The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of frontier history and national development. The region was significant in the great American westward movement, but Otis K. Rice seeks also to call attention to the impact of the frontier experience upon the later history of the Allegheny Highlands. He sees a relationship between its prolonged frontier experience...

"The book is focused on two perspectives. The first part of the book is biography of my [author's] great grandfather's service in the Buffalo Soldier's from 1865-1893 and their patriotism and his life after retirement. The second part delves deep into the heart of American history and how, in my opinion, the Buffalo Soldiers were used as pawns by the U.S. government operating under guise of the "Manifest Destiny.""-- "Trooper Pride was part of a...