Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West
This book is a full-color photographic guide to the identification, edibility, and medicinal uses of over 250 plant species, growing from Alaska to southern California, east across the Rocky Mountains and the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. Herbalist and naturalist Gregory Tilford provides a thorough introduction to the world of herbal medicine for everyone interested in plants, personal well-being, and a healthy environment.
ISBN – 978-0-87842-359-0
239 Pages
Softback
5 3/8″ x 8 3/8″
Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1997
Ernest, The Moose Who Doesn’t Fit
Ernest is a large moose with a big problem…..He can’t fit into this book! Luckily, Ernest is also a very determined fellow, and he has a helpful little friend.
ISBN – 978-0-374-32217-5
23 Pages
Hardback
10″ x 10″
Farrar Straus Giroux New York
Macmillan Children’s Books, 2009
Etienne Provost – Man of the Mountains
The events of (Provost’s) life represent a looking glass into the total history of the Rocky Mountain fur trade. It would have been very difficult to find a person closely associated with the beaver trade in the American west who did not know Etienne, but considered him one of the outstanding individuals of that era. From Santa Fe and Taos to remote valleys of the Rocky Mountains and executive offices of the giant fur companies in St. Louis, his name was known and recognized as one who knew and understood every facet of the business, whether it be trading with Ute Indians in the Great Basin, escaping the treachery of an ambush planned by Shoshone on a remote River which bore his name on early maps, attending the first rendezvous with William Ashley in 1825, guiding a fur trade caravan to or from the annual rendezvous, carrying messages, or accompanying new recruits for the American Fur Company up the River to a remote trading post, his services were recognized as invaluable. Etienne Provost; Man of the Mountains, reveals the life and adventures of this giant among fur trade personalities and is welcome addition to the understanding of this remarkable are of the American West.
– Dr. Fred Gowans
ISBN: 0-943604-23-0
225 Pages
Softback
5 1/2″ x 8 1/8″
Eagle’s View Publishing, 1989
New trials confront Marie: an abrupt ending to love, separation from friends, the disappearance of one child, a puzzling, painful division from another. Through it all, she struggles to know her purpose and worth. What could this God of the stars care for the survival of a mere woman? Fed by memories of her distant friend, Sacagawea, Marie discovers that inside every challenge is a gift to be treasured.
ISBN: 978-1-57856-500-9
422 Pages
Softback
5 1/2″ x 8 1/4″
Waterbrook, 2003
Explorers of the American West – Mapping the World Through Primary Documents
With original primary source documents, this anthology brings readers into the vast unknown 19th-century American West—through the eyes of the explorers who saw it for the first time.
This volume brings together book excerpts, maps, and illustrations from 12 explorers from the 19th century, highlighting their lives and contributions. Arranged chronologically, the 10 chapters focus on individual explorers, with biographies and background information about and document excerpts from each person. The chapters offer analyses of each document’s relevance to the historical period, geographic knowledge, and cultural perspective.
This guide shares the important contributions from explorers like Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, James P. Beckwourth, John C. Fremont, Susan Magoffin, and John Wesley Powell. It also nurtures readers’ historical literacy by modeling historians’ methods of analyzing primary sources. Readers will see new and familiar events from different perspectives, including that of a woman traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, one of the most famous African American mountain men, and a Civil War veteran, among many others.
ISBN: 978-1-61069-731-6
321 Pages
Hardback
8 3/4″ x 11 1/4″
ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2016
Exploring the Fur Trade Route of North America – Discover the Highways that Opened a Continent
Europeans in search of furs penetrated the continent from the St. Lawrence to the Columbia, aided by native North Americans who shared the secrets of its bounty. Today’s modern highways trace those ancient trade routes, taking time travelers on a journey of rediscovery.
With full-colored maps, hundreds of photographs and detailed driving directions to every site, this guide unlocks a world of adventure, when spirited men and women shaped one of the continent’s central dramas and determined its destiny.
ISBN – 978-1-896150-69-7
288 Pages
Softback
7″ x 10″
Heartland Associates, Inc., 2023
Father Peter John De Smet – Jesuit in the West
Clad in the black robe of his priestly order and armed only with a crucifix, for more than a quarter of a century Father De Smet relentlessly tramped the American frontier to bring peace and religion to the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the upper Missouri River country.
In this biography, Robert Carriker describes De Smet’s love for the great American West and the native tribes who lived there, the Potawatomis, Flatheads, Coeur d’Alenes, Kalispels, Blackfeet, Yankton Sioux, and others to whom the Jesuit father carried Christianity. Soon the man called Black Robe became known throughout the mountains and plains as a man of peace and a friend of all Indians.
ISBN – 0-8061-2790-2
266 Pages
Softback
5 1/4″ x 8 1/2″
University of Oklahoma Press, 1995
Feminine Fur Trade Fashions
Various patterns for dresses and coats can be found in this book. The information will allow anyone to be able to make the dress and or accessory that is wanted. Detailed instructions are given for each pattern that is covered within the book.
ISBN: 978-0-912611-10-5
48 Pages
Softback
8 1/2″ x 11″
The Fur Press, 1976
Field Guide the the North American Jackalope
A comprehensive, illustrated field guide to the North American Jackalope, covering known subspecies, their habits, history, and folklore.
