1 20 2 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/bdb0f47a8691da7df4d98beee9b20fd4.jpg?Expires=1779926400&Signature=ch-laanvr5x9G3MoeSlBmqx-g3WH5Gg0SzWtkmCW%7Eus%7EBt39aBWOECa5HN%7E5Ie6OFDi4utCCLQhrCidz4mvT%7EP11KROQR4c1C3tt2KpRxChVkLXJLB6qnpTpC2ux5m7x5eDSxq3QDBKCvSbss3CjJTRlAnLFpToyzWo6%7EILejDpCf3FFu40Ho8qgnAPabUgZWyuUBVlC%7E-zvZr7tGxH6hGUpTJLXuZ8us74Q-PmCa6ZanqY4COgTRA6TEX1cBfQJfqvyOF0yqZDIv12428iGvtZUc8WfKArVDQO7YHcfkKjiNbyp4Ez7-MlaeOWB911TBAbYET9snWytnJeJAzh-zw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM e9da27ea2074b29920d2b6440ada65cc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First American West, 1750-1820 Description An account of the resource Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and objects. The collection documents the travels of the first Europeans to enter the trans-Appalachian West, the maps tracing their explorations, their relations with Native Americans, and their theories about the region's mounds and other ancient earthworks. Naturalists and other scientists describe Western bird life and bones of prehistoric animals. Books and letters document the new settlers' migration and acquisition of land, navigation down the Ohio River, planting of crops, and trade in tobacco, horses, and whiskey.<br /><br />The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.<br /><br /><p></p> <table border="0" style="width:99.7863%;border-collapse:collapse;border-style:hidden;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);float:left;" cellpadding="25"><tbody><tr><td style="width:40%;"><a href="https://www.neh.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-08/NEH-Preferred-Seal820.jpg?itok=VyHHX8pd" width="328" height="149" alt="NEH Preferred Seal" /></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <h5>First American West was generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.</h5> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Corlis-Respess Family Papers (1698-1984), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Joseph Hamilton Daveiss Papers (1780-1800), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Foote Family Papers (1759-1987), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Henry Family Papers (1773-1864), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky John Wesley Hunt Papers (1792-1849), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Harry Innes Papers (1792-1849), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky John Jeremiah Jacob Papers (1806-1851), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Meriwether William and George Wood Papers (1780-1831), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Nall Family Papers (1797-1945), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Pirtle-Rogers Family Papers (1797-1875), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Pottinger Family Papers (1631-1932), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rogers-Woodson Family Papers (1789-1890), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Isaac Shelby papers (1760-1839), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Shelby-Bruen Family Papers (1761-1916), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Charles Wilkins Short Papers (1802-1869), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Museum Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FAW Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 18th century 19th century Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Navigator Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cramer, Zadok Subject The topic of the resource Inland navigation--United States--19th century Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)--Description and travel--19th century Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)--Navigation--19th century Louisiana--Description and travel--19th century Mississippi River--Description and travel--19th century Mississippi River--Navigation--19th century Ohio River--Description and travel--19th century Ohio River--Navigation--19th century Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)--Description and travel--19th century Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)--Navigation--19th century Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Imprints--19th century Description An account of the resource Title page of The navigator, containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers, with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter, and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c., with accurate maps of the Ohio and Mississippi, to which is added, an appendix, containing an account of Louisiana, and of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, as discovered by the voyage under Captains Lewis and Clark. Full version of this text available at <a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YKU1AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PA16&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" title="The Navigator" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Navigator</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1808 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Pittsburg: Zadok Cramer Relation A related resource cbf0003 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RB 386.3 C889 1811 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Filson Historical Society Rare Book Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource book Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th century 1810s inland navigation pamphlets river waterway https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/ed10b5c8dfec297bd03b4c08c145fb35.jpg?Expires=1779926400&Signature=kspEEaXtpqTzUu3CHgoVtUIUotbVOrGHxpHFya2VF4o1wVLaHTpv9ldKhbh7zcaM9C6hHrm57iCMc5GuBHvDLbKh1d%7EhUk6ZFBXSeBWrRxRQGRuxvyTTM1CUMGcj8%7Ea9lHwtE%7E4UZxs8a1FwQfdfwk%7ErRexj9G9ZDWeAiBGazJ3JqQc--86tJfTSVMZAKmeQE1SqBEGt-dGHFlxbCEFkvvhrk2NqVTtttMKj87G7k9Mb6fbwtxXvSCtO4FKgQDycsDEBEVHXZizexot4UOnFmluMgA4nQY9Gx1NdX63Tb7S5LemSZ55YmFzJLdxz5KWeSGMKS-zIVZf%7EJuNK3YfK7A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5298169af3179b3725f6dac5923d8318 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First American West, 1750-1820 Description An account of the resource Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and objects. The collection documents the travels of the first Europeans to enter the trans-Appalachian West, the maps tracing their explorations, their relations with Native Americans, and their theories about the region's mounds and other ancient earthworks. Naturalists and other scientists describe Western bird life and bones of prehistoric animals. Books and letters document the new settlers' migration and acquisition of land, navigation down the Ohio River, planting of crops, and trade in tobacco, horses, and whiskey.<br /><br />The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.<br /><br /><p></p> <table border="0" style="width:99.7863%;border-collapse:collapse;border-style:hidden;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);float:left;" cellpadding="25"><tbody><tr><td style="width:40%;"><a href="https://www.neh.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-08/NEH-Preferred-Seal820.jpg?itok=VyHHX8pd" width="328" height="149" alt="NEH Preferred Seal" /></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <h5>First American West was generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.</h5> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Corlis-Respess Family Papers (1698-1984), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Joseph Hamilton Daveiss Papers (1780-1800), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Foote Family Papers (1759-1987), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Henry Family Papers (1773-1864), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky John Wesley Hunt Papers (1792-1849), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Harry Innes Papers (1792-1849), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky John Jeremiah Jacob Papers (1806-1851), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Meriwether William and George Wood Papers (1780-1831), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Nall Family Papers (1797-1945), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Pirtle-Rogers Family Papers (1797-1875), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Pottinger Family Papers (1631-1932), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rogers-Woodson Family Papers (1789-1890), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Isaac Shelby papers (1760-1839), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Shelby-Bruen Family Papers (1761-1916), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Charles Wilkins Short Papers (1802-1869), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Museum Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FAW Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 18th century 19th century Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Travels on an inland voyage: through the states of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee and through the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New- Orleans: performed in the years 1807 and 1808: including a tour of nearly six thousand miles Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Schultz, Christian Subject The topic of the resource Ohio River Valley--Description and travel--19th century United States--Description and travel--19th century Great Lakes--Description and travel--19th century Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel--19th century New York (N. Y.)--Imprints--19th century New York--Maps--19th century United States--Maps--19th century Description An account of the resource Covers travels through Ohio and Kentucky and observations on mammoth bones (antiquities), floating mills, land prices and navigating the Ohio. Covers types of river transportation and shipment of goods between Natchez and Kentucky. Full version of this text available at <a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=NdVCAQAAMAAJ&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" title="Travels on an Inland Voyage" rel="noreferrer noopener">Travels on an Inland Voyage</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York: Printed by Isaac Riley Relation A related resource bbf0083a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RB_917.3_S387_1810 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Filson Historical Society Rare Book Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource travelogue Language A language of the resource en Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th century 1800s 1810s antiquities bones fossils Illinois Indiana land prices mammoth mills Mississippi navigation New Orleans New York Ohio pamphlets Pennsylvania river river navigation river transport Tennessee Virginia waterway