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"Ron Field has written several books in Osprey's Fortress series... This book is his best so far... This brief guide is recommended to anyone wishing to know more about the reality of those defenses." -Bolling Smith, Coast Defense Journal

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A major period of westward expansion took place in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. Fur trading, the coast-to-coast railroad, the California gold rush and the removal of Native American tribes both facilitated and encouraged America's "manifest destiny" to become a transcontinental nation. The task of protecting the settlers from the tribes that inhabited the Great Plains fell to the US Army, and to do this an extensive network of permanent forts was created via construction and acquisition. This title examines why the forts were built, as well as their design, defensive features and the role they played in the settlement of the American West. The daily lives of the garrison soldiers and fort inhabitants are also covered, together with the fighting witnessed at key sites.

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The American Fur Company built some of the first forts west of the Mississippi River. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dakota Territory, Fort Larned, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Ridgely, Fort Scott, Fort Laramie, Fort Union, Fort Buford, Civil War, Sitting Bull, Fort Snelling, Wyoming Territory, American Fur Company, Colonel Henry, Fort Riley, Fort Berthold, Fort Phil Kearney, Native Americans, North Dakota, Santa Fe Trail, Black Hills, Fort Abercrombie, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort Rice, Fort Ellis New!
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