ISBN: 978-1-59152-303-1
48 Pages
Softback
7″ x 5″
Caput Mortuum Books, 2021
The Encyclopedia of Trade Goods – Volume 1, Firearms of the Fur Trade
Winner of the gold medal for best reference book from the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Firearms of the Fur Trade is Volume I of the Museum’s new research and publishing project, a six-volume Encyclopedia of Trade Goods. It is 600 pages long and contains 1,500 illustrations, most in color, of long guns and pistols made for the fur companies to trade to Indian and white customers or as government gifts throughout North America. The book encompasses the results of seventy years of research, including historical studies and archeological investigations from across the continent. It draws together the all significant information currently available about Dutch, French, Belgian, British, and American fur trade arms. Illustrated examples include firearms from public and private collections in Sweden, Belgium, Britain, Canada and the US. The work provides pioneering analysis of the origins of the firearms trade, the value and use of guns by American natives, and how they changed the indigenous cultures and the nature of hunting, diplomacy and warfare. It establishes chronological typologies of government contract weapons and debunks the myths about guns being of little use when compared to native arms. – Museum of the Fur Trade
ISBN – 978-0-912611-18-1
583 Pages
Hardback
11 1/4″ x 11 1/4″
Museum of the Fur Trade, 2011
Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men – A Guide to the Equipment of the Trappers and Fur Traders Who Opened the Old West.
This classic history of early-nineteenth-century fur trappers and traders showcases the devices that enabled path-breaking frontiersmen to open the unmapped American West, including:
Canoes and flatboats, axes and tomahawks, Native American spears and pikes, beaver and bear traps, rifles and muskets, knives, hand guns, and more…
Many of the illustrations included were created by the author’s own work on the artifacts available: Carl P. Russell examined, measured, sketched, and photographed them himself. In some instances, the rare specimens were loaned from private or public museum collections for inclusion in this history.
ISBN: 978-1-60239-969-3
458 Pages
Softback
6″ x 9″
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2011
Foraging the Mountain West
There’s food in them thar hills! There is also food in the valleys, meadows, swamps, and all around town, too… maybe even in your own backyard. Foraging the Mountain West is a guide to harvesting and celebrating nature’s abundance. Reach out and explore the world with your taste buds. Discover new delights you will never find at the store. Connect with nature on a deeper level by meeting, greeting, and eating the plants, fungi, and creatures that share the neighborhood. Become a little more self-sufficient, and a lot more aware.
Foraging the Mountain West is a hands-on manual for identifying, harvesting, and preparing real food. It is written for the backpacker who would rather bring more knowledge and fewer provisions into the wilderness. It is intended for the happy homemaker who wants to eat well and spend less. It is ideal for the creative chef who wants to explore new ingredients and impress diners with novel dishes.
ISBN – 978-1-892784-36-0
346 Pages
Softback
6″ x 9″
HOPS Press LLC., 2014
Fort Union & Fort William – Letter Book & Journal, 1833 – 1835
From 1828 until the late 1860s, the Upper Missouri Outfit of the American Fur Company controlled the fur trade on the upper Missouri River from its headquarters at Fort Union on the western edge of present day North Dakota. In contrast, Fort William, an outpost of the rival Missouri Fur Company located a few miles east at the mouth of the Yellowstone River, struggled and sold out to its competitor less than a year after it opened in 1833.
Published in full for the first time, the 1833-1835 Fort Union Letter Book features dispatches from several prominent fur-trade figures. This rare official record of outgoing correspondence reveals intriguing details about the day-to-day workings of an industry on the cusp of change. Robert Campbell’s journal of his year at Fort William, on the other hand, is a personal account of his attempts to keep Fort Union founder Kenneth McKenzie from taking over the fledgling post he and William Sublette had started.
ISBN – 978-1-941813-27-0
131 Pages
Softback
8 1/2″ x 11″
South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2020
Here, at last, is a book that explores some of the lesser known historical sites in Wyoming. In her hallmark engaging style, Candy Moulton documents scores of Wyoming way stations, military establishments, battlefields, Pony Express stations, Oregon and Overland Trail sites, military expeditions- even ferries and “hog ranches”. Whether you’re a serious student of Wyoming history or just a casual reader, you must have this book on your shelf. This is history that needs to be preserved and Moulton has faced the task head-on with outstanding results.
ISBN – 978-0-931271-92-2
232 Pages
Softback
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
High Plains Press, 2010
Forty Miles A Day on Beans and Hay – The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars
The enlisted men in the United States Army during the Indian Wars (1866-91) need no longer be mere shadows behind their historically well-documented commanding officers. As members of the regular army, these men formed an important segment of our usually slighted national military continuum and created the framework of law and order within which settlement and development become possible.
ISBN: 978-0-8061-1113-1
382 Pages
Softback
5 1/2″ x 8″
University of Oklahoma Press, 1973
Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri – The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833 – 1872
The son of French immigrants who settled in Maryland, Charles Larpenteur was so eager to see the real American West that he talked himself into a job with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1833. When William Sublette and Robert Campbell sold out to the American Fur Company a year later they recommended the steady and sober young Larpenteur to Kenneth McKenzie, who hired him as a clerk. For forty years, as a company man and as an independent agent, the French-man would ply the fur trade on the upper Missouri River. Based on Larpenteur’s daily journals, this memoir is unparalleled in describing the business side and social milieu of the fur trade conducted from wintering houses and subposts in the Indian country. As Paul L. Hedren notes in his instruction, Larpenteur moved comfortably among Indians and all levels of the trade’s hierarchy. But he lived during a time of transition and decline in the business, and his vivid recital of this affairs often seems to bear out his feeling that he was “born for misfortune.” His lasting legacy is this book, which is reprinted from the one-volume Lakeside Classics edition of 1933.
ISBN: 0-8032-7930-2
388 Pages
Softback
5″ x 8″
University of Nebraska Press, 1989
