Fort Riley and Its Neighbors: Military Money and Economic Growth, 1853-1895

by William A. Dobak

Book Overview

FORT RILEY AND ITS NEIGHBORS is a story of soldiers trying to save money and civilians trying to make it. Fort Riley stands today overlooking the Kansas River because army quartermasters in the 1850s thought that small steamboats could deliver supplies cheaply there. Civilians came to help build the fort and stayed to bid on the quartermaster's contracts for feed and fuel. Townspeople kept a covetous eye on Fort Riley's land and its resources, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139080
• ISBN13: 9780806139081
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"