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- Rude Pursuits and Rugged Peaks: Schoolcraft's Ozark Journal, 1818-1819
- Book
- 1996
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
In the winter of 1818, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft set out from Potosi, Missouri, to document lead mines in the interior of the Ozarks. Intending only to make his fortune by publishing an account of the area's mineral resources, he became the first skilled observer to witness and record frontier life in the Ozarks.
The journal kept by Schoolcraft as he traveled ninety days in the rugged terrain of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas was originally published in 1821 and has become an essential record of Ozark territorial society and natural history documenting some of the earliest American settlers in the region, the power and beauty of many lost portions of the White River, the majesty of the open prairies, and the wealth of wildlife once found in the Ozarks.
The journal kept by Schoolcraft as he traveled ninety days in the rugged terrain of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas was originally published in 1821 and has become an essential record of Ozark territorial society and natural history documenting some of the earliest American settlers in the region, the power and beauty of many lost portions of the White River, the majesty of the open prairies, and the wealth of wildlife once found in the Ozarks.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- List of Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-17
- The Journal
- p. 18
- I. From Potosi to Ashley Cave
- pp. 19-34
- VI. From Poke Bayou to Potosi
- pp. 113-125
- "Transalleghenia, or the Groans of Missouri"
- pp. 127-142
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610753548
Related ISBN(s)
9781557284662
MARC Record
OCLC
1045069094
Pages
184
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1996