Local History: The Mid-West & Plains (U.S.)
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| Author | Title | Edition | Format | Price | Puborg |
| 1671: The Pageant of 1671 [to impress the indians & lay claim to French possession of the great interior of NA | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| 1679: Relation of the Discoveries & Voyages of Cavelier de La Salle, 1679-1681 [Caxton club; alliances w/india | 1901 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| Abbott, John Stevens Cabot, 1805-77 | The adventures of Chevalier de La Salle [1643-1687]...explorations of the prairies, forests, lakes, & rivers, | 1875 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Allouez, Claude Jean, 1620-1690? | 1669: Father Allouez's Journey into Wisconsin, 1669-70 [Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, & western Ontario; Je | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Allouez, Jean Claude, 1620-1690? | 1665: Father Allouez's Journey [Quebec] to Lake Superior, 1665-1667 ["reveal the values, beliefs, assumptions | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Andrews, Christopher Columbus, 1829-1922 | Minnesota & Dacotah: In letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west, autumn of 1856 | 1857 | Txt-G | Free | GutenbergUS |
| Andrews, Christopher Columbus, 1829-1922 | Minnesota & Dacotah: In letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west, autumn of 1856 | 1857 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Andrews, Christopher Columbus, 1829-1922 | Minnesota & Dacotah: In Letters Descriptive of a Tour Through the North-West, in the Autumn of 1856 | 1857 2dWash | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Barber, Edward W | The Vermontville Colony, Its Genesis and History...Sketches of the Colonists [westward mvmt from VT to MI; fa | 1897 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Batchewanung Land & Iron Company | Reports & surveys. Lake Superior, Canada West | 1865 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 | To Nebraska in 1857: A Diary of E.F. Beadle [into. David L Bristow] | 2000 | Html | Free | OldNebraska |
| Beggs, Stephen R., b. 1801 (Rev) | Pages from the early history of the West & Northwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Missouri; [re] to the History | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich | |
| Berlin, Adele | Biblical Poetry Through Medieval Jewish Eyes | 1991 | NetLibr (Ebsco) | 14.95 | IndianaUPr |
| Black, John D. | Land Settlement & Colonization in the Great Lakes States | 1925 | Graphic PDF | Free | Harvard |
| Bond, John Wesley, 1825-1903 | Minnesota & its resources; appended Camp-fire sketches, Notes of a trip from St. Paul to Pembina & Selkirk set | 1853 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Boynton, Charles Brandon, 1806-83 | Journey through Kansas; with sketches of Nebraska [map] | 1855 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Brown, George V | From Lake Erie to Morocco [Buffalo Hist Soc.] | 1903 | Graphic | Free | CornellU |
| Bukowczyk, John J., 1950- | Permeable border: The Great Lakes Basin as transnational region, 1650-1990 | 2005 Pittsb | PDF Graphic | Free | UPittsburghPr |
| Bundy, Charles Smith | Early Days in the Chippewa Valley | 1916 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Calloway, W. R | Memories of the Lonesome Trail 'Soo' Line [oral reminiscences of a missionary's wife, Harriet Peet] | c1912 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Campbell, Alexander | An Address on the Climate, Soil, Resources, Development, Commerce and Future of the Upper Peninsula of Michiga | 1861 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Carrigan, Wilhelmina Buce | Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota [Sioux 1862 uprising] | 1912 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Clay, John | New World Notes: Being an Account of Journeyings & Sojournings in America & Canada | 1875 | Graphic | Free | ECO |
| Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-96 | The Seat of Empire [illus., map; Minnesota; Sask., red river country; Hudson's Bay Co.] | 1870 Bost. | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Colhoun, James Edward | Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, 1823 [Ojibwa Indians; Minnesota River; Manitob | 1824 | Graphic | Free | ECO |
| Collins, Angelina Maria | The Great Western Cook Book, or Table Receipts, Adapted to Western Housewifery [midwestern] | 1857 NY | Graphic HtmPDF | Free | MichStUnv |
| Colton, Joseph Hutchins, 1800-1893 | The Western Tourist & Emigrant's Guide: Ohio, Mich, Ind, Ill., Mo, Ia, Wisc; territories of Minn, Mo, & Neb; m | 1855 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Cooper, Susan Fenimore | Rural Hours (1848) [excerpts] | 1850 | Html | Free | UMinn |
| Curtiss, Daniel S | Western portraiture, & emigrants' guide: Description of Wisc., Ill., & Iowa; Minn.; other territories | 1852 NY | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Darby, William | A Tour from NYC, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, Made between the May & September, 1818 ... | 1962 | Questia | subs | Quadrangle |
| Darby, William | A tour from the City of New-York, to Detroit...Michigan Territory, 1818 | 1819 NY | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| Disturnell, John, 1801-1877. comp | Tourist's guide to the upper Mississippi River: RR & steamboat routes from Chicago, Milwaukee, & Dubuque | 1866 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Disturnell, John, 1801-77 | A trip through the lakes of North America | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich | |
| Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-95 | The Black hills. A minute description of the routes | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich | |
| Douthit, Davis, 1904- | Nobody Owns Us: The Story of Joe Gilbert, Midwestern Rebel ["British-American leader of the cooperative moveme | 1948 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Duluth, Daniel Greysolon (sieur) 1636-17 | 1678: Memoir on the Sioux Country, 1678-1682 [peace w/Sioux & Assiniboin to assure fur trade to French] | 1917 NY | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Eick, Gretchen Cassel | Dissent in Wichita: The Civil Rights Movement in the Midwest, 1954-72 | 2002 | Html | Free | UIllinoisPr |
