Title:
Citadel in the wilderness : the story of Fort Snelling and the northwest frontier / Evan Jones.
ISBN:
9780816638796
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Edition:
First University of Minnesota Press edition.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, 1966.
Summary:
In 1805 Colonel Josiah Snelling erected a stone fortress at the point where the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers merged, on territory secured by Lietenant Zebulon Pike in a treaty with the Siouz chief Little Crowe. Evan Jones describes the intriguing history of Fort Snelling, the Gibraltar of the West, its effect on the Native Americans of the region, and its role in the westward movement.
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OCLC Number:
ocm46359331
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