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About William Gilpin
William Gilpin was an American explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. He served as military officer in the United States Army during several wars, accompanied John C. Frémont on his second expedition through the West, and was instrumental in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory. As a politician and writer, he was an inveterate believer in Manifest Destiny and was a visionary booster of new settlement to the West, helping lay the groundwork in his writings for a modern theory of the succession of civilizations.
Everything about William Gilpin →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, soldier, governor
- Position held
- Governor of the Territory of Colorado
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 4, 1813
- Died
- January 20, 1894, January 20, 1893