{"product_id":"9781634619592","title":"The Early Empire Builders of the Great West","description":"The author, at the age of 18, migrated west of Mississippi and began his frontier life as a pioneer surveyor, and all the historical and descriptive sketches herein were written at the time and place where the scenes are laid.\u003cbr\u003e     This volume is compiled from his Early History of Dakota Territory, published in 1866, to which are here added other pioneer sketches of early adventures, Indian wars, overland journeys, and pen pictures of pioneer law makers in the legislature and in congress thirty and forty years ago\u003cbr\u003e     Content includes: Early History of Dakota Territory (Indian Traditions; The Fur Trade; Early Settlements); Pioneer Legislature \u0026amp; Indian Wars (Early Divorces; First Railroad Bill; Gold Fever; General Sully's Expedition); After a Quarter of a Century; and Sketches of Southern Life. \u003cbr\u003e       Moses K. Armstrong was a Member of Congress from Minnesota, and secretary of the Dakota Historical Association.  ","brand":"Nisyros Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131022262512,"sku":"9781634619592","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781634619592_p0.jpg?v=1763681401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781634619592","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}