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The townsmen

by Wheeler, Keith
Additional authors: Ed. -- Time Life Books
Published by : Time-Life Physical details: 240 p ISBN:43269.
Subject(s): West (U.S.) | History -- 1848-1860.
Year: 1975
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900 - 999 978.02 Whe (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Flora Dewar Peppin 43269

Includes Index and Bibliography




Making nowhere somewhere --
Of building lots and ballyhoo --
Merchants on main street --
Government by guess and by gall --
Now ... showtime --
Tenacious town that made it big --
Credits --
Acknowledgments --
Bibliography --
Index.

Photographs-and-text-survey of frontier life in the cities, boom towns and villages of the Western United States, 1850-1900.