Merrill J Mattes

Biographic Data

ID1087293
NAMEMerrill J Mattes
GIVEN NAMESMerrill J
FAMILY NAMEMattes
SIGNATUREMATTES M J
AFFILIATIONSNational Park Service
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS25
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT25
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1949
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
H-INDEX1

  • Indians, Infants and Infantry: Andrew and Elizabeth Burt on the Frontier

    Brad Agnew, Merrill J MattesARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1992Cited by: 2

  • Platte River Road Narratives: A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812-…

    Richard A Van Orman, Merrill J MattesARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Platte River Road Narratives: A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812–1866. By Merrill J. Mattes. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. xv + 632 pp. $95.00.) Get access Richard A. Van Orman Richard A. Van Orman Purdue University Calumet Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jou…

  • Fort Laramie in 1876: Chronicle of a Frontier Post at War

    Merrill J Mattes, Paul L HedrenARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article Fort Laramie in 1876: Chronicle of a Frontier Postat War. By Paul L. Hedren. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988. xiv + 313 pp. $24.95.) Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes Oregon-California Trails Association Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 4, March 1990, Pages 1281–1282, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936655 Published: 01 March 1…

  • Platte River Road Narratives: A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel over the Great Central Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812-1866

    Paul Woehrmann, Merrill J MattesARTICLEMichigan Historical Review1989

  • Platte River Road Narratives: A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812-…

    John M Townley, Merrill J MattesARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1989

    Journal Article Platte River Road Narratives: A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel Over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812–1866 Get access Platte River Road Narratives: A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel Over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories, 1812–1866. By Mattes Me…

  • Heads, Hides, and Horns: The Compleat Buffalo Book

    Merrill J Mattes, Larry Barsne et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1987

    Journal Article Heads, Hides, and Horns: The Complete Buffalo Book Get access Heads, Hides, and Horns: The Complete Buffalo Book. By Barsness Larry. (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1985. xvi + 233 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $40.00, cloth; $19.50, paper.) Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service (ret.), Littleton, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W…

  • Fort Union Trading Post: Fur Trade Empire on the Upper Missouri

    Merrill J Mattes, Erwin N ThompsonARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1987

  • Travels in America: From the Voyages of Discovery to the Present, An Annotated Bibliography of Travel Articles in Periodicals, 1955-1980

    Merrill J Mattes, Garold L ColeARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1985

    Journal Article Travels in America: From the Voyages of Discovery to the Present, An Annotated Bibliography of Travel Articles in Periodicals, 1955–1980 Get access Travels in America: From the Voyages of Discovery to the Present, An Annotated Bibliography of Travel Articles in Periodicals, 1955–1980. By Cole Garold L.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984. xiv + 291 pp. Indexes. $48.50.) Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Se…

  • Women and Men on the Overland Trail

    Merrill J Mattes, John Mack FaragherARTICLEThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1982

  • National Parks: The American Experience

    Merrill J MattesREVIEWJournal of American History1980

    Journal Article National Parks: The American Experience. By Alfred Runte. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. xiv + 240 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $16.50.) Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes Littleton, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 1, June 1980, Pages 205–206, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900538 …

  • American Forts: Architectural Form and Function

    Merrill J Mattes, Willard B RobinsonARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1978

    Journal Article American Forts: Architectural Form and Function Get access American Forts: Architectural Form and Function. By Robinson Willard B.. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. xiii, 229 p. Illustrations, maps, charts, notes, bibliography, index. $15.00.) Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes Littleton, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 4, …

  • Eye-Witnesses to Wagon Trains West

    Merrill J Mattes, J HewittARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1975

    Journal Article Eye-Witnesses to Wagon Trains West Get access Eye-Witnesses to Wagon Trains West. Edited by Hewitt James. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. xii, 178 p. Illustrations, paintings, drawings, photographs, maps, sources, index. $7.95.) Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 4, October 1975, P…

  • The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie

    Donald J Berthrong, Merrill J MattesARTICLEThe American Historical Review1971

  • The Great Platte River Road

    Ralph P Bieber, Merrill J MattesARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1971

    Journal Article The Great Platte River Road Get access The Great Platte River Road. By Mattes Merrill J.. (Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969. xv, 583 p. Illustrations, maps, photographs, bibliography, index. $7.95.) Ralph P. Bieber Ralph P. Bieber Washington University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1971, Pages 70–71, https://doi.org/…

  • The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline Via Fort Kearney to Fort Laramie

