On the move : a Black family's Western saga / / S.R. Martin Jr. ; foreword by Albert S. Broussard |
Autore | Martin S. R (Sennie Rudolph), <1935-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 929/.20973 |
Collana | Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest |
Soggetto topico | African Americans - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-60344-354-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Albert S. Broussard -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Roots and branches -- What I've done here: introductory remarks -- How did I end up here? -- Home -- Old folks -- S. R., Primrose, and good religion -- Fort Worth: in town -- Part 2. On the move -- Fort Worth: moving West -- Cody, Wyoming -- Billings, Montana -- To the blue Pacific -- Part 3. Home -- From the Golden Gate to the Monterey Bay -- In the West -- Appendix: toward a genealogy -- Notes -- Sources -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827120303321 |
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One Side By Himself : The Life and Times of Lewis Barney, 1808-1894 / / by Ronald O. Barney |
Autore | Barney Ronald O. <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 978/.02/092 |
Collana | Western Experience Series |
Soggetto topico |
Latter Day Saint churches - History - 19th century
Frontier and pioneer life - Utah Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) Latter Day Saint pioneers - Utah Latter Day Saint pioneers - West (U.S.) |
ISBN |
1-283-26696-2
9786613266965 0-87421-472-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Barneys on America's Frontier: The Holland Land Purchase, 1800-1811; 2 The Silhouette of Ohio: Barneys in America's Interior, 1811-1826; 3 These Fertile Prairies: Yankees on the Illinois Frontier, 1826-1832; 4 On My Farm: Lewis Barney Comes of Age, 1833-1839; 5 An Honest, Industrious People: Conversion to Mormonism, 1839-1840; 6 Unaccustomed to City Life: Nauvoo and the Hancock Prairie, 1841-1844; 7 A Gloom over the Country: The Final Years in Hancock County, 1844-1846
8 Midst Sighs and Lamentations: Iowa-Prelude to the West, 18469 A Story Makes a People: The Exodus to Zion, 1847; 10 A Band of Brethren: The Return to Winter Quarters, 1847; 11 Barney's Grove: Iowa and the Last Trek to Zion, 1847-1852; 12 We Managed to Live: The Palmyra Plain, 1852-1856; 13 He Would Not Forsake His People: Spanish Fork and the Utah War, 1856-1858; 14 We Left Them Crying: Spanish Fork and Springville, 1858-1861; 15 Busted Up: Utah's Sanpete and Sevier Valleys, 1861-1865; 16 Beginning to Be Old: The Indian War and the Railway, 1865-1869 17 A Frontier Village: Monroe, Utah, 1871-187418 A Division with the People: The Monroe United Order of Enoch, 1874-1878; 19 The Salvation of Thy Relatives and Friends: The Last Years in Sevier Valley, 1877-1882; 20 Better Situated: Farther into the Frontier, 1882-1886; 21 If It Takes the Rest of My Life: The Quixotical Family Kingdom, 1886-1894; Barney Family Relationships; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996206951503316 |
Barney Ronald O. <1949->
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One side by himself : the life and times of Lewis Barney, 1808-1894 / / by Ronald O. Barney |
Autore | Barney Ronald O. <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Logan, : Utah State University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 978/.02/092 |
Collana | Western Experience Series |
Soggetto topico |
Mormon pioneers - West (U.S.)
