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Barton H. Barbour

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Citizen Explorer: The Life Of Zebulon Pike, Barton Barbour Jan 2016

Citizen Explorer: The Life Of Zebulon Pike, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

Biographers of Zebulon Montgomery Pike face challenges. Pike’s expeditionary career compares unfavorably with Lewis and Clark’s, his association with Aaron Burr and General James Wilkinson’s conspiracy tarnished his reputation, Pike died before he cleared his name, and most of Pike’s personal papers were lost through willful destruction and accidental fires, leaving permanent gaps in the record.

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Mountain Men And The Fur Trade In Idaho, Barton Barbour Jan 2011

Mountain Men And The Fur Trade In Idaho, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

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"Trapper And Mountain Man" Participant/Presenter At Annual “The Museum Comes To Life” Event, Barton Barbour Sep 2010

"Trapper And Mountain Man" Participant/Presenter At Annual “The Museum Comes To Life” Event, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

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An Introduction To The Fur Trade At Fort William/Fort Laramie, 1834-1849, Barton Barbour Jun 2009

An Introduction To The Fur Trade At Fort William/Fort Laramie, 1834-1849, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

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Will The Real Jedediah S. Smith Please Stand Up?: The Eulogy, Myths And Realities, Barton Barbour Apr 2008

Will The Real Jedediah S. Smith Please Stand Up?: The Eulogy, Myths And Realities, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

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Fur Trade, Barton Barbour Dec 2006

Fur Trade, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

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Kit Carson And The “Americanization” Of New Mexico, Barton Barbour Mar 2002

Kit Carson And The “Americanization” Of New Mexico, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

This article appeared as a lead article in the New Mexico Historical Review, 77:2 (Spring 2002), and as one of a dozen biographies in Richard W. Etulain's New Mexico Lives: Profiles and Historical Stories (2002). Carson's contemporary fame, and his mythical and historical legacies offer a great deal of material that helps readers understand not only Kit Carson's real life, but the Santa Fe Trade, fur traders and Indian-White relations, and Anglo-Hispanic relations during the decades spanning 1820 and 1870. For a sample, see the following introductory paragraph: Dateline: Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, May 1868 Kit Carson, the mountain man, …

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