Army Architecture in the West
Subtitle: Forts Laramie, Bridger, and D.A. Russell, 1849-1912
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780806136202
Subjects: Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; History; Fort D.A. Russell National Historic Landmark (Wyo.); United States - State & Local - General; Architecture; Military architecture; Military; USA; History - General; Military - United States; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Fort Bridger (Wyo.); Wyoming; Fort Laramie (Wyo.); Fortification
First sentence: When beginning this study of military architecture in the American West, I assumed that I would be writing the story of imposing structures that commanded attention and evoked brute power.