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Great Plains Forts

Author : Jay H. Buckley
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496238214
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Great Plains Forts written by Jay H. Buckley and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2023-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Plains Forts introduces readers to the fortifications that have impacted the lives of Indigenous peoples, fur trappers and traders, travelers, and military personnel on the Great Plains and prairies from precontact times to the present. Using stories to introduce patterns in fortification construction and use, Jay H. Buckley and Jeffery D. Nokes explore the eras of fort-building on the Great Plains from Canada to Texas. Stories about fortifications and fortified cities built by Indigenous peoples reveal the lesser-known history of precontact violence on the plains. Great Plains Forts includes stories of Spanish presidios and French and British outposts in their respective borderlands. Forts played a crucial role in the international fur trade and served as emporiums along the overland trails and along riverway corridors as Euro-Americans traveled into the American West. Soldiers and families resided in these military outposts, and this military presence in turn affected Indigenous Plains peoples. The appendix includes a reference guide organized by state and province, enabling readers to search easily for specific forts.

The Great Plains Guide to Custer

Author : Jeff Barnes
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811708365
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Great Plains Guide to Custer written by Jeff Barnes and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Very comprehensive and authoritative." --Robert M. Utley, author of Cavalier in Buckskin "Jeff Barnes has really done his research. . . . Highly recommended." --James Donovan, author of A Terrible Glory Guide to forts, military posts, battlefields, and other sites that interpret George Armstrong Custer's decade of operations on the Great Plains Locations in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana Extended section on Little Bighorn Each entry includes directions, amenities, contact information, and recommended reading

Fort Laramie

Author : Douglas C. McChristian
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 080615859X
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Fort Laramie written by Douglas C. McChristian and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the U.S. Army posts in the West, none witnessed more history than Fort Laramie, positioned where the northern Great Plains join the Rocky Mountains. From its beginnings as a trading post in 1834 to its abandonment by the army in 1890, it was involved in the buffalo hide trade, overland migrations, Indian wars and treaties, the Utah War, Confederate maneuvering, and the coming of the telegraph and first transcontinental railroad. Douglas C. McChristian has written the first complete history of Fort Laramie, chronicling every critical stage in its existence, including its addition to the National Park System. He draws on an extraordinary array of archival materials–including those at Fort Laramie National Historic Site–to present new data about the fort and new interpretations of historical events. Emphasizing the fort's military history, McChristian documents the army's vital role in ending challenges posed by American Indians to U.S. occupation and settlement of the region, and he expands on the fort's interactions with the many Native peoples of the Central Plains and Rocky Mountains. He provides a particularly lucid description of the infamous Grattan fight of 1854, which initiated a generation of strife between Indians and U.S. soldiers, and he recounts the 1851 Horse Creek and 1868 Fort Laramie treaties. Meticulously researched and gracefully told, this is a long-overdue military history of one of the American West's most venerable historic places.

The Great Plains Guide to Buffalo Bill

Author : Jeff Barnes
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811759113
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Great Plains Guide to Buffalo Bill written by Jeff Barnes and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to residences, forts, battlefields, and other sites that interpret Buffalo Bill's life on the Great Plains.

Forts of the Northern Plains

Author : Jeff Barnes
Publisher : Bison Books
ISBN 13 : 9781496235053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Forts of the Northern Plains written by Jeff Barnes and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 2024-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sentinel of the Plains: Fort Leavenworth and the American West

