The Journal of Jacob Fowler: Narrating an Adventure From Arkansas Through the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, to the Sources of Rio Grande Del Norte, 1821-22 (Classic Rep - Hardcover

Jacob Flower

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033155299X ISBN 13: 9780331552997

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore a firsthand 19th‑century expedition across the American West, from Arkansas to the Rio Grande headwaters.

This book presents the Journal of Major Jacob Fowler, a travelogue that follows a surveying party through the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico during 1821–22. Rich with camp life, landscape notes, and day‑to‑day challenges, it offers a window into early American exploration.

What you’ll get

• A vivid, contemporary‑style account of travel, camping, and surveying in wild frontier lands.
• Insights into interactions with Indigenous nations and the dynamics of a frontier expedition.
• Period detail on weather, terrain, rivers, trails, and settlement patterns as seen by a traveling observer.
• A sense of the era’s exploration culture, gear, and personal endurance.

Ideal for readers of historical travel narratives, exploration, and early American frontier history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033155299X
• ISBN 13: 9780331552997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208