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| #584895 in Books | 1996-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.06 x.55 x6.03l,.0 | File type: PDF | 184 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| loved it!!!|By gw|In late autumn of 1818, nearly 200 years ago, a young geologist named Henry Rowe Schoolcraft embarked on an adventure exploring the largely unknown region of the Ozarks southwest of Potosi. By foot, horseback and canoe, he and a companion crossed this new and unspoiled land, writing notes in a daily journal that survives today as the first written account of||
"Finally the Christopher Columbus of the Ozarks has his masterpiece published in a form anyone can afford and enjoy. Many aspects make this the most important book ever written on the Ozarks." --Sandy Primm, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In the winter of 1818, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft set out from Potosi, Missouri, to document lead mines in the interior of the Ozarks, then a wilderness of near-virgin forests, limestone cliffs, prairies, and oak savannahs. Intending only to make his fortune by publishing an account of the area’s mineral resources, he became the first skilled observer to witness and record frontier life in the Ozarks.
The journal kept by Schoolcraft as he traveled ninety ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Rude Pursuits and Rugged Peaks: Schoolcraft's Ozark Journal, 1818-1819 (Arkansas Classics) | H. Schoolcraft. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.