Author : George Walton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sentinel of the Plains: Fort Leavenworth and the American West written by George Walton and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has played a vital role in the maturing processes of both the United States Army and the United States. Lewis and Clark, whose expedition introduced the Louisiana Purchase to the American people, were the initial instruments of that spirit of "Manifest Destiny" which eventuated in the establishment of Fort Leavenworth, a post that was to play an instrumental role in the "settling" of the West and every American war fought after 1827. The fort, built by Colonel Leavenworth between Missouri and Little Platte rivers, was, from its inception, located in a storm center of American history. The area known as Kansas adapted violently to civilization's cultivating hoe. Indians, the original landowners, through unhonored treaties and brute force, were systematically pushed off their land; Brigham Young and his "fanatical" brethren tried unsuccessfully to sink roots there; ferocious fighting between slave owners and abolitionists gave currency to the term "Bleeding Kansas"; during the Civil War Kansas was the scene of the savage battle known as "Gettysburg of the West." After the Union's victory and the eventual pacification of the area, the post became the first Army Tactical School in a pilot program that proved to be extremely successful; Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton were three of many Leavenworth graduates who distinguished themselves in World War II. The Fort and Kansas have experienced numerous transitions, but the importance of Leavenworth in America's defense is still vital today. Carefully researched and vividly written, George Walton's Sentinel of the Plains follows in fascinating detail the forced march American civilization made "from Sea to shining Sea" -- Book jacket.

Forts of the Northern Plains

Author : Jeff Barnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811734967
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Forts of the Northern Plains written by Jeff Barnes and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date guide to the critical forts of the Indian campaigns of the late 19th century. Recounts the integral role of 51 forts during the decades of warfare with the Plains Indian tribes and tells of the posts fates after the Indian wars, providing narrative vignettes of incidents or points of historical importance. It also provides directions and visitor information for the following states: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming.

Great Plains Forts

Author : Jay H Buckley
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496238206
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Great Plains Forts written by Jay H Buckley and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forts of the Northern Plains

Author : Jeff Barnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811751346
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Forts of the Northern Plains written by Jeff Barnes and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 51 fort sites in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana More than 100 photographs and drawings illustrate life at the forts Directions, visitor information, and nearby points of interest for every site As the first official symbols of U. S. government presence on the Western frontier, the forts of the Northern Plains were both centers of commerce and sources of conflict. The integral role 51 of those forts played during decades of warfare with the Plains Indians tribes--and the posts' fates after those wars ended--is recounted in this informative guidebook. Included are histories, up-to-date descriptions of what remains today, and directions and visitor information for each post.

Fortress America

Author : J. E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306816345
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by J. E. Kaufmann and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest colonial settlements to Cold War bunkers, the North American continent has been home to thousands of forts and fortress structures. Fortress America surveys the broad sweep of fortifications throughout North America-from seacoast forts of the late eighteenth century to wooden inland forts built to defend against Native American, English, French, or Spanish attack; from Civil War-era coastal and inland waterways forts to the Great Plains' forts of the Old West; from World War II subterranean bunkers to Cold War concrete missile silos. The text of Fortress America is complemented with never-before-published photographs, and extraordinary drawings, cut-aways, and diagrams illustrating the design and structure of American forts.

Forts of the American Frontier 1820–91

Author : Ron Field
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841767758
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Forts of the American Frontier 1820–91 written by Ron Field and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2005-02-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major period of westward expansion took place in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. Fur trading, the coast-to-coast railroad, the California gold rush and the removal of Native American tribes both facilitated and encouraged America's "manifest destiny" to become a transcontinental nation. The task of protecting the settlers from the tribes that inhabited the Great Plains fell to the US Army, and to do this an extensive network of permanent forts was created via construction and acquisition. This title examines why the forts were built, as well as their design, defensive features and the role they played in the settlement of the American West. The daily lives of the garrison soldiers and fort inhabitants are also covered, together with the fighting witnessed at key sites.

Forts of the Upper Missouri

Author : Robert G. Athearn
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803257627
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Forts of the Upper Missouri written by Robert G. Athearn and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to life one of the most exciting eras in American history. In late 1819 Colonel Henry Atkinson led an expedition to explore the wilderness of the Upper Missouri and establish sites for a string of military posts, which would extend successful contacts with the Indians as well as exploit trade with British companies. The result of his efforts was a fort system which played a dramatic and significant role in the opening of the territories of the upper plains and the Rockies.

