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Utah: Wasatch County Chapter Daughters Of Utah Pioneers, 1963. Comprehensive classic text presents a detailed centennial history of Wasatch County, Utah from the time the first settlers arrived in 1859 to the beginning of the county's second century in the 1960's. This volume has been prepared almost exclusively from manuscript material. Diaries, letters, journals and biographies of pioneers, and accounts… Read more about this item

Lulu.com, 2007. This story is based on the many diaries and folklore of our pioneers and American Indians during the time period 1822 to the early 1900's. It chronicles the fictitious life of Tom Huston with actual historical persons and places from Michigan Territory to the Rocky Mountains. Travel now with Tom Huston and share his life with the Pottawatomie… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Fred Pruett Books, 1997. Scholarly text illustrates the early history of the prairie towns of Eastern Montana including the settlements by European immigrants, homesteading, comunities, farming and ranching, railroads, churches and religious institutions, the onslaught of drought and the Great Depression, etc. 88 pgs. Illustrated. Slight tiny crease to upper corner of front cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1999. Scholarly text presents the first comprehensive account of the early history of Estes Park, Colorado, the 'gem of the Rockies'. In this enthralling narrative, James H Pickering traces the development of Estes Park as a mountain resort community from 1859, when Joel Estes first saw it, to the establishment of Rocky Mountain National… Read more about this item

Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Classic text presents a detailed history of Colorado's Ten Mile Mining District which stretched north of Leadville and south of Copper Mountain, nestled between two mountain ranges two miles above sea level. Text traces the mining history from the arrival of first gold-seeking adventurers in 1860, though the railroad wars, the molybdenum mining… Read more about this item

Jack C. Moomaw, 1962. Classic text presents a narrative poem life-story of a boy who was born on the banks of the St. Vrain creek, a small winding stream in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Includes sketches, history, and the ways of life in this region; the onset of World War I and its aftermath, and its impact on the… Read more about this item

Bandera, Texas: The 4 Hