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Development of the West and the US Army

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In spite of romantic notions of the taming of the “Wild West,” a realistic picture of the frontier Army provides a more insightful understanding of its seminal role in the development of the American West.

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wild west, pioneer, prairie, grassland, adventure, travel, westward, army, military, territory, Native American, Indian, people, tribe, Great Plains, explore, Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, wagon, frontier, Cheyenne Indians, Union Pacific Railroad, attack, Fossil Creek, Mexican Comancheros, Mormon separatists, Kansas Jayhawkers, Missouri Border Ruffians, Fort Leavenworth, Civil War, Bleeding Kansas, expansion

How to Cite:

Bowie, E. (2013) “Development of the West and the US Army”, Symphony in the Flint Hills. 1(2013).