Del Norte Public Library

More than four hundred drawings accompany descriptions and historical background on hundreds of iron artifacts used by mountain men from the early 1800s to the mid-1840s, covering shotguns, rifles, hatchets, axes, knives, traps, and other tools.

Includes an account of the Crow Indians, called by themselves the Absaroke Indians.

For over thirty years, from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s, the mountain men explored the Great American West. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. In Give Your Heart to the Hawks, Win Blevins presents a poetic tribute to these dauntless "first Westerners" and their incredible adventures. Here, among many, are the stories of:* John...

includes FASCINATING TEXT BY Fred R. GOWANS ACCOMPANIED BY FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF THE RENDEZVOUS FROM SCIENTIST, ARTIST, MILITARY PERSONNEL, GOVERNMENT EXPLORERS, AND MISSIONARIES. THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DRAWINGS.

"The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What strange beasts and natural formations can be found? Thus...