Black pioneers : images of the Black experience on the North American frontier /
Ravage, John W.
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index.
Introduction: moving westward and northward -- Early imagery -- Black Westerners in White mythology -- Warriors and soldiers -- Cowhands and ranch hands -- Women of the west -- The adventurers -- To the coast -- Plains states: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska -- Desert and mountains: Arizona, Utah, Nevada -- Points north: Alaska, the Pacific northwest -- "Haole 'Ele 'Ele" in Owhyhee -- Follow the drinkin' gourd -- The Utendale/Shaw/Boyd trek north.
African American pioneers
Frontier and pioneer life