by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 4, 2014 | 1855 treaty, Alvin Josephy, Civil War and Indians, Civil War In the West, Nez Perce, Nez Perce treaty, Stevens treaties
Yesterday in line at the grocery store, a new young clerk was telling someone how interested he was in the Civil War, and how he really wanted to go east and visit Antietam. I piped up to suggest that he think about the civil war in the west. Had he ever...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 3, 2013 | Civil War In the West, Grace Bartlett, Isaac Stevens, northern rail route, Rail routes West. Pacific railroads, Robert Sawyer, Stevens treaties
For folks with a keen interest in Western history, our Josephy Library is a small treasure ground. And like any treasure field, the prizes show up almost at random.Summer intern Erik Anderson, a bibliophile and student of Don Snow’s at Whitman College, suggested I...
