Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota

A modern-day explorer's guide to the Old West

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the states Along the Mississippi, including Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

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Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota

A modern-day explorer's guide to the Old West

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the states Along the Mississippi, including Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

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Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota

Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota

by Mike Cox
Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota

Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota

by Mike Cox

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A modern-day explorer's guide to the Old West

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the states Along the Mississippi, including Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493064120
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 04/15/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 216
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Mike Cox is the author of more than thirty nonfiction books and hundreds of newspaper articles, columns, magazine stories, and essays for a wide variety of regional and national publications. When not writing, he spends as much time as he can traveling, fishing, hunting, and looking for new stories to tell. He lives in the Hill Country village of Wimberley, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface: Finding the Wild West xi

Introduction: Along the Mississippi xv

Louisiana

Alexandria (Rapides Parish) 2

Atlanta (Winn Parish) 2

Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish) 3

Franklinton (Washington Parish) 5

Homer (Claiborne Parish) 6

Logansport (Desoto Parish) 7

Marksviile (Avoyelles Parish) 9

Merryville (Beauregard Parish) 10

Natchitoches (Natchitoches Parish) 11

New Orleans (Orleans Parish) 14

Opelousas (St. Landry Parish) 20

Ruston (Lincoln Parish) 21

Shreveport (Caddo Parish) 23

Vidalia (Concordia Parish) 24

Arkansas

Bentonville (Benton County) 28

Berryville (Carroll County) 30

Brinkley (Monroe County) 31

Clarksville (Johnson County) 32

Danville (Yell County) 34

El Dorado (Union County) 36

Eureka Springs (Carroll County) 38

Fayetteville (Washington County) 39

Fort Smith (Sebastian County) 41

Hamburg (Ashley County) 46

Harrison (Boone County) 47

Hot Springs (Garland County) 50

Little Rock (Pulaski County) 52

Lonoke (Lonoke County) 55

Malvern (Hot Spring County) 57

Newport (Jackson County) 58

Paragould (Greene County) 60

Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) 61

Pottsville (Pope County) 63

Rogers (Benton County) 63

Saint Paul (Madison County) 65

Siloam Springs (Benton County) 66

Texarkana (Miller County) 67

Van Buren (Crawford County) 69

Washington (Hempstead County) 70

Missouri

Arrow Rock (Saline County) 74

Boonville (Cooper County) 75

Branson (Taney County) 76

Carthage (Jasper County) 78

Columbia (Boone County) 80

Gads Hill (Wayne County) 80

Gallatin (Daviess County) 81

Hannibal (Marion County) 83

Higginsville (Lafayette County) 85

Independence (Jackson County) 86

Jefferson City (Cole County) 89

Kansas City (Jackson County) 91

Kearney (Clay County) 94

Lamar (Barton County) 96

Lee's Summit (Jackson County) 98

Liberty (Clay County) 99

Mansfield (Wright County) 102

Mexico (Audrain County) 103

New Madrid (New Madrid County) 104

Otterville (Cooper County) 105

Princeton (Mercer County) 106

Richmond (Ray County) 107

St. Louis (St. Louis County) 108

St. Genevieve (St. Genevieve County) 111

St. Joseph (Buchanan County) 111

Sedalia (Pettis County) 115

Sibley (Jackson County) 116

Springfield (Greene County) 117

Stanton (Franklin County) 119

Winston (Daviess County) 119

Iowa

Adair (Guthrie County) 123

Albert City (Buena Vista County) 124

Anamosa (Jones County) 125

Arnold's Park (Dickinson County) 127

Belle Plaine (Benton County) 128

Bellevue (Jackson County) 129

Burr Oak (Winneshiek County) 130

Corydon (Wayne County) 130

Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County) 131

Davenport (Scott County) 134

Des Moines (Polk County) 135

Dubuque (Dubuque County) 136

Fort Atkinson (Winneshiek County) 137

Fort Dodge (Webster County) 138

Fort Madison (Lee County) 140

Le Claire (Scott County) 141

Missouri Valley (Harrison County) 142

Onawa (Monona County) 143

Pella (Marion County) 143

Sioux City (Woodbury and Plymouth Counties) 144

Tama (Tama County) 146

Winterset (Madison County) 147

Minnesota

Acton (Meeker County) 151

Fairbault (Rice County) 152

Fort Ridgely (Renville County) 153

Grand Portage (Cook County) 154

Granite Falls (Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties) 154

Madelia (Watonwan County) 155

Mankato (Blue Earth County) 156

Mendota (Dakota County) 157

Morton (Renville County) 157

New Ulm (Brown County) 158

Northfield (Rice and Dakota Counties) 159

Pipestone (Pipestone County) 163

Red Wing (Goodhue County) 164

St. Paul (Ramsey County) 165

St. Peter (Nicollet County) 167

Sleepy Eye (Brown County) 168

Stillwater (Washington County) 169

Walker (Cass County) 171

Walnut Grove (Redwood County) 172

Index 173

About the Author 195

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