Forgotten Trails: Historical Sources of the Columbia's Big Bend Country (Camden Fifth Series; 5) - Softcover

Anglin, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874221161 ISBN 13: 9780874221169

Publisher: Washington State University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Indian inhabitants laid out the basic travel routes in central Washington's Grand Coulee country probably 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. In the early 1800s, the semi-nomadic Sinkiuse and other Native Americans continued to use these routes through the spectacular coulees. Following in their footsteps came a host of white explorers and frontiersmen - at first in a trickle, then in greater numbers by mid-century.
Forgotten Trails is a compilation of the most significant firsthand accounts of travel through the region. Included here are the writings of explorers, fur traders, missionaries, railroad surveyors, scientists, and artists, as well as miners, stockmen, military road builders, and packers. A chapter on traditional Plateau Indian culture, and an oral history describing 19th century Indian life in the Grand Coulee area, offer a Native American perspective.

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Review:

"A fascinating assortment of historical accounts, first person narration, and little-known minutiae about the land and its inhabitants."

About this edition

• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0874221161
• ISBN 13: 9780874221169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Lindeman Glen W