Frontier Forts of Iowa - Indians, Traders, and Soldiers 1682-1862

Informationen zum Autor Author of articles in such venues as the Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society! Plains Anthropologist! Historical Archaeology! Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology! and North American Archaeologist! William Whittaker is a staff archaeologist at the Office of the State Archaeologist in Iowa City. Klappentext 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 1680s, 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. Zusammenfassung 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 1680s! 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.

Product details

• Authors: William E. (EDT) Whittaker
• Assisted by: William E. Whittaker (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2009
• EAN: 9781587298318
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-831-8
• Series: A Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous