Download or read book Following the Beckwourth Trail written by Andrew Hammond and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beckwourth Trail Driving Guide written by Robert S. Black and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Beckwourth Trail written by Charles D. James (III.) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of that Part of the Beckwourth Trail Known as the Merrimac Stage Route written by John William Rowe and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Adventures of James P Beckwourth written by James Pierson Beckwourth and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beckwourth Trail Driving Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Adventures of James P Beckwourth written by James P. Beckwourth and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Pierson Beckwourth (1798 or 1800 - 1866 or 1867), born James Beckwith and generally known as, Jim Beckwourth was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. A mulatto born into slavery in Virginia, he was freed by his father (and master) and apprenticed to a blacksmith; later he moved to the American West. As a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow Nation for years. He is credited with the discovery of Beckwourth Pass, through the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Mountains, between present-day Reno, Nevada, and Portola, California, during the California Gold Rush years, and improved the Beckwourth Trail, which thousands of settlers followed to central California.He narrated his life story to Thomas D. Bonner, an itinerant justice of the peace. The book was published in New York and London in 1856 as The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians. A translation was published in France in 1860.Early historians of the Old West originally considered the book little more than campfire lore. It has since, been reassessed as a valuable source of social history, especially, for life among the Crow, although, not all its details are reliable or accurate. The civil rights movement of the 1960s celebrated Beckwourth as an early African-American pioneer. He has since, been featured as a role model in children's literature and textbooks.
Download or read book Sweet Freedom s Plains written by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual—and far more complex—reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers—men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet Freedom’s Plains is a powerful retelling of the migration story from their perspective. Tracing the journeys of black overlanders who traveled the Mormon, California, Oregon, and other trails, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore describes in vivid detail what they left behind, what they encountered along the way, and what they expected to find in their new, western homes. She argues that African Americans understood advancement and prosperity in ways unique to their situation as an enslaved and racially persecuted people, even as they shared many of the same hopes and dreams held by their white contemporaries. For African Americans, the journey westward marked the beginning of liberation and transformation. At the same time, black emigrants’ aspirations often came into sharp conflict with real-world conditions in the West. Although many scholars have focused on African Americans who settled in the urban West, their early trailblazing voyages into the Oregon Country, Utah Territory, New Mexico Territory, and California deserve greater attention. Having combed censuses, maps, government documents, and white overlanders’ diaries, along with the few accounts written by black overlanders or passed down orally to their living descendants, Moore gives voice to the countless, mostly anonymous black men and women who trekked the plains and mountains. Sweet Freedom’s Plains places African American overlanders where they belong—at the center of the western migration narrative. Their experiences and perspectives enhance our understanding of this formative period in American history.
Download or read book The Northern Maidu written by Marie Potts and published by Naturegraph & Keven Brown Publications. This book was released on 1977 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the history and describes the culture of the Northern Maidu.
Download or read book Jim Beckwourth written by Elinor Wilson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1980-12-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrays the life and adventures of the freedman, frontiersman, and fur trader who became a Crow warrior
Download or read book American Trails Revisited written by Lyn Wilkerson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Trails Revisited follows in the proverbial footsteps of the many explorers and pioneers who traveled across the American West. Based on the works of the Federal Writers Project in the 1940's, this book organizes, updates, and enhances the original material to provide an easy-to-follow historical travel guide to the Western United States. Along with the history of the people and places you will find along the way, this book also includes information for local, state, and national parks. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be used to support local historical organizations, so that the history that you rediscover in your travels will remain for those who follow in your footsteps.
Download or read book Hiking Lake Tahoe A History and Trail Guide written by Suzie Dundas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Lake Tahoe, nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stretches far beyond its shores. Travel back in time on more than two dozen hikes, from short lakeside trails used by the Washoe People to all-day trips exploring the abandoned shelters left behind by early mapmakers. Visit the remains of one of California's most violent towns and the ruins of a lighthouse built in the early twentieth century when travel by boat was preferred over driving treacherous roads. Discover the legend of "Hermit Isle" and walk in the footsteps of the earliest pioneers. Join author and hiker Suzie Dundas as she dives deep into the history of Tahoe's scenic trails.
Download or read book Sunset written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush written by Jesse Wiley and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're in the middle of the Gold Rush, pioneer--and you are headed West on the Oregon Trail with hopes to strike it rich in this choose-your-own-trail experience. Travel in your large wagon train and decide whether you'll stay the course to Oregon or take The California Trail towards Sacramento. Do your choices lead to a fortune-filled future or will they lead you straight into danger? Westward ho!
Download or read book James Beckwourth written by Sean Dolan and published by Chelsea House Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, and trader.
Download or read book James Beckwourth written by Susan R. Gregson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the trapper who served as a messenger and guide to the U.S. Army and was accepted as an honorary member of several Native American tribes.
Download or read book Pan African Chronology II written by Everett Jenkins, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This continuation volume of the Pan-African Chronology set covers the most significant events in the African diaspora from the end of the American Civil War through the pre-World War I years. This was a time of great change for black Americans--Reconstruction, the founding of the NAACP, the formation of the separate but equal doctrine, and the migration of blacks from the rural South to Northern cities. The eradication of slavery as a legalized institution was finally realized in the Americas, while the struggle to end it in Asia was also taking place. European colonialism in Africa was accelerated, ironically coinciding with humanitarian efforts to end the slave trade on the African continent. These events and many others are covered here.
