Jeff Barnes
Author Jeff Barnes shares the stories and – using new AI technology – first-time illustrations of these forgotten “posts of the plains.”
Description
What was it about the Missouri River north of the Platte that attracted Native peoples, trappers, traders, and eventually the frontier army? William Clark called this land “the Council Bluffs” and its valley pulled together the highest concentration of frontier army forts of any other place on the Great Plains, promoting peace, trade, supply and protection. Author Jeff Barnes shares the stories and – using new AI technology – first-time illustrations of these forgotten “posts of the plains.”
