The Winning of the West, Volume 1: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
The Winning of the West, Volume 1: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
The Winning of the West, Volume 1, written by Theodore Roosevelt and published in the late 19th century, provides a historical account of American expansion from the Alleghanies to the Mississippi between 1769 and 1776. Roosevelt examines the interactions between settlers, Native American tribes, and European powers, drawing from a wealth of archival materials, including government documents and personal correspondences. This volume is notable for tracing the emergence of a new American identity shaped by frontier conditions and the complex dynamics of early territorial expansion.
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“Looked at absolutely, we must frankly acknowledge that we have fallen very far short indeed of the high ideal we should have reached. Looked at relatively, it must also be said that we have done better than any other nation or race working under our conditions.””
— Theodore Roosevelt
“All of our territory lying beyond the Alleghanies, north and south, was first won for us by the Southwesterners, fighting for their own hand. The northern part was afterwards filled up by the thrifty, vigorous men of the Northeast, whose sons became the real rulers as well as the preservers of the Union; but these settlements of Northerners were rendered possible only by the deeds of the nation as a whole. They entered on land that the Southerners had won, and they were kept there by the strong arm of the Federal Government; whereas the Southerners owed most of their victories only to themselves.””
— Theodore Roosevelt
“The Northwest is essentially a national domain; it is fitting that it should be, as it is, not only by position but by feeling, the heart of the nation.””
— Theodore Roosevelt
