Title The Far Western frontier, 1830-1860 / by Ray Allen Billington

Edition [First edition] Published New York : Harper & Row, 1956

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Description xix, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations Series The New American nation series New American nation series. Contents The Mexican borderlands -- The road to Santa Fe -- The era of the mountain men -- The coming of the pioneers -- The overland trails -- Texas: revolution and republic -- Manifest destiny -- The West in the Mexican War -- Mormons move westward -- The California gold rush -- The miners' frontier moves eastward -- The reuniting of East and West Notes Includes bibliographical references and index Bibliography Includes bibliography Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- United States. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146153 West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146152 United States -- Territorial expansion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559 West (U.S.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146151 LC no. 56009665 ISBN 0061330124 (paperback)

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