South Pass 1868

Author : James Chisholm
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803258240

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South Pass, 1868 by James Chisholm Pdf

"James Chisholm was a staff writer For The Chicago Tribune sent to report on the gold strike made in the late 1860s at one of the great historical features of the continent?South Pass on the western trails. His journal, illustrated by himself, Is a graceful, observant narrative full of the real essence of frontier mining camp life."?Library Journal. "Chisholm had a lively sense of humor, An engaging frankness, and a fine eye for landscape. He was also a candid social critic."?Rocky Mountain News. "Lovers of the Old West will buy Chisholm's Journal and never part with it."?Pacific Historical Review. "If South Pass failed to produce gold in the paying quantities James Chisholm's miners thought it would, Chisholm himself produced finer, more lasting gold in his journal account of Wyoming's short-lived gold rush. His journal exudes the smell of sagebrush and scenic panoramas, Of torrential rain storms and night packing, Of being small in a big land, and of honest, earthy people who, In business-like fashion, went about the task of risking life, limb, health, and what small fortunes they had, To hit the big one. Chisholm sees with unpretentious eyes. His is an honest appraisal from a detached journalist, leavened with self-effacing humor. His prose is clean and clear. it can be read aloud and remembered."?Charles E. Rankin, editor of Montana the Magazine of Western History. Lola M. Homsher was director of the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department.

Author : Will Bagley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806145105

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South Pass by Will Bagley Pdf

Wallace Stegner called South Pass “one of the most deceptive and impressive places in the West.” Nowhere can travelers cross the Rockies so easily as through this high, treeless valley in Wyoming immediately south of the Wind River Mountains. South Pass has received much attention in lore and memory but attracted no serious book-length study—until now. In this narrative, award-winning author Will Bagley explains the significance of South Pass to the nation’s history and to the development of the American West. Fur traders first saw South Pass in 1812. From the early 1840s until the completion of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads almost forty years later, emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails used South Pass in transforming the American West in a single generation. Bagley traces the peopling of the region by the earliest inhabitants and adventurers, including Indian peoples, trappers and fur traders, missionaries, and government-commissioned explorers. Later, California gold rushers, Latter-day Saints, and families seeking new lives went through this singular gap in the Rockies. Without South Pass, overland wagons beginning their journey far to the east along the Missouri River could not have reached their destinations in a single season, and western settlement might have been delayed for decades. The story of South Pass offers a rich history. The Overland Stage, Pony Express, and first transcontinental telegraph all came through the region. Nearly a century later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower designated South Pass as one of America’s first National Historic Landmarks. An American place so rich in historical significance, Bagley argues, deserves the best of historical preservation efforts.

Author : Virginia J. Scharff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : UCSD:31822031025133

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South Pass Since 1812 by Virginia J. Scharff Pdf

Author : Jon Lane,Susan Layman
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1531659764

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South Pass City and the Sweetwater Mines by Jon Lane,Susan Layman Pdf

In 1868, the Sweetwater Mines gold rush swept civilization into wilderness. Prospectors and miners swarmed gulches and hilltops in hopes of locating a new El Dorado. South Pass City, Atlantic City, and Miners Delight became local centers of commerce, governance, and social life. Thousands of new residents bolstered the political push to create Wyoming Territory. Soon, many proclaimed the district a humbug and moved on. Those who remained established a fresh existence where potential abounded in every experience. Their efforts ensured that the mines would boom again. ?For the first time, a history of the Sweetwater Mines, from their establishment to the present, is told through photographs from both private and public collections. Many of these images have never been published before. Here, historical records are mingled with accurate oral tradition in a blend of images and information that provides a broad view of South Pass City and the Sweetwater Mines. Jon Lane and Susan Layman are employed at South Pass City State Historic Site, and are members of the Friends of South Pass. Along with their coworkers, neighbors, and boosters of local history, they work to preserve and interpret the story of the Sweetwater Mines for others to learn from and enjoy.

Author : James D. McLaird
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806183114

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Calamity Jane by James D. McLaird Pdf

Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until now. This book is a definitive biography of Martha Canary, the woman popularly known as Calamity Jane. Written by one of today’s foremost authorities on this notorious character, it is a meticulously researched account of how an alcoholic prostitute was transformed into a Wild West heroine. Always on the move across the northern plains, Martha was more camp follower than the scout of legend. A mother of two, she often found employment as waitress, laundress, or dance hall girl and was more likely to be wearing a dress than buckskin. But she was hard to ignore when she’d had a few drinks, and she exploited the aura of fame that dime novels created around her, even selling her autobiography and photos to tourists. Gun toting, swearing, hard drinking—Calamity Jane was all of these, to be sure. But whatever her flaws or foibles, James D. McLaird paints a compelling portrait of an unconventional woman who more than once turned the tables on those who sought to condemn or patronize her. He also includes dozens of photos—many never before seen—depicting Jane in her many guises. His book is a long-awaited biography of Martha Canary and the last word on Calamity Jane.

Author : T. A. Larson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803279360

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History of Wyoming (Second Edition) by T. A. Larson Pdf

"The History of Wyoming" explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This second edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included on the previous edition.

Author : Virginia Scharff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520237773

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Twenty Thousand Roads by Virginia Scharff Pdf

"Virginia Scharff's wonderfully readable account of women in motion complicates and enriches our understanding of the nineteenth and twentieth century Wests. Her gendered remapping of the regional landscape explodes traditional notions of western movement. All students of women and gender, travel and place, the West and America, would do well to read this excellent book."—David M. Wrobel, author of Promised Lands: Promotion, Memory, and the Creation of the American West "Virginia Scharff claims for women what has long been central to the masculine mythology of the West—free movement and its many gifts, real and imagined. Her book is as exhilarating and as intellectually and emotionally expansive as our enduring dream of flight across the American land."—Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, & the Rush to Colorado "Brilliant is not a word that is often a part of my critical vocabulary, but brilliantly is how Twenty Thousand Roads begins. When writing of Sacagawea and Susan Magoffin, Virginia Scharff shows vividly how a single life can be a source of sophisticated cultural analysis without becoming an academic artifact or an object of condescension."—Richard White, author of It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own: A New History of the American West

Author : USA House of Representatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1518 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11122696

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House Documents by USA House of Representatives Pdf

Author : Virginia Scharff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520281264

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Empire and Liberty by Virginia Scharff Pdf

Empire and Liberty brings together two epic subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the United States. Virginia Scharff and the contributors to this volume show how the West shaped the conflict over slavery and how slavery shaped the West, in the process defining American ideals about freedom and influencing battles over race, property, and citizenship. This innovative work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the United States observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. A companion volume to an Autry National Center exhibition on the Civil War and the West, Empire and Liberty brings leading historians together to examine artifacts, objects, and artworks that illuminate this period of national expansion, conflict, and renewal.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015067170574

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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

Author : United States. War Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112083819406

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Annual Reports of the War Department by United States. War Dept Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11799806

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House documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2980359

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Annual Report of the Secretary of War by United States. War Department Pdf

Author : United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers,United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Engineering
ISBN : PRNC:32101050740735

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Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ... by United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers,United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Engineering
ISBN : CORNELL:31924064649373

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Report by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers Pdf