    Robert G Athearn, Merrill J MattesARTICLEJournal of American History1970

    Journal Article The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline Via Fort Kearny To Fort Laramie. By Merrill J. Mattes. Volume XXV of Nebraska State Historical Society Publications. ([Lincoln]: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969. xv + 583 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, and index. $7.95.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…

  • Stagecoach West

    Merrill J Mattes, Ralph MoodyARTICLEJournal of American History1968

    Journal Article Stagecoach West. By Ralph Moody. (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. x + 341 pp. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, and index. $6.95.) Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 4, March 1968, Pages 890–891, https://doi.org/10.2307/1918100 Published: 01 March 1968

  • From West to East: Studies in the Literature of the American West

    Merrill J Mattes, Robert Edson LeeARTICLEJournal of American History1967

    Journal Article From West to East: Studies in the Literature of the American West. By Robert Edson Lee. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1966. 172 pp. Notes, bibliographical notes, and index. $5.00.) Get access Merrill T. Mattes Merrill T. Mattes National Park Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 4, March 1967, Pages 815–816, https://doi.org/10.2307/18…

  • The Shoshonis: Sentinels of the Rockies

    Open AccessMerrill J Mattes, Virginia Cole Trenholm et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1965

    Journal Article The Shoshonis: Sentinels of the Rockies. By Virginia Cole Trenholm and Maurine Carley. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. xiii + 363 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $5.95.) Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service, Omaha Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 1, June 1965, Pages 145–146, ht…

  • Indians, Infants, and Infantry: Andrew and Elizabeth Burt on the Frontier

    Everett W Sterling, Merrill J MattesARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1961

    Journal Article Indians, Infants, and Infantry: Andrew and Elizabeth Burt on the Frontier. By Merrill J. Mattes. (Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1960. [vi] + 304 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $5.95.) Get access Everett W. Sterling Everett W. Sterling University of South Dakota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 48, Issue 2, September 1961, Pages 320–321, https:…

  • The Enigma Of Wounded Knee

    Merrill J MattesARTICLEPlains Anthropologist1960

    Wounded Knee Battlefield lies near the center of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 36, T37N, R 43 W, of the 6th Principal Meridian. The precise location of the battle is clearly defined on two published maps sketched by eyewitnesses. One, compiled by Lt. T. Q. Donaldson, 7th U. S. Cavalry appears on Plate XCVII, 14th Annual Report, Bu reau of American Ethnology 1892-93. The other by Lt. S. A. Clorian, Acting Engi neer Officer, Division of the Missouri, appears …

  • Bent's Fort

    Merrill J Mattes, David LavenderARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1955

    Journal Article Bent's Fort. By David Lavender. (Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1954. 450 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $5.50.) Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 42, Issue 2, September 1955, Pages 322–323, https://doi.org/10.2307/1897656 Published: 01 September 1955

  • The First Military Escort on the Santa Fe Trail, 1829; From the Journal and Reports of Major Bennet Riley and Lieutenant Philip St. George Cooke

    Merrill J Mattes, Otis E YoungARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1952

    The First Military Escort on the Santa Fe Trail, 1829; From the Journal and Reports of Major Bennet Riley and Lieutenant Philip St. George Cooke. By Otis E. Young Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service, Omaha Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 39, Issue 2, September 1952, Pages 331–332, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892200 Published: 01 September 19…

  • John Colter; His Years in the Rockies

    Merrill J Mattes, Burton Harris et al.ARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1952

    John Colter; His Years in the Rockies. By Burton Harris. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. xiii + 180 pp. Maps, bibliography, and index. $3.50.) Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes National Park Service, Omaha Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 39, Issue 3, December 1952, Pages 552–553, https://doi.org/10.2307/1895022 Published: 01 December 1952

  • Behind the Legend of Colter's Hell: The Early Exploration of Yellowstone National Park

    Merrill J MattesARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1949

    Journal Article Behind the Legend of Colter's Hell: The Early Exploration of Yellowstone National Park Get access Merrill J. Mattes Merrill J. Mattes Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 36, Issue 2, September 1949, Pages 251–282, https://doi.org/10.2307/1891179 Published: 01 September 1949

  • Alexander Ramsay's Gold Rush Diary of 1849

    Merrill J Mattes, A J Ramsay et al.ARTICLEPacific Historical Review1949

    Research Article| November 01 1949 Alexander Ramsay's Gold Rush Diary of 1849 Merrill J. Mattes; Merrill J. Mattes Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Andrew Ramsay; Andrew Ramsay Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Alexr Ramsay Alexr Ramsay Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1949) 18 (4): 437–468. https://…