Arkansas, Forgotten Land of Plenty: Settlement and Economic Development, 1540-1900 - Softcover

Ronald R. Switzer (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476677018 ISBN 13: 9781476677019

Publisher: McFarland, 2019

Synopsis

In the first decades of the 1800s, Americans entered the rugged lands of Arkansas, which, before then, had gone largely unexplored by the majority of the outside world. They established new towns and developed commercial enterprises alongside Native Americans indigenous to Arkansas and other tribes and nations that had relocated there from the East. This history is also the story of Arkansas's people, and is told through numerous biographies, highlighting early life in frontier Arkansas over a period of two hundred years. It provides a categorical look at commerce and portrays the social diversity represented by both prominent and common Arkansans-all grappling for success against extraordinary circumstances.

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About the Author

Ronald Switzer is a retired National Park Service executive and National Park superintendent. He has written numerous articles, reports, and books on Southwest archaeology and western history. He lives in Enid, Oklahoma.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1476677018
• ISBN 13: 9781476677019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230