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Temperance In Pre-Civil War Arkansas, Janis Percefull
Temperance In Pre-Civil War Arkansas, Janis Percefull
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The Settlement Of Teton Valley, Idaho-Wyoming, David Brooks Green
The Settlement Of Teton Valley, Idaho-Wyoming, David Brooks Green
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Teton Valley, throughout many centuries, has attracted several occupance groups, each interacting with the environment in various ways for various reasons. Indian and explorer contact did little to alter the surroundings. More frequent contact came, however, as trappers and traders visited the valley to trap beaver and meet in rendezvous.
The end of intensified fur trapping slowed contact with the basin. Government personnel, a painter, a few squawmen and horse thieves were the only inhabitants because Indians, remoteness, and harsh climatic conditions kept others out until 1882 when permanent agricultural settlers entered the valley. Hundreds of people followed, many of …