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Ceran St. Vrain, American Frontier Entrepreneur (Paperback, New)
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First a trapper and trader, then a merchant, and finally an
emerging capitalist in the flour industry of New Mexico and
Colorado, Ceran St. Vrain was an iconic image of the industrious
and self-reliant western pioneer of the 19th century. He was also a
military hero, aiding the U.S. dragoons as an officer in the New
Mexico Volunteer army in their fight against marauding plains
Indians alongside Kit Carson. An intelligent and affable soul, he
helped lead the southwest from a barter economy, poor in cash and
lacking political infrastructure, into a post-military commercial
society on the road to statehood. His name has long been associated
with a small handful of astute and skilled leaders in the
transformation of the southwest: Carson, the Bent brothers,
Charlies Beaubien, Lucien Maxwell, Colonels Sterling Price and E.V.
Sumner, and yet until now his story has been largely hidden in
footnotes and brief accounts of particular exploits. This story of
St. Vrain was stimulated by the author's earlier excavation of his
first flour mill in Taos, and the need to make that excavation
record public. Hence, this volume is in two parts: Part I is a
biographical account of St. Vrain's life from his entry into New
Mexico in the 1820s until his death in 1870. Part II is a detailed
description of the mill excavations and interpretations. RONALD K.
WETHERINGTON is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the
Center for Teaching Excellence at Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, Texas. From 1964 until 2001 he spent summers at SMU's Fort
Burgwin Research Center in Taos, New Mexico, variously directing
archaeological operations and developing its academic program. He
served two years as the Center's Associate Director and another two
as its Director.
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