Kansas Forts & Bases

Author : Debra Goodrich Bisel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238685
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Kansas Forts & Bases written by Debra Goodrich Bisel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between Kansas and the science of war is ingrained, consistent and evident, yet it seems antithetical to the quiet, conservative farmer who is the quintessential image of the state. It is not. The same values created both, and both created Kansas. From early exploration of America, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the Plains Indian wars to the world wars and the modern era, the forts and bases of the Sunflower State have been central to America's defense. Beginning with Fort de Cavagnial in 1744 through to the defunct fields of Cold War missile silos, historians Debra Goodrich Bisel and Michelle M. Martin provide a guide to the forts and posts throughout Kansas.

Forts of the American Frontier 1820–91

Author : Ron Field
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846030406
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Forts of the American Frontier 1820–91 written by Ron Field and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early decades of the 19th century, the Southern Plains of the North American continent were only occasionally visited by explorers, trappers, traders, and missionaries. The first trading posts and forts were built then, such as Adobe Walls in the panhandle of North Texas, and Tubac Presidio in New Mexico. During the 1840s, when the 'Great American Desert' became the scene of an inexorable westward expansion, European pioneers and settlers flooded overland from the eastern seaboard. As they headed west, these settlers invaded and absorbed the traditional lands of the Native American. Via a series of Acts passed by Congress, many members of the Five Civilized Tribes (the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole) were moved to reservations. It was hoped that a Permanent Indian Frontier guarded by a line of military forts would separate the Indian from the 'white man' forever. Numerous posts were built to police the southern end of this frontier between 1820 and 1840. Following the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1836, and the Mexican War of 1846-48, the lands and wealth then acquired lured many more migrants to the Southwest. The resulting trails first breached and then destroyed the Permanent Indian Frontier. The US Government constructed a line of forts on the Texan frontier in 1848-49 to protect traders and settlers. This chain, which included forts Graham, Worth, Gates, Crogham, Inge and Duncan, extended for more than 800 miles. In 1850-52 it became necessary to erect another line of posts 200 miles further west, in order to keep pace with the rapidly advancing frontier and protect against the marauding Kiowas and Comanches. To combat constant Apache and Navajo raids, a network of posts was built in New Mexico throughout the remainder of 1850s. During the Civil War, the Texan forts seized and occupied by Confederate forces came under regular attack from marauding Indians. Also, in 1864, Kiowa and Comanche attacks on Santa Fe wagontrains on the borders of New Mexico Territory prompted a punitive expedition led by Colonel Christopher "Kit" Carson which led to the First Battle of Adobe Walls. This book is a detailed exploration of the design and development and operational histories of all of these forts and defensive systems.

The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania. By G.D. Albert

Author : Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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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 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fort Robinson: Outpost on the Plains

Author : Roger T. Grange
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Fort Robinson: Outpost on the Plains written by Roger T. Grange and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fort Robinson: Outpost on the Plains" by Roger T. Grange. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891

Author : Lieutenant Colonel Lowell Steven Yarbrough
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782896538
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891 written by Lieutenant Colonel Lowell Steven Yarbrough and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Indian policy, formulated at the turn of the 19th century, significantly impacted the national military strategy. President Jefferson’s plan for Indian removal became the cornerstone for federal policy. Congress would bear the responsibility for crafting the nation’s Indian policies, but the burden for execution was left to an unprepared and undermanned Army. From the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the principal mission of the Army was fighting Indians. Returning to the Western frontier the Army attempted to fight the Indians using the tactics that proved successful in the Civil War. The diverse Great Plains tribes, using raids and ambushes, successfully fought a thirty-year war against a superior military force. It would finally take the unorthodox tactics of several field commanders to bring an end to the fighting. This paper examines the national policy and the means used to implement it. The paper examines asymmetrical warfare through its discussion on critical shortcomings in military preparedness and strategy. The past several conflicts that U.S. military forces have participated in (Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan) suggest that the American Indian Wars offer valuable strategic lessons.