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    Quest for the West
    Quest for the West
    Quest for the West
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    Quest for the West

    By Larry Porter

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    The Quest for the West is an epic, historical poem in verse. It starts with the first thirteen colonies becoming states. The poem continues telling the story of how each state was formed as the government acquired territories across a newly developing country. As the states and territories came to the nation, the population moved westward, opening new settlements. The first challenge was the Appalachian Mountains. People had to find ways to move entire families, with their goods, into and over, these daunting mountains. Once the mountains were crossed, a huge river stood before them. They found ways to get across the Mississippi, then established St. Lois, St. Joseph, and Independence, Missouri as a starting point for the two thousand mile march to the Pacific.
    The poem tells of the hardships these brave souls faced. They dealt with hostile Indians, large rivers to cross, lack of food and water, diseases, and family members perishing along the way. Subjects covered include, the War of 1812, trails used to travel across the west all the way to the Pacific, the Pony Express, railroads, outlaws and lawmen, mountain men, gold and silver rushes, and Indian wars.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLarry Porter
    Release dateFeb 17, 2018
    ISBN9781370110346
    Quest for the West
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    Larry Porter

    Larry Porter has been writing since 1976, when he had his second project, a children’s play, Treehouse, produced in Atlanta, Ga. He has written fourteen full-length plays. Another, The Gospel According to Jesus, was produced in Asheville, NC. He has written numerous short stories, eight novels including Chance Mountain, Ivan the Backward Man, True Globalization, The Carousel, The Blue Barrel, The Visitor, and After America: Rebuilding. He has a memoir, Self-Storage Business and a collection of short stories titled Heaven? dealing with the afterlife. He has written four screenplays. His latest project is writing history in verse. A compilation of four epic poems titled History in Verse includes The Experiment, a history of the US, The Reconstruction of a Nation, a history of the Civil War, The Quest for the West, a history of the settling of the US west, and The Sixties, a history of the decade of the 1960s in the US. Look for a new series of totalitarians of the twentieth century coning soon. He lives in the North Carolina Mountains where he continues to write.

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      Quest for the West - Larry Porter

      QUEST FOR THE WEST

      by Larry Porter

      Copyright 2018 Larry Porter

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      The States: How We Got It Together

      Thirteen started the whole she-bang

      But some just didn't give a dang.

      When finally all had come to bear

      The US government was theirs to share.

      This started off a great expansion,

      Vermont, then across the Appalachians.

      Virginia divided to form Kentuck

      In ninety-two, fifteen took luck.

      The mountains caused a traffic strain

      To get permission again and again.

      Thus began the states heading West

      Tennessee, sixteenth, in ninety six was blessed.

      It was formed from Territory Southwest

      After North Carolina ceded it for the best.

      The seventeenth came from Northwest Territory.

      With sixty thousand souls, it was Ohio's victory.

      That same year, eighteen hundred three,

      Jefferson bought land and made history.

      The Louisiana Purchase doubled the land

      Making room for the country to expand.

      The Orleans Territory was the name chose

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