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"The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early settlers who tamed the wilderness and built the bones of our great country as courageous, independent--and white. In this groundbreaking work of deep historical research, Anna-Lisa Cox shows that this history simply isn't accurate. In fact, she has found a stunning number of black settlements on the frontier--in the thousands. Though forgotten today,...
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Young patriots volume 8
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Childhood of the explorer and soldier who won the Northwest Territory for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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"In this sweeping survey, Milo Milton Quaife traces the events leading from Chicago's emergence as a key outpost at the edge of the frontier to its establishment as the crossroads of American commerce. Strategically located at the head of the Great Lakes on the Chicago portage, one of the main highways connecting the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway with the Mississippi River, Chicago was equally valued by explorers, traders, settlers, and governments....
15) The Great Lakes
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Discusses the formation of the Great Lakes, the communities that used the lake's resources, the people who lived there, and British rule.
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An up-to-date guide on the critical forts of the Old Northwest Territory from the time of the first French explorers to the end of the Black Hawk War. Recounts the construction and role of each fort, highlighting any major events that occurred during the war, the settling of the territory, the people who occupied it, and life at the forts. Provides information about what can be seen or experienced at the forts today, including dates and hours of operation...
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Tells the oft-overlooked tales of adventurers, warriors and conflicts that shaped the nation in the late 18th century. Traces the many battles fought by Native Americans against the French, British, Spanish and Americans. Dramatic re-enactments at historic sites, expert commentary, authentic period artifacts and journals are all used to recreate the incredible events of the era that some historians have dubbed "American's true first world war, when...
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