| Erickson, Halford | Child Labor Legislation & methods of enforcement in northern central states | 1905?] | Graphic Txt | Free | Harvard |
| Featherstonhaugh, George William | A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor v1 | 1847 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Featherstonhaugh, George William | A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor v2 | 1847 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Featherstonhaugh, George William | A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor, [v1] Lead & Copper in Wisc; Gold in Cherokee Country; Manners | 1847 Lond | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| Featherstonhaugh, George William | A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor, [v2] Lead & Copper in Wisc; Gold in Cherokee Country; Manners | 1847 Lond | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| Finley, John | The French in the Heart of America | Txt-G | Free | GutenbergUS | |
| First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio | Presbyterian Cook Book, Compiled By The Ladies Of The First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio | c1873 Dayto | Graphic HtmPDF | Free | MichStUnv |
| Fuller, Margaret | Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 [Old Northwest] | 1850 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Gale, George, 1816-68 | Upper Mississippi: Historical sketches of moundbuilders, Indian tribes, civilization in N.W. from 1600 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich | |
| Galinee, Rene de Brehan de, d. 1678 | 1669: Journey of Dollier & Galinee, 1669-1670 [Sulpician missionary to Indian nations on western Great Lakes; | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| George, Alice Mendenhall (1854- ) | The Story of My Childhood, Written For My Children (photos) [journey from Indiana to MN; 1862 Sioux uprising; | 1923 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Hatch, William Stanley | A chapter of the history of the War of 1812 in the NW ... surrender of the ... Army & Fort, at Detroit, Aug 16 | 1872 Cinc. | PDF Kindle EPub | Free | UIll-Urbana |
| Haven, Erastus O | Autobiography of Erastus O. Haven [Methodist Episcopal minister; pres U Mich, Northwestern; senator in Mass.; | 1883 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Hennepin, Louis (17th c.; b. Belgium) | 1675: A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America [2vols.; Ontario; Great Lakes; Buffalo; Niagara Falls; uppe | 1698/1903 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Hodge, William | Papers Concerning Early Navigation on the Great Lakes: 1. Recollections of Capt. David Wilkeson. 2: Pioneer La | 1883 | Graphic or PDF | Free | |
| Illinoian | The Heart of the West [fiction] | 1871 | Graphic Html | Free | WrightAmFict |
| Jackson, Isaac Rand, d. 1843 | A sketch of the life & public services of William H. Harrison [1773-1841], commander in chief of the Northwest | 1840 Hartfd | PDF Kindle EPub | Free | UCalifornia |
| Jackson, Isaac Rand, d. 1843 | A sketch of the life & public services of William Henry Harrison [as Gen., pres.] | 1836 | Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Jackson, Isaac Rand, d. 1843 | The life of William Henry Harrison (Ohio), People's Candidate for the Presidency. W/a history of the wars w/th | 1840 Phila. | PDF Kindle EPub | Free | UCalifornia |
| Joutel, Henri, 1640?-1735 | 1684: A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by M. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, to Find Out the Mouth o | 1714 Lond. | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, [et]c., v1 | 1825 Lond | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, [et]c., v1 B | 1824 Phila | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, [et]c., v2 B | 1824 Phila | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| King, John Lyle | Trouting on the Brule River [upper Penninsula MICH] | 1879 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill (1806-70 | Wau-Bun, The Early Day in the Northwest [frontier & military life in WISC] | 1873 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| La Potherie, Claude Chas. Le Roy de, 166 | 1665: Adventures of Nicolas Perrot, 1665-1670 [extract; relations with Menominee, Potawotamie, Ho-Chunk (Winne | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| MacKenney, Thomas Lorraine | Sketches of a tour to the Lakes; [v1] Character & customs...Chippeway Indians & incidents w/treaty of Fond du | 1827 Balt | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| MacKenney, Thomas Lorraine | Sketches of a tour to the Lakes; [v2] Character & customs...Chippeway Indians & incidents w/treaty of Fond du | 1827 Balt | Graphic PDF | Free | UGoettingen |
| Manahan, James | Trials of a Lawyer ['progressive' MN congressman; contemporary of LaFollette, Altgeld, W.J. Bryan] | 1933 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675 | 1673: The Mississippi Voyage of Jolliet & Marquette [Mascouten (Algonquian) & Illinois tribes; > Arkansas Riv | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675 | 1674: Last Voyage, 1674-1675 [to build a mission among Illinois indians] | 1917 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Marshall, Orsamus Holmes, 1813-1884 | The building & voyage of the Griffon in 1679 | Graphic | Free | CornellU | |
| Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 (Capt.) | Report: Survey of the north end Northwest Lakes: Appendix I of 1858 rpt, chief topographical engineer | 1859 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Mondale, Clarence [for U.S. Lib Cong] | The History of the Upper Midwest: An Overview [The Land; the French; the British; Northwest & Ordinances; Pine | 1998 | Html | Free | Libr Congress |
| Nowlin, William | The Bark Covered House, or Back in the Woods Again | 1876 | Html Graphic | Free | Libr Congress |
| Owen, David Dale, 1807-60 | Report: Geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, & Minnesota; & a portion of Nebraska Territory | 1852 | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
| Peck, John Mason, 1789-1858 | New guide for Emigrants to the West: Sketches of Ohio, Indiana, Ill., Missouri, Mich., terr. Wisconsin & Arkan | 1836 Bost. | Graphic Txt | Free | KentuckyDLib |
| Pitezel, John H., 1814-1906 (Rev) | Lights & shades of missionary life: Travels, incidents, missionary efforts, region of Lake Superior | Graphic Html | Free | MOA-UMich |
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