The Far Western frontier, 1830-1860

Billington, Ray Allen 1903-1981 (Author).

Summary: This history presents a pageant of westward exploration, military conquest, commercial penetration, exploitation and settlement. It also considers the various types of frontiersmen, fur trappers, missionaries, Mormons, forty-niners, etc., and their types of adjustment to the new environment.

Record details

Physical Description: print
324 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: New York, Harper [1956]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Mexican borderlands -- The road to Sante Fe -- The era of the Mountain men -- The coming of the pioneers -- The overland trails -- Texas: Revolution and republic -- Manifest destiny -- The West in the Mexican War -- The California Gold Rush -- The miners' frontier moves Eastward -- The reuniting of East and West.