Before Lewis and Clark
Subtitle: Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804, Vol. 2
Contributors: A. P. Nasatir (Editor); James P. Ronda (Introduction)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780803283626
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; c 1700 to c 1800; United States - State & Local; History: American; History - General History; Missouri; History / General; Fur trade; History; Missouri River Valley; Sources
First sentence: St. Louis, Missouri, today a great city in the heart of the continent, was from its beginning strategically located for the control of commerce and trade in a vast territory.