02818nam 2200505 450 991079766100332120170919054925.01-4930-1520-6(CKB)3710000000476444(EBL)4086362(SSID)ssj0001545906(PQKBManifestationID)16136647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545906(PQKBWorkID)13506652(PQKB)10494984(MiAaPQ)EBC4086362(EXLCZ)99371000000047644420160401h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe lost frontier momentous moments in the Old West you may have missed /Rod MillerGuilford, Connecticut ;Helena, Montana :Twodot,2015.©20151 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4930-0735-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out:Trail Driving; Alexander Mackenzie:Crossing the Continent; Zebulon Pike: Lost in theLouisiana Purchase; Maximilian and Bodmer:Science and Art in the Old West; "Corralled for Defense":Indian Attacks on Wagon Trains; Porter Rockwell: God's Gunfighter; Edward Fitzgerald Beale:A Frontiersman for All Reasons; The Free and Independent State of Deseret; Samuel Brannan: The Man Who Startedthe Gold Rush; Before Civil Rights: The Chinese in America; Dear Sir: Corresponding via theJackass Mail; Ships of the Southwest Desert:Camels Join the ArmyAmerican Royalty: Emperor Norton IRoot Hog or Die: The Pig War; Randolph B. Marcy: Tour Guide for theWestward Emigration; The Comstock Lode:A Silver-Lined Mountain; Barney Ford: From Runaway Slave toWealthy Businessman; Battle of Glorieta Pass:The Gettysburg of the West; Massacre at Bear River:First, Worst, Forgotten; Adobe Walls: Ruins of a Way of Life; The End of the Civil War:Battle at the End of Texas; First Blood: Showdown in the Street; Jacob Brodbeck: First Flight, First Crash?; Mass Murder: Circleville Massacre; Black Hawk's Last Ride: ReconciliationThe Métis: Gone the Way of the BuffaloMaking Barbwire Famous:The Frying Pan Ranch; Surviving a Lead Storm: Elfego Baca; The Birth of the Modern World: Electricity; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorFrontier and pioneer lifeWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)History, LocalFrontier and pioneer life978Miller Rod1952-1565268MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797661003321The lost frontier3834774UNINA