Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775-1850 Book

Acknowledgments     xi
Abbreviations     xiii
A Note on Citations, Quotations, Maps, and Place Names     xv
Introduction     1
Across the Mountains     17
The Struggle for Security     22
The Search for Stability     50
Security and Stability in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio     82
The Widening Frontier, 1795-1815     113
The Reach of Government and the Authority of Law Spread across the Western Country     121
Diverse Economies Moving toward Commercial Ends     154
Many Varied Societies Emerge across the Western Country     188
The First Great Migration, 1815-1830     223
Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri     233
The Flowering of the Cotton Frontier     274
The Enduring Frontiers     311
Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier     316
Florida: A Sectional Frontier     351
Arkansas: A Frontier More West than South     388
The Second Great Migration, 1830-1850     419
The New Counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A Frontier More South than West     423
The Last Frontier of the Old Northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin     455
The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation     489
Villages, Towns, and Cities Spread across the Western Country     492
Changing Political Patterns across Three Generations     528
The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation     556
Notes     583
Bibliography     637
Index     656