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UNINA9910811676403321 |
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Titolo |
Frontier forts of Iowa [[electronic resource] ] : Indians, traders, and soldiers, 1682-1862 / / edited by William E. Whittaker |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WhittakerWilliam E. <1971-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fortification - Iowa |
Historic sites - Iowa |
Frontier and pioneer life - Iowa |
Indians of North America - Iowa - History |
Iowa Antiquities |
Iowa History, Military 19th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Forts around Iowa; 2. Historical Tribes and Early Forts; 3. Cementing American Control, 1816-1853; 4. Native American Perspectives on Forts; 5. Fort Madison, 1808-1813; 6. Fort Shelby, Fort McKay, and the First Fort Crawford, 1814-1831; 7. Fort Johnson, Cantonment Davis, and Fort Edwards, 1814-1824; 8. Fort Armstrong, 1816-1836; 9. Fort Atkinson, Nebraska, 1820-1827, and Other Missouri River Sites; 10. The Second Fort Crawford, 1829-1856; 11. Fort Des Moines No. 1, 1834-1837; 12. Fort Atkinson, Iowa, 1840-1849; 13. Fort Des Moines No. 2, 1843-1846 |
14. Other Forts of the Dragoon Era, 1837-1853 15. Northern Border Brigade Forts, 1857-1863; 16. Visiting Forts; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 1680's, 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 |
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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 trade |
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