Settling of the Great Plains

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Uses authentic photographs, documents, and illustrations of the period to recapture the atmosphere and the spirit of "home steading" on the Great Plains during the period from about 1840 to about 1860. Describes the geographic and climatic barriers and hostility of the Indians as major deterrents to earlier settlement in the plains area. Depicts economic pressures and inventions which contributed to the eventual settlement of the area.

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