Mormon pioneers - Utah Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - Utah Mormon Church - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-283-26696-2
9786613266965 0-87421-472-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Barneys on America's Frontier: The Holland Land Purchase, 1800-1811; 2 The Silhouette of Ohio: Barneys in America's Interior, 1811-1826; 3 These Fertile Prairies: Yankees on the Illinois Frontier, 1826-1832; 4 On My Farm: Lewis Barney Comes of Age, 1833-1839; 5 An Honest, Industrious People: Conversion to Mormonism, 1839-1840; 6 Unaccustomed to City Life: Nauvoo and the Hancock Prairie, 1841-1844; 7 A Gloom over the Country: The Final Years in Hancock County, 1844-1846
8 Midst Sighs and Lamentations: Iowa-Prelude to the West, 18469 A Story Makes a People: The Exodus to Zion, 1847; 10 A Band of Brethren: The Return to Winter Quarters, 1847; 11 Barney's Grove: Iowa and the Last Trek to Zion, 1847-1852; 12 We Managed to Live: The Palmyra Plain, 1852-1856; 13 He Would Not Forsake His People: Spanish Fork and the Utah War, 1856-1858; 14 We Left Them Crying: Spanish Fork and Springville, 1858-1861; 15 Busted Up: Utah's Sanpete and Sevier Valleys, 1861-1865; 16 Beginning to Be Old: The Indian War and the Railway, 1865-1869 17 A Frontier Village: Monroe, Utah, 1871-187418 A Division with the People: The Monroe United Order of Enoch, 1874-1878; 19 The Salvation of Thy Relatives and Friends: The Last Years in Sevier Valley, 1877-1882; 20 Better Situated: Farther into the Frontier, 1882-1886; 21 If It Takes the Rest of My Life: The Quixotical Family Kingdom, 1886-1894; Barney Family Relationships; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144653603321 |
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Outlaw tales of the Old West : fifty true stories of desperados, crooks, criminals, and bandits / / edited by Erin H. Turner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 978/.02 |
Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
Outlaws - West (U.S.) Criminals - West (U.S.) Crime - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-2329-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Alaska Outlaws; Klutuk; Nellie "Black Bear" Bates and William Schermeyer; Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith; Arizona Outlaws; Augustine Chacón; James Fleming Parker; Albert Wright "Burt" Alvord; California Outlaws; Tiburcio Vasquez; John Allen; Juan Flores; Colorado Outlaws; The Musgrove Gang; Pug Ryan; Lou Blonger; Idaho Outlaws; The Eddys and the Splawns; Diamondfield Jack; Lyda Lewis; Kansas Outlaws; Kate Bender; Henry Brown; George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb; Missouri Outlaws; The Slicker War; Frank and Jesse James; The Pendergasts; Montana Outlaws; Con Murphy
George "Big Nose" ParrottNebraska Outlaws; Blackbird; Flatnose Currie and the Wild Bunch; Annie Cook; Nevada Outlaws; Andrew Jackson "Big Jack" Davis; Nicanor Rodrigues; William Thorington; New Mexico Outlaws; Vincent Silva; Pancho Villa; Hoodoo Brown and the Dodge City Gang; Oklahoma Outlaws; Ned Christie; Henry Starr; George Birdwell; Oregon Outlaws; The DeAutremont Brothers; Range Wars; South Dakota Outlaws; Chief Two Sticks; Martin Couk; Stella and Bennie Dickson; Texas Outlaws; Sostenes L'Archévèque; Myra Belle Shirley; Juan Nepomuceno Cortina; Utah Outlaws The Castle Gate Payroll RobberyOrin Porter Rockwell ; Washington Outlaws; Lawrence Kelly; Max Levy; Wyoming Outlaws; The Asa Moore Gang; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Last Sheep Camp Raid; Index; Bibliography; Sources; _GoBack |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798140903321 |
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Outlaw tales of the Old West : fifty true stories of desperados, crooks, criminals, and bandits / / edited by Erin H. Turner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 978/.02 |
Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
Outlaws - West (U.S.) Criminals - West (U.S.) Crime - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-2329-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Alaska Outlaws; Klutuk; Nellie "Black Bear" Bates and William Schermeyer; Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith; Arizona Outlaws; Augustine Chacón; James Fleming Parker; Albert Wright "Burt" Alvord; California Outlaws; Tiburcio Vasquez; John Allen; Juan Flores; Colorado Outlaws; The Musgrove Gang; Pug Ryan; Lou Blonger; Idaho Outlaws; The Eddys and the Splawns; Diamondfield Jack; Lyda Lewis; Kansas Outlaws; Kate Bender; Henry Brown; George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb; Missouri Outlaws; The Slicker War; Frank and Jesse James; The Pendergasts; Montana Outlaws; Con Murphy
George "Big Nose" ParrottNebraska Outlaws; Blackbird; Flatnose Currie and the Wild Bunch; Annie Cook; Nevada Outlaws; Andrew Jackson "Big Jack" Davis; Nicanor Rodrigues; William Thorington; New Mexico Outlaws; Vincent Silva; Pancho Villa; Hoodoo Brown and the Dodge City Gang; Oklahoma Outlaws; Ned Christie; Henry Starr; George Birdwell; Oregon Outlaws; The DeAutremont Brothers; Range Wars; South Dakota Outlaws; Chief Two Sticks; Martin Couk; Stella and Bennie Dickson; Texas Outlaws; Sostenes L'Archévèque; Myra Belle Shirley; Juan Nepomuceno Cortina; Utah Outlaws The Castle Gate Payroll RobberyOrin Porter Rockwell ; Washington Outlaws; Lawrence Kelly; Max Levy; Wyoming Outlaws; The Asa Moore Gang; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Last Sheep Camp Raid; Index; Bibliography; Sources; _GoBack |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817497403321 |
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Outlaw women : America's most notorious daughters, wives, and mothers / / Robert Barr Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933-2017, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 364.1092/520978 |
Soggetto topico |
Women outlaws - West (U.S.)
