Letter From William H Ashley To General Henry Atkinson
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Letter From William H Ashley To General Henry Atkinson
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Presents a letter written by American fur trader and explorer William Henry Ashley (c.1778-1838) to General Henry Atkinson. Covers the time Ashley left Fort Atkinson on November 3, 1824, until he reached the Yellowstone River below Big Horn Mountain on August 7, 1825.
General Henry Atkinson
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Author : Roger L. Nichols
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
General Henry Atkinson written by Roger L. Nichols and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Indians of North America categories.
After Lewis And Clark
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Author : Robert M. Utley
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
After Lewis And Clark written by Robert M. Utley and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with History categories.
In 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations. Colorful and eccentric, bold and adventurous, mountain men such as John Colter, George Drouillard, Hugh Glass, Andrew Henry, and Kit Carson found individual freedom and financial reward in pursuit of pelts. Their knowledge of the country and its inhabitants served the first mapmakers, the army, and the streams of emigrants moving West in ever-greater numbers. The mountain men laid the foundations for their own displacement, as they led the nation on a westward course that ultimately spread the American lands from sea to sea.
The Journal Of William H Ashley
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Author : William H. Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-05
The Journal Of William H Ashley written by William H. Ashley and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05 with categories.
William H. Ashley, with his partner Andrew Henry, owned a fur trading company based in Saint Louis, Missouri. Prior to the period covered by these papers, he had lost a fortune in an ill-fated attempt to establish a trapping business on the upper Missouri river. His new plan was trap the region to the south, just over the divide. The previous year, an Ashley-Henry party led by Jedediah Smith had crossed the continental divide at what came to be known as South Pass and found the valley of the Green river to be rich with beaver. Consequently, the remainder of Ashley's fur company left St. Louis and made their way up the Platte. Ashley left two documents describing the events of 1825: One is what appears to be his field diary, containing daily entries. The other is a letter to Gen. Atkinson written after Ashley's return that fall, and contains a narrative of his 1825 season in the Rockies. These two documents are mostly consistent, although the narrative appears to have been written from memory because in some cases, details are different from those recorded in the contemporaneous diary. The diary was kept from March 25 to June 27, 1825. The diary commences on the Platte, just east of the continental divide. It describes the journey to the Green River and the division of the trapping party there. It also details Ashley's trip down the Green River in bullboats, and ends just a few days before Ashley's parties met on the Henry's Fork for the first Rocky Mountain Rendezvous. The narrative covers a longer period of time, from the time he left Ft. Atkinson on November 3, 1824 until he reached the Yellowstone below Big Horn Mountain on the 7th day of August, 1825. From there he proceeded downriver in boats with his rich cargo of furs, to the settlements.
The Explorations Of William H Ashley And Jedediah Smith 1822 1829
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Author : Harrison Clifford Dale
language : en
Publisher: Bison Books
Release Date : 1991
The Explorations Of William H Ashley And Jedediah Smith 1822 1829 written by Harrison Clifford Dale and has been published by Bison Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
William H. Ashley's expedition up the Missouri River in 1822 met with misfortunes that forced far-reaching changes in the fur-trading operations of the West. His claim to fame as an entrepreneur and explorer is clear in The Explorations of William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith. Just as vivid is the story of the Bible-quoting Jedediah Smith, a member of Ashley's original expedition, who branched off into little-known regions, becoming the first American to reach California by an overland route. In his introduction, James P. Ronda supplies the historical context for their explorations. A professor of history at the University of Tulsa, he is the author of Lewis and Clark among the Indians (1984) and Astoria and Empire (1990).
The Life Of William H Ashley
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Author : Richard M. Clokey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Life Of William H Ashley written by Richard M. Clokey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Legislators categories.
Encounters At The Heart Of The World
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Author : Elizabeth A. Fenn
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2014-03-11
Encounters At The Heart Of The World written by Elizabeth A. Fenn and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-11 with History categories.
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for History Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 with them, but why don't we know more? Who were they really? In this extraordinary book, Elizabeth A. Fenn retrieves their history by piecing together important new discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, epidemiology, and nutritional science. Her boldly original interpretation of these diverse research findings offers us a new perspective on early American history, a new interpretation of the American past. By 1500, more than twelve thousand Mandans were established on the northern Plains, and their commercial prowess, agricultural skills, and reputation for hospitality became famous. Recent archaeological discoveries show how these Native American people thrived, and then how they collapsed. The damage wrought by imported diseases like smallpox and the havoc caused by the arrival of horses and steamboats were tragic for the Mandans, yet, as Fenn makes clear, their sense of themselves as a people with distinctive traditions endured. A riveting account of Mandan history, landscapes, and people, Fenn's narrative is enriched and enlivened not only by science and research but by her own encounters at the heart of the world.
The West Of Willam H Ashley
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Author : Dale Lowell Morgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
The West Of Willam H Ashley written by Dale Lowell Morgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Fur trade categories.
The Era Of Good Feelings And The Age Of Jackson 1816 1841
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language : en
Publisher: A H M Publications
Release Date : 1979
The Era Of Good Feelings And The Age Of Jackson 1816 1841 written by and has been published by A H M Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
Heritage Of The Great Plains
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Heritage Of The Great Plains written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with American literature categories.
Contains articles on the literature, language, folklore, history, art, and music of the Great Plains.