Articles related to "Alexander Ross"

Under the guise of nature research, Dr. Ross visited plantations where black slaves lived. He helped many make an escape to the Underground Railroad and freedom

Alexander Ross was a fur trader and adventurer who traveled to the Pacific Northwest in 1810, shortly after Lewis and Clack, and published his observations in 1841.

Fur trader and explorer Alexander Ross described the culture of the Native Americans in the costal areas of Washington and Oregon prior to substantial Euopean contact.