The making of the great West; 1512-1883.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West (U.S.)--History--1512-1883.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published over 100 years ago, The Making of the Great West is Samuel Adams Drake's description of the history of settling the land west of the Mississippi. Although designed for young people, Drake also makes this story attractive to adults who are looking for a compact, intelligent view of the history of the making of the great west.

Contents:

THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1512-1883; PREFACE.; CONTENTS.; GROUP I.-THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.; I. The Spaniards.; AN HISTORIC ERA; DE SOTO'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI; DEATH AND BURIAL OF DE SOTO; THE INDIANS OF FLORIDA; HOW NEW MEXICO CAME TO BE EXPLORED; "THE MARVELLOUS COUNTRY"; FOLK LORE OF THE PUEBLOS; LAST DAYS OF CHARLES V. AND PHILIP II; SWORD AND GOWN IN CALIFORNIA; II. The French.; PRELUDE; WESTWARD BY THE GREAT INLAND WATERWAYS; THE SITUATION IN A.D. 1672; COUNT FRONTENAC; JOLIET AND M ARQUETTE; THE MAN LA SALLE; LA SALLE, PRINCE OF EXPLORERS

DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPITHE LOST COLONY: ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS; IBERVILLE FOUNDS LOUISIANA; FRANCE WINS THE PRIZE; LOUIS XIV; III. The English.; THE BLEAK NORTH-WEST COAST; HUDSON'S BAY TO THE SOUTH SEA; THE RUSSIANS IN ALASKA; ENGLAND ON THE PACIFIC; QUEEN ELIZABETH; Interlude.; WHAT JONATHAN CARVER AIMED TO DO IN 1766; JOHN LEDYARD'S IDEA; A YANKEE SHIP DISCOVERS THE COLUMBIA RIVER; THE WEST AT THE OPENING OF THE CENTURY; GROUP II.-BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA.; I . America for Americans.; ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA; A GLANCE AT OUR PURCHASE; II. The Path finders.

LEWIS AND CLARKE ASCEND THE MISSOURITHEY CROSS THE CONTINENT; PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS VALLEY; NEW MEXICO IN 1807; GOLD IN COLORADO - A TRAPPER'S STORY; THE FLAG IN OREGON; LOUISIANA ADMITTED 1812; III. The Oregon Trail.; THE TRAPPER, BACKWOODSMAN, AND EMIGRANT; LONG EXPLORES THE PLATTE VALLEY; MISSOURI AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1821; ARKANSAS ADMITTED 1836; THOMAS H. BENTON'S IDEA; WITH THE VANGUARD TO OREGON; TEXAS ADMITTED; Interlude.; NEW POLITICAL IDEAS; IOWA ADMITTED; THE WAR WITH MEXICO; CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO; TAKING OF CALIFORNIA; THE MORMONS IN UTAH

GROUP III.-GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IT LED TO.I. The Great Emigration.; EL DORADO FOUND AT LAST; SWARMING THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE; THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS; CALIFORNIA A FREE STATE; ARIZONA; II. The Contest for Free Soil.; THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA STRUGGLE; KANSAS THE BATTLE-GROUND; THE BATTLE FOUGHT AND WON; TWO FREE STATES ADMITTED; III. The Crown of the Continent.; GOLD IN COLORADO, AND THE RUSH THERE; THE PACIFIC RAILROADS; KANSAS, NEVADA, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO ADMITTED; THE RECENT STATES; THE WORK OF EIGHTY YEARS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; TAKING POSSESSION FOR FRANCE; SPANISH ARMS

SHIP OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURYISABELLA OF SPAIN; MEDAL OF CHARLES V; PONCE DE LEON; BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC; FRENCH MAP OF 1542. FROM JOMARD; DE SOTO; SOLDIER OF 1585; CUBAN BLOODHOUND; DEPARTURE OF THE SPANIARDS; BURIAL OF DE SOTO; FLORIDA WARRIOR; PALISADED TOWN; A FLORIDA INDIAN'S CABIN; MAKING A CANOE; A CHIEFTAIN'S GRAVE; PROCESSIONAL FANS; ROCK INSCRIPTIONS, NEW MEXICO; MAP, NEW MEXICO, ROUTE OF SPANISH INVADERS; JUNCTION OF THE GILA AND COLORADO; ORGAN MOUNTAINS; EL PASO DEL NORTE; A PUEBLO RESTORED; ACOMA; CASA GRANDE, GILA VALLEY; RUINS OF PECOS; CEREUS GIGANTEA; PUEBLO IDOLS

HIEROGLYPHICS, GILA VALLEY

Notes:

"As published in 1894."

Originally published: The making of the great West, 1512-1883. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1887.

ISBN:

1-58218-437-2

OCLC:

922990879