The Wabash Trade Route in the Development of the Old Northwest
Author : Elbert Jay Benton
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Currency question
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Author : Elbert Jay Benton
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Currency question
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Author : Elbert Jay Benton
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Northwest, Old
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Author : Ronald E. Shaw
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0813145813
All but forgotten except as a part of nostalgic lore, American canals during the first half of the nineteenth century provided a transportation network that was vital to the development of the new nation. They lowered transportation costs, carried a vast grain trade from western farms to eastern ports, delivered Pennsylvania coal to New York, and carried thousands of passengers at what seemed effortless speed. Along their courses sprang up new towns and cities and with them new economic growth. Canals for a Nation brings together in one volume a survey of all the major American canals. Here are accounts of innovative engineering, of near heroic figures who devoted their lives to canals, and of canal projects that triumphed over all the uncertainties of the political process.
Author : John Garretson Clark
Publisher : Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Grain trade
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Author : Elbert Jay Benton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,64 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781021455536
This book offers a detailed account of the role played by the Wabash Trade Route in the development of the Old Northwest. Readers will learn about the trade in furs, slaves, and agricultural products that fueled the region's growth. The book covers the period from the early 1700s through the mid-1800s, providing a comprehensive view of the region's economic, social, and political landscape. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Everett Eugene Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Arrell M. Gibson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 1975-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806112640
The Kickapoo Indians, members of the Algonquian linguistic community, resisted white settlement for more than three hundred years on a front that extended across half a continent. In turn, France, Great Britain, the United States, Spain, and Mexico sought to placate and exploit this fiercely independent people. Eventually forced to remove from their historic homeland to territory west of the Mississippi River, the Kickapoos carried their battle to the plains of the Southwest. Here not only did they wage active and imaginative war, but certain bands became area merchants, acting as middlemen between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians and the United States government. They developed a flourishing trade in plunder and stolen livestock, but their most lucrative "goods" were the white captives whom they obtained from the Comanches and others. In 1873, after several profitable years of raiding in Texas for the Mexican Republic, the Kickapoos reluctantly settled on a reservation in Indian Territory. Corrupt politicians, land swindlers, gamblers, and whisky peddlers preyed on the tribe, and it was not until the twentieth century that the Kickapoos received just treatment at the hands of the United States government.
Author : Archer Butler Hulbert
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 37,41 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Roads
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Author : Arthur Frederick Sievers
Publisher :
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 35,14 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
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It is the purpose of this publication to assist those interested in medicinal plant identification and to furnish other useful information in connection with the work.
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Publisher :
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Agriculture
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