Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91: Central and Northern Plains

by Ron Field

A major period of westward expansion took place in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. Fur trading, the coast-to-coast railroad, the California gold rush and the removal of Native American tribes both facilitated and encouraged America's "manifest destiny" to become a transcontinental nation. The task of protecting the settlers from the tribes that inhabited the Great Plains fell to the US Army, and to do this an extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841767751
• ISBN13: 9781841767758
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.7"