa written by Lance M. Foster and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of Iowa's Native American tribes that discusses their history, culture, language, and traditions, and includes illustrations.

Download or read book The Frontier Forts Within the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River Pennsylvania written by John M. Buckalew and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Indian forts of the Blue Mountains By H M Richards The frontier forts within the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River By J M Buckalew The frontier forts within the Wyoming Valley region By S Reynolds The frontier forts in the Cumberland and Juniata valleys By J G Weiser written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prefatory note The Indian forts of the Blue Mountains written by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Ten Years on the Iowa Frontier written by William Harvey Ingham and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A New History of Iowa written by Jeff Bremer and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of Iowa is largely unappreciated and often misunderstood. It has a small population and sits in the middle of a huge country. It’s thought of as an uninspiring place full of farms and fields of corn. But Iowa represents America as surely as New York and California, and Iowa’s history is more dynamic, complicated, and influential than commonly imagined. Jeff Bremer’s A New History of Iowa offers the most comprehensive history of the Hawkeye State ever written, surveying Iowa from the last ice age through the COVID-19 pandemic. It tells a new and vibrant story, examining the state’s small-town culture, politics, social and economic development, and its many diverse inhabitants. Bremer features well-known individuals, such as Sauk leader Black Hawk, artist Grant Wood, botanist George Washington Carver, suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, and President Herbert Hoover. But Bremer broadens the state’s story by including new voices—among them, runaway enslaved men who joined Iowa’s 60th Colored Regiment in the Civil War, young female pearl button factory workers, Latino railroad workers who migrated to the state in the early twentieth century, and recent refugees from Southeast Asia and the Balkans. This new story of Iowa provides a brisk, readable narrative written for a broad audience, from high school and college students to teachers and scholars to general readers. It tells the story of ordinary and extraordinary people of all backgrounds and greatly improves our knowledge of a state whose history has been neglected. A New History of Iowa is for everyone who wants to learn about Iowa’s surprising, complex, and remarkable past.

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Download or read book Iowa and War written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A History of the People of Iowa written by Cyrenus Cole and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: