The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading Posts and Early Fur Companies of the Missouri Valley and the Rocky Mountains and of the Overland Commerce With Santa Fe. E-book. Formato PDF Hiram Martin Chittenden   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

A late historical writer has said that there are few more impressive incidents in the history of the West than the meeting by Lewis and Clark, when nearly home from their journey across the continent, of numerous parties of traders wending their way to the heart of the wilderness which these explorers had just left. There could be no doubt in this manifestation of a common purpose which way the course of empire was tending. Scarcely had the United States come into possession of Louisiana, and before she had fairly taken stock of her new acquisition, her citizens had begun to penetrate its remote interior, impatient to learn what it had in store for them.

The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive; Illustrated With Maps, View and Portraits. E-book. Formato PDF Hiram Martin Chittenden   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In describing a region whose fame rests upon its natural wonders, the assistance of the illustrative art has naturally been resorted to. The various aecom panying maps have all been prepared especially for this work and are intended to set forth not only pres ent geography but historical features as well. The folded map embodies every thing to date from the latest geographical surveys. It will bear careful study, and this has been greatly simplified by a system of' marginal references to be used with the list of names in Appendix A.