| Citadel in the Wilderness: The Story of Fort Snelling and the Northwest Frontier Univ of Minneso Edition Contributor(s): Jones, Evan (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0816638799 ISBN-13: 9780816638796 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2001 Annotation: In 1805 Colonel Josiah Snelling erected a stone fortress at the point where the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers merged, on territory secured by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike in a treaty with the Sioux chief Little Crow. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 977 |
| LCCN: 2001023474 |
| Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.6" W x 8.22" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |