Episode 54 – John Bourke’s “On the Border With Crook” additional readings and recommended resources.

Link to the National Cowboy Museum’s “Those Who Served: The U. S. Army on the Frontier.”  It says, “At any given time during this period, fewer than 12,000 soldiers occupied the region exceeding 2 million square miles and occupied some 200,000 Native Americans.”  https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/explore/served-u-s-army-frontier/

Link to the Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  This was the U.S. Army’s first exposure to the American West.  https://www.americanjourneys.org/AJ_PDF/AJ-100b.pdf