Edited book
Frontier forts of Iowa: Indians, traders, and soldiers, 1682-1862
Bur oak book, University of Iowa Press
2009
Abstract
At least fifty-six frontier forts once stood in, or within view of, what is now the state of Iowa. The earliest date to the 1680s, while the latest date to the Dakota uprising of 1862. Some were vast compounds housing hundreds of soldiers; others consisted of a few sheds built by a trader along a riverbank. Regardless of their size and function-William Whittaker and his contributors include any compound that was historically called a fort, whether stockaded or not, as well as all military installations-all sought to control and manipulate Indians to the advantage of European and American trade.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Frontier forts of Iowa: Indians, traders, and soldiers, 1682-1862
- Creators
- William E Whittaker (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Edited book
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press; Iowa City, Iowa
- Series
- Bur oak book
- ISBN
- 9781587298820; 1587298821
- Number of pages
- 266 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Office of the State Archaeologist
- Record Identifier
- 9984638643802771
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