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Opening a Highway to the Pacific 1838-1846 / James Christy Bell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History, Economics, and Public LawPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]Copyright date: ©1968Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231922067
  • 9780231887557
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter I. Discovery and Exploitation, 1785-1813 -- Chapter II. Diplomacy Determines the Status of Oregon, 1818-1824 -- Chapter III. British and American Fur Traders, 1813-1840 -- Chapter IV. Missionary Colonists, 1834-1843 -- Chapter V. Missionary Colonists, 1834-1843 -- Chapter VI. Agrarian Discontent in the Mississippi Valley, 1840-1845 -- Chapter VII. The Journey to the Western Coast, 1843-1846 -- Chapter VIII. Settlement in the Willamette Valley, 1840-1846 -- Chapter IX. Conclusion: The Interplay of Sentimental and Economic Forces -- Appendix: "Oregon Saved" -- Bibliographical Note -- Index
Summary: Studies one phase of expansion toward the Pacific from 1838-1846 to learn about the hopes, fears, and ideas of a group of farmers and mechanics who undertook the long journey westward.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter I. Discovery and Exploitation, 1785-1813 -- Chapter II. Diplomacy Determines the Status of Oregon, 1818-1824 -- Chapter III. British and American Fur Traders, 1813-1840 -- Chapter IV. Missionary Colonists, 1834-1843 -- Chapter V. Missionary Colonists, 1834-1843 -- Chapter VI. Agrarian Discontent in the Mississippi Valley, 1840-1845 -- Chapter VII. The Journey to the Western Coast, 1843-1846 -- Chapter VIII. Settlement in the Willamette Valley, 1840-1846 -- Chapter IX. Conclusion: The Interplay of Sentimental and Economic Forces -- Appendix: "Oregon Saved" -- Bibliographical Note -- Index

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Studies one phase of expansion toward the Pacific from 1838-1846 to learn about the hopes, fears, and ideas of a group of farmers and mechanics who undertook the long journey westward.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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