Forts of the Frontier West--Preview

SAMPLE CHAPTER—PRICING & ORDERS http://fortsofthefrontierwest.com OR http://murphsranchmarket.com/index.cfm The opening of the West is the most colorful and romanticized period in American history, and the forts of the Western frontier were silent witnesses to this history. From the Northern Plains to the Southwest, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, on the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail, they were forerunners of settlement, bastions of refuge, centers of trade, and outposts of diplomatic and martial relations with indigenous peoples and foreign colonial powers. Fort Smith, Fort Riley, Fort Stephen Kearny, Fort Laramie, Fort Bridger, Sutter's Fort, Fort Phil Kearny, Fort Fetterman, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort Union Trading Post, Fort Buford, Fort Larned, Fort Hays, Bent's Fort, Fort Garland, Fort Union, Fort Davis, Fort Craig, Fort Selden, Fort Bowie, Fort Apache FORTS OF THE FRONTIER WEST tells the stories of these lonely and legendary posts, the people who lived there, and the events that shaped the history of the American West.