Journal Of Stephen Watts Kearny - Part I - Softcover

Kearny, Stephen Watts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1443767972 ISBN 13: 9781443767972

Publisher: Domville -Fife Press, 2008

Synopsis

A narrative of the first overIand crossing by white persons between the upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, in an effort to open a route for the passage of United States troops betmeen Camp Missouri, later known as Fort Atkinson, near the present city of Omaha, and Camp Cold Water, the predecessor of Fort Gnelling, near the present cities of St. Paul and minneopolis.This journal of the famous soldier, Stephen Watts ICearny, now printed for the first time, has unusual interest in being the onIy known record or account it is believed, of an early military exploration that was an incidcnt of the pioneer movement of United States troops into the great trans- Mississippi region. Until 1818 no effort had been made to establish army posts beyond the Mississippi. Following the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, the Americans had regarrisoned a few minor cantonments evacuated by the Spanih, and had planted a few new posts......

About this edition

• Publisher: Domville -Fife Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1443767972
• ISBN 13: 9781443767972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68