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High country empire : the high plains and Rockies

Title
High country empire : the high plains and Rockies / Robert G. Athearn.
Author
Athearn, Robert G.
Publication
  • New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1960]
  • ©1960

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Additional Authors
  • Silberlicht, Ira
  • Maidoff, Jules
Description
viii, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
History and development of the area that now comprises the states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Subject
  • Missouri River Valley > History
  • Rocky Mountains > History
  • Missouri, Vallée du > Histoire
  • Rocheuses, Montagnes > Histoire
  • Missouri River Valley
  • Rocky Mountains Region
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 20th century.
Note
  • Maps on lining papers.
  • "Jacket design by Ira Silberlicht and Jules Maidoff"--Dust jacket.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
Section I: The land lies open. Chapter 1. Terra incognita -- Chapter 2. Traps and trinkets -- Chapter 3. The way West -- Section II. Vanguards of settlement. Chapter 4. Golden cornerstone -- Chapter 5. Picket line of civilization -- Chapter 6. The cow kingdom -- Chapter 7. Web of steel -- Section III. The great invasion. Chapter 8. The sod busters -- Chapter 9. Dissension in the desert -- Chapter 10. The white man's culture -- Section IV. Vintage years. Chapter 11. Fading frontiers -- Chapter 12. Uncle Sam's West -- Chapter 13. Empire of dust -- Chapter 14. A land in transition.
LCCN
60008822
OCLC
  • ocm04937376
  • 4937376
  • SCSB-126463
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library