Knowing the Elephant: Distinguishing Property Rights on the Overland Trail
Loading...
Authors
Reid, John Phillip
Issue Date
1977
Volume
10
Issue
Type
Journal Article
Language
Keywords
Alternative Title
Abstract
INTRODUCTION|Scholars of American legal history generally ignore the western frontier. What little work has been done concentrates upon one theme: the frontier's impact on the development of law. The impact of law on the westward movement is seldom considered. One explanation is the difficulty of obtaining primary sources that are both reliable and available. It may be said with slight exaggeration that court records are the only evidence of frontier law that have attracted serious investigation. Overlooked as an area of potentially fruitful study have been the hundreds of diaries, letters, memoirs, and reminiscences written by the men and women who participated in one of the west's most exciting epochs-the overland trail to California and Oregon...
Description
Citation
10 Creighton L. Rev. 640 (1976-1977)
Publisher
Creighton University School of Law