Examines the life and accomplishments of Frederick Watts (1801-1889) in agricultural innovation and his role in the creation of the institution that would grow into Penn State University.
Explores the contributions of Evan Pugh (1828-1864), founding president of today's Pennsylvania State University, in quickly building it into America's first scientifically based agricultural college.
As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth-century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West. Beginning with Meriwether Lewis and his discovery of the bitterroot, the goal of most explorers was not merely to find an adequate route to the Pacific, but also to comment on the state of the region's ecology and its suitabi...
The most extensive reference available on the 7th Cavalry
Military Register of Custer's Last Command presents for the first time the complete military history of every enlisted man on the regimental roll, with particular attention devoted to the well-known campaigns from the Washita to Wounded Knee.
As the first in-depth analysis of the statistics related to the battle, Military Register of Custer's Last Command is the most extensive wor...
A completely revised edition of Williams' previous work with the late Ruth Ashton Nelson. this edition uses simple and clear keys to identify more than 350 species of plants found in the Rocky Mountain region from the United States to Canada.