Female offenders - West (U.S.) Women - West (U.S.) Crime - West (U.S.) - History Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4422-4730-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Legend in her own mind : Belle Starr -- Black widow : Belle Gunness -- Communing with the spirits : Katie Bender -- Machinegun Kate : Ma Barker -- Rank amateur : Pearl Hart -- The Rabbit : Edna Murray -- The ghosts of Indian Territory : the Dalton ladies -- Hot stuff : Chicago May Churchill -- The second Belle Starr : Cora Hubbard -- The Bobbed-Hair Bandit : Cecelia Clooney -- Greek tragedy : Bonnie Parker -- The Rose of the Cimarron : Rosa Dunn -- Vicious : Ma Staffleback -- Shady ladies and disreputable damsels -- Lady Macbeth : Kathryn Kelly --Death wore a veil : Henrietta Robinson --A message from hell : Lavinia Fisher -- You can't chop your momma up in Massachusetts : Lizzie Borden -- The empty ones : the Dragon Lady and Shoebox Annie -- Swindler extraordinaire : Sophie Lyons -- Class act : the Wild Bunch ladies -- Just a pinch of arsenic : Nannie Doss and Judi Buenoano -- The shame of Hippocrates : three faithless medics -- The modest ambition of Jane Toppan -- The gentle ladies of New York -- Afterword. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798046203321 |
Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933-2017, >
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Outlaw women : America's most notorious daughters, wives, and mothers / / Robert Barr Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933-2017, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 364.1092/520978 |
Soggetto topico |
Women outlaws - West (U.S.)
Female offenders - West (U.S.) Women - West (U.S.) Crime - West (U.S.) - History Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4422-4730-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Legend in her own mind : Belle Starr -- Black widow : Belle Gunness -- Communing with the spirits : Katie Bender -- Machinegun Kate : Ma Barker -- Rank amateur : Pearl Hart -- The Rabbit : Edna Murray -- The ghosts of Indian Territory : the Dalton ladies -- Hot stuff : Chicago May Churchill -- The second Belle Starr : Cora Hubbard -- The Bobbed-Hair Bandit : Cecelia Clooney -- Greek tragedy : Bonnie Parker -- The Rose of the Cimarron : Rosa Dunn -- Vicious : Ma Staffleback -- Shady ladies and disreputable damsels -- Lady Macbeth : Kathryn Kelly --Death wore a veil : Henrietta Robinson --A message from hell : Lavinia Fisher -- You can't chop your momma up in Massachusetts : Lizzie Borden -- The empty ones : the Dragon Lady and Shoebox Annie -- Swindler extraordinaire : Sophie Lyons -- Class act : the Wild Bunch ladies -- Just a pinch of arsenic : Nannie Doss and Judi Buenoano -- The shame of Hippocrates : three faithless medics -- The modest ambition of Jane Toppan -- The gentle ladies of New York -- Afterword. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825243703321 |
Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933-2017, >
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The promise of the West : young pioneers on the Overland Trails / / Mary Barmeyer O'Brien |
Autore | O'Brien Mary Barmeyer |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 978 |
Soggetto topico |
Pioneer children - West (U.S.)
