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'Chief Little Crow,' With pen and pencil on the frontier in 1851; the diary and sketches of Frank Blackwell Mayer, by Francis Blackwell Mayer (Saint Paul, 1932).

Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, 1820-1910 portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the 17th to the early 20th...
Grant-Kohrs Ranch, located about half-way between Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, in the town of Deer Lodge, Montana.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch commemorates America's frontier cattle era. The ranch—located north of Yellowstone in...
William Clark (1770-1838), Head of a Vulture '(California condor),' February 17, 1806. Copyprint of journal illustration. Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St Louis (74A)

Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America looks at historical maps, relations with Indians, and expedition artifacts -- the...
A prominent landmark, sits at the southern entrance to Virginia City. It was built in 1876. Photo by Terri McBride, Courtesy of Nevada State Historic Preservation Office.

Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno, Virginia City tells the stories of three cities established after the Comstock Lode discovery in 1859...

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