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Time for Peace
Duane A. Smith
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
TIME FOR PEACE, historian Duane Smiths chronicle of southwest Colorados Fort Lewis, belies the Western myth of soldiers riding out from isolated posts to rescue wagon trains and protect pioneer towns. Long on daily routine and blissfully short on action, Fort Lewis lost nary a soldier in battle. Nevertheless, it was influential in the settlement of the West. Fort Lewis and its contemporaries provided an economic windfall, a sense of security, and a cultural hub for settlers. The presence of Fort Lewis in the four corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah attracted farmers, businesspeople, and ranchers to ... Read more
TIME FOR PEACE, historian Duane Smiths chronicle of southwest Colorados Fort Lewis, belies the Western myth of soldiers riding out from isolated posts to rescue wagon trains and protect pioneer towns. Long on daily routine and blissfully short on action, Fort Lewis lost nary a soldier in battle. Nevertheless, it was influential in the settlement of the West. Fort Lewis and its contemporaries provided an economic windfall, a sense of security, and a cultural hub for settlers. The presence of Fort Lewis in the four corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah attracted farmers, businesspeople, and ranchers to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870818325
SKU
V9780870818325
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Ref
99-15
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