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THE WIDE MISSOURI Bernard
DeVoto
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BENT'S FORT
David Lavender
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BOUND FOR IDAHO: The 1864 Trail Journal of Julius
Merrill
Irving R. Merrill, editor (OCTA
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BUFFALO SOLDIERS: A Narrative of the Negro
Cavalry in the West
William H. Leckie More Info in
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CALIFORNIA: Land of New
Beginnings David Lavender More Info in
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CAPTIVE OF THE CHEYENNE:
The Story of Nancy Jane Morton and the Plum Creek
Massacre Russ Czaplewski More Info in |
THE DISCOVERY OF THE OREGON TRAIL: Robert Stuart's Narratives
of His Overland Trip Eastward from Astoria in 1812-13
Philip
Ashton Rollins, Ed.; Introduction by Howard Lamar (OCTA
member)
Paperback..........535 pp..........illus., maps appendixes,
index..........#1336
$24.95
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Robert
Stuart saw the American West a few years after Lewis and Clark, and kept
a journal of his epic experience. A partner in John Jacob Astor's Pacific
Fur Company, the Scotsman shipped to Oregon in 1810 and helped found the
ill-fated settlement of Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River. In 1812,
facing disaster, Stuart and six others slipped away from Astoria, and headed
East. His journal describes their hazardous 3,700 mile journey to St.
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FEARFUL CROSSING
Harold Curran
Paperback..........212 pp..........#1216..........$14.95
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The author describes the
development of the trail and the lives and fortunes of those crossing Nevada.
Extensive quotes from emigrant journals and other authorities give intimate
insights into daily emigrant living; trouble with Indians, feeding livestock,
fighting, deaths, food preparation. The author, himself, has explored the
trail, giving personal insight into problems of travel over difficult terrain.
More than the main Humboldt trail, this book describes the Applegate
cutoff. |
GREAT FUR TRADE ROAD: Discovery and Exploration
1739-1843
Fred R. Gowans (OCTA member), illus. by Debra L.
Eldredge
Paperback........11 x 14, spiral bound........210 pp........#1184
$49.95............. P&H 6.00
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What was the historical setting
from which the Oregon Trail emerged in 1843? As the author examines the discovery
and exploration of this great overland road by the French, Spanish, British
and American explorers, it is apparent that large portions of the route first
existed as game trails and then were used by American Indians in their wanderings
for hundreds of years prior to European and American encroachment. By 1843 a great thoroughfare connecting the Missouri and Columbia
rivers had been established. There are 40 documents in the book, extending
from 1739-1843. Each document has 1.) An
examination of the historical data on each of the expeditions
traveling the great trail. 2.) Original journal entries providing
personal descriptions of the geographical landmarks along the overland route.
3.) Maps identifying the locations along the trail where the expeditions
traveled. |
GREAT PLATTE RIVER ROAD: The Covered Wagon Mainline Via Fort
Kearny to Fort Laramie
Merrill
J. Mattes (OCTA Founder)
Paperback..........583 pp..........#1192
$26.95
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This
book looks at the border towns, trail routes, river crossings, stage stations,
military posts, and such landmarks as Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff. It
goes far beyond geography and Indian encounters, it reveals cultural aspects
of the great migration - food, dress, equipment, organization, camping, traffic
patterns, sex ratios, morals, manners, religion, burial customs and more.
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HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN
WEST
Warren A. Beck & Ynez D. Haas
Paperback........9 x 12,.............158 pp.,
maps..........#1317..........$24.95
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This atlas contains fascinating surprises which make it a very useful
reference tool - maps locating Indian tribes, explorers' trails, Spanish
and Mexican land grants, and Mexican and Civil War battle sites. Valuable
for the scholar and student alike.
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INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE
William Tompkins
PB..........106 pp..........#1247..........$4.95
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This is a book for anyone
who wants to learn or teach Indian sign language - scouts and leaders, school
teachers, camp counselors, parents and students of Indian culture. Written
instructions and diagrams of more than 525 signs developed by the Sioux and
other tribes, plus 290 photos.
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INDIAN, SOLDIER, AND SETTLER:
Experiences in the Struggle of the American West
Robert M. Utley
Paperback.........83 pp...........#1241..........$9.95
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This book includes the
journals and records of Indian Dewey Horn, soldier William D. Brown, and
settlers Sophia and Catherine German. These personal accounts deal with the
challenges and tests of survival.
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JOURNAL OF A MOUNTAIN MAN: JAMES
CLYMAN
Linda
Hasselstrom, ed.
Paperback..........#1175
$17.95
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Clyman's journals
stand out in contrast to many of his contemporaries
for the understatement and precision. His encounters included Indians and
emigrants, including the Donner Party. |
MASSACRE ALONG THE MEDICINE ROAD:
A Social History of the Indian War of 1864 in Nebraksa
Territory
Ronald Becher (OCTA member)
PB........ 500 pp........#1541......
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This is an objective
chronicle of the events that occurred during August, 1864 when Cheyenne and
Sioux warriors swept down on the Oregon-California Trail as seen through
the eyes of the settlers who lived along that famous emigrant road. |
THE OREGON TRAIL
Francis Parkman
Paperback..........758
pp.........#1328..........$33.00
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Francis
Parkman was a 23 year old scion of a prominent Boston family when he decided
to write the history of the struggle of the French and English for domination
of the North American continent. To learn firsthand about the Indians of
the Plains, he prepared himself with guides, supplies, and information setting
out from Westport, Mo. in the spring of 1846 and returning in that September.
From that trip emerged this book. |
TRAGEDY AT THE LITTLE BLUE: The Oak Grove Massacre and the Captivity of Lucinda Eubank and Laura
Roper
John G. Ellenbecker and References by Lyn Ryder (OCTA
member)
Introduction, Maps, Photos, Annotations
Paperback..........#1301..........$10.95
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UTTER DISASTER ON THE OREGON TRAIL
Donald Shannon (OCTA
member)
Paperback....218 pp......#1178....$16.95
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Discusses
the 1860 Utter and Van Ornum Massacres. Generally attacks on emigrant trails
were hit and run, but in this incident, a prolonged attack was sustained
against the encircled wagons for 2 days. Until recently, all versions identified
the train as the Otter party. Contemporary accounts seem to be responsible
for the misspelling. The name is of German derivation and when pronounced
sounds like Otter. The correct spelling was uncovered during the research
for this book. This work is the culmination of many years of research and
successfully addresses the inaccuracies and questions surrounding the tragic
events associated with the disaster. The documentation factually relates
the story as it unfolded. |
WOMEN OF THE
WEST
Dorothy Gray, introduction by Paula Mitchell Marks
Paperback..........#1508..........$10.00
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The independent-minded
western woman was often eclipsed in popular literature by sensations like
Calamity Jane and Belle Star. Dorothy Gray looks at the actual lives of women
who made their own way out west. Some of the portraits include the black
freedom fighter Biddy Mason; Donaldina Cameron, scourge of the Chinese slave
trade, as well as Susette "Bright Eyes" La Flesche, the first Indian woman
to become a political advocate for her race. |
WOMEN'S
VOICES FROM THE WESTERN FRONTIER
Susan Butruille (OCTA member)
Paperback.......350 pp.......50 photos, bibliography,
index.......#1331
$16.95
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This Butruille book gives
voice to the women of many western frontiers through these journals, stories,
songs, and recipes -- moments of everyday, punctuated by a Pueblo woman's
corn-grinding song, a Hispanic wedding feast, "sporting" women, carnival
woman, Indian women, and "uppity" women. |
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