Forgotten Trails: Historical Sources of the Columbia's Big Bend Country (Camden Fifth Series; 5)

Anglin, Ron

ISBN 10: 0874221161 / ISBN 13: 9780874221169

Verlag: Washington State University Press, 1995

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00097655086

Inhaltsangabe:

Indian inhabitants laid out the basic travel routes in central Washington's Grand Coulee country probably 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. In the early 1800s, the semi-nomadic Sinkiuse and other Native Americans continued to use these routes through the spectacular coulees. Following in their footsteps came a host of white explorers and frontiersmen - at first in a trickle, then in greater numbers by mid-century.
Forgotten Trails is a compilation of the most significant firsthand accounts of travel through the region. Included here are the writings of explorers, fur traders, missionaries, railroad surveyors, scientists, and artists, as well as miners, stockmen, military road builders, and packers. A chapter on traditional Plateau Indian culture, and an oral history describing 19th century Indian life in the Grand Coulee area, offer a Native American perspective.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Between 1978 and 1986, Ron Anglin of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service served as a land manager at the Columbia and Umatilla National Wildlife Refuges. While assigned to this position he compiled the sources for Forgotten Trails. Anglin currently is the refuge manager of the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge near Fallon, Nevada.

Glen Lindeman is a former editor-in-chief at Washington State University Press.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Forgotten Trails: Historical Sources of the ...
Verlag: Washington State University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good