Frontier forts of Iowa : Indians, traders, and soldiers, 1682-1862 / edited by William E. Whittaker.
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 ri...
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Bibliographic Details
| Other Authors: |
Whittaker, William E., 1971- |
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| Format: | eBook
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| Language: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Bur oak book.
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| Subjects: |
HISTORY
> United States
> State & Local
> Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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| Online Access: | Click for online access
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