Pioneers - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-1727-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Snowbound in the Sierras The Story of Virginia Reed; A Raven Overhead The Story of Jesse A. Applegate; To the Land of Gold and Italian Skies The Story of Sallie Hester; Wintering Alone in the Mountains The Story of Moses Schallenberger; Wild Roses for Louvina The Story of Mary Ellen Todd; Woodpecker Soup for Supper The Story of Henry and John Ferguson; Heartbreak and Hope on the Applegate Trail The Story of Lucy Ann Henderson; Provisions to the Rescue The Story of Octavius M. Pringle
And in My Heart the Meadow Lark Still Gaily, Sweetly Sings The Story of Laura Elizabeth IngallsAbove and Beyond the Call of Duty The Story of Welborn Beeson; A Child Bride The Story of Mary Perry; If I Should Die Before I Wake The Story of Elisha Brooks; Orphaned on the Oregon Trail The Story of Catherine Sager; Barefoot Toward Zion The Story of Brigham H. Roberts; One Stew Kettle to Her Name The Story of Martha Ann Morrison; To the Land of Golden Shores The Story of Charles Frederick True; Trouble on the Gila Trail The Stories of Susan Thompson and Olive Oatman Trouble in Death Valley The Story of John Wells BrierBibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797537103321 |
O'Brien Mary Barmeyer
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The promise of the West : young pioneers on the Overland Trails / / Mary Barmeyer O'Brien |
Autore | O'Brien Mary Barmeyer |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 978 |
Soggetto topico |
Pioneer children - West (U.S.)
Pioneers - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
ISBN | 1-4930-1727-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Snowbound in the Sierras The Story of Virginia Reed; A Raven Overhead The Story of Jesse A. Applegate; To the Land of Gold and Italian Skies The Story of Sallie Hester; Wintering Alone in the Mountains The Story of Moses Schallenberger; Wild Roses for Louvina The Story of Mary Ellen Todd; Woodpecker Soup for Supper The Story of Henry and John Ferguson; Heartbreak and Hope on the Applegate Trail The Story of Lucy Ann Henderson; Provisions to the Rescue The Story of Octavius M. Pringle
And in My Heart the Meadow Lark Still Gaily, Sweetly Sings The Story of Laura Elizabeth IngallsAbove and Beyond the Call of Duty The Story of Welborn Beeson; A Child Bride The Story of Mary Perry; If I Should Die Before I Wake The Story of Elisha Brooks; Orphaned on the Oregon Trail The Story of Catherine Sager; Barefoot Toward Zion The Story of Brigham H. Roberts; One Stew Kettle to Her Name The Story of Martha Ann Morrison; To the Land of Golden Shores The Story of Charles Frederick True; Trouble on the Gila Trail The Stories of Susan Thompson and Olive Oatman Trouble in Death Valley The Story of John Wells BrierBibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822443503321 |
O'Brien Mary Barmeyer
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A Remarkable Curiosity : Dispatches from a New York City Journalist's 1873 Railroad Trip across the American West |
Autore | Cummings Amos |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sebastopol : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 917.804/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Travel
Railroad travel Natural history Manners and customs Journalists Frontier and pioneer life Cummings, Amos J - (Amos Jay) - 1841-1902 - Travel - West (U.S.) Railroad travel - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century Journalists - New York (State) - New York Natural history - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Personal correspondence
History Biographies. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4571-1045-8
0-87081-985-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
12: The Prophet's DivorceStrangers in a Strange Land; 13: The Arizona Expedition; 14: THe Mormon Pioneers; 15: The American Dead Sea; Lambs and Other Fauna to the Slaughter; 16: Mutton Chops by the Million; 17: The King of the Jack Rabbits; 18: The Funeral Postponed; 19: Duel with Six-Shooters; The Return Trip Home; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Intro: Amos Jay Cummings andHis Journey across America; The Flat Earth Society; 1: Over the Kansas Plains; 2: The Earthly Paradise; Crops of Grain, Stumps of Stone, and a Town without Rumbirds; 3: A Canadian in Colorado; 4: The Petrified Stumps; 5: The Town in the Desert; Underlying Wealth; 6: The Fate of a Gold Seeker; 7: In the Golden Gulches; 8: The Story of Little Emma; I Met a Man with Seventeen Wives:Divorce Mormon Style; 9: The Seventeenth Wife; 10: The Great Utah Divorce; 11: An Interesting Conversationwith Ann Eliza Young. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455237603321 |
Cummings Amos
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