Item #038232 HISTORIC LANDMARKS: Being a history of early explorers and fur-traders, with a narrative of their adventures in the wilds of the Great Northwest [signed]. A. L. South Dakota / Van Osdel.

HISTORIC LANDMARKS: Being a history of early explorers and fur-traders, with a narrative of their adventures in the wilds of the Great Northwest [signed]

s.l. s.n. [Published by the author?], [1905 or earlier]. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: (iv), 400; 20 b&w plates from old drawings and photographs. Bound in pictorial terracotta cloth, cover stamped in brown, gilt-stamped spine; small blemish on cover. 8" x 5.25" Very Good. Item #038232

Inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "To Mrs and Mrs. D. Hallenbach, Nov. 13th '29. By The Honorable A.L. Van Osdel at his home in Mission Hill, S. Dak." Van Osdel (b. 1845) served as President of the Sixth Session of Dakota Territory (1866-1867), as a member of the House (1874-1875 and 1881-1885), on the Territory Council in 1889 (the year that North & South Dakota were granted statehood), ran for Governor of South Dakota as an Independent in 1892 and lost to the Republican candidate, &c.

Price: $160.00