Pioneer Days in the Early Southwest

by Grant Foreman

Book Overview

"One of the best books ever written about the Southwest."--Stanley Vestal. This pioneering work is about the traders, trappers, and explorers in the vast area that would become Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado. Foreman describes the early explorations of the French and Spanish in the Louisiana Territory and often focuses on the junction of the Verdigris, Grand, and Arkansas rivers, known as the Three Forks, a trading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803268831
• ISBN13: 9780803268838
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"