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Adventurous Americans and notable frontier figures
A compilation of vignettes on Mme La Compt who influenced Cahokia’s defenses in the Revolutionary era, Major Long’s failed Colorado expedition and the Great American Desert label, and Virginia Moon a Civil War era spy who later acted in Hollywood. Includes biographical highlights, dates, and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. la Compt
la Flammes
St. Joseph
Lake Michigan
Mackinac
Pilotte de Sainte Ange
Sainte Ange
Chicago
Cahokia
Mississippi
la Compt
George Rogers Clark
Territory
Illinois
St. Louis
Marchi
Tom Brady
Colorado
Stephen H. Long
Engineers Corps
United States Army
United States
Missouri
West
Long
Rockies
Great American Desert
Virginia -Moon
Memphis
Tenn
Ohio
Tennessee
Sterling Price
Hollywood
Pola Negri
Miles Minter
Greenwich Village
Union