The Medicine Bows: Wyoming's Mountain Country

by Elizabeth Mullett Rosenberg, Scott Thybony, Robert G. Rosenberg, et al.

The significance of the Medicine Bow region is tied to its abundant natural resources in close proximity to major 19th century migration routes. The high mountain lakes and streams, rugged rocky peaks... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087004415X
• ISBN13: 9780870044151
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Caxton Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful history of the Bows

The Medicine Bow Mountain Range is in southeastern Wyoming, and this book gives a very good chronological history of this area. The authors begin with the earliest known evidence of man inhabiting this area, then move on to talk about how the Indians,fur trappers and mountain men influenced this part of the west. William Ashley paved the way for the Overland Trail, Jim Bridger helped to explore this region and John Fremont mapped this part of the west. Chapters on the logging, mining and grazing industries are also very interesting. The railroad had a major fundamental part in the development of this area. The authors also talk about the Medicine Bow National Forest and how till this day, it is still trying to be a land for multiple use. I really enjoyed this book, there is a lot of history here.