History of the American Frontier

1924

Contents

• THE AMERICAN FRONTIER OF 1763: 1
• THE FORKS OF THE OHIO: 12
• THE SHENANDOAH COUNTRY AND THE TENNESSEE: 22
• THE REAR OF THE REVOLUTION: 33
• THE LAND PROBLEM: 43
• CREATION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: 50
• THE NATIONAL LAND SYSTEM: 59
• THE OLD NORTHWEST: 71
• THE WESTERN BOUNDARIES: 79
• THE FIRST NEW STATES: 87
• POLITICAL THEORIES OF THE FRONTIER: 95
• JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY: 102
• THE FRONTIER OF 1800: 111
• THE CLASH OF PRINCIPLES: 123
• THE PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA: 130
• PROBLEMS OF THE SOUTHWEST BORDER: 140
• THE BONDS OF UNITY: 150
• TECUMSEH 1811: 159
• THE WESTERN WAR OF 1812: 167
• STABILIZING THE FRONTIER: 178
• THE GREAT MIGRATION: 186
• INDIANA AND ILLINOIS: 191
• MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA: 200
• THE NEW SECTIONALISM: 211
• PUBLIC LAND REFORM: 220
• FRONTIER FINANCE: 226
• THE AMERICAN SYSTEM: 241
• JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY: 250
• THE EAST AND THE WESTERN MARKETS: 258
• THE WESTERN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS: 268
• THE PERMANENT INDIAN FRONTIER 18251841: 275
• THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BOOм: 286
• MICHIGAN AND ARKANSAS: 295
• THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF TEXAS: 303
• THE PROSTRATE WEST: 311
• THE TRAIL TO SANTA FÉ: 323
• THE SETTLEMENT OF OREGON: 331
• THE STATE OF DESERET: 341
• THE WAR WITH MEXICO: 351
• THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA: 361
• FAR WEST AND POLITICS: 370
• PREEMPTION: 381
• THE FRONTIER OF THE FORTIES: 392
• THE RAILROAD AGE: 402
• LAND GRANTS AND THE WESTERN ROADS: 410
• KANSASNEBRASKA AND THE INDIAN COUNTRY: 423
• PIKES PEAK OR BUST: 437
• THE FRONTIER OF THE MINERAL EMPIRE: 448
• THE OVERLAND ROUTE: 459
• WIDE OPEN: 471
• THE PLAINS IN THE CIVIL WAR: 481
• THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD: 494
• THE DISRUPTION OF THE TRIBES: 502
• THE PANIC OF 1873: 513
• FRONTIER PANACEAS: 522
• THE COW COUNTRY: 533
• THE CLOSED FRONTIER: 544
• THE ADMISSION OF THE OMNIBUS STATES: 554
• THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE FRONTIER: 564
• INDEX: 575

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of the American Frontier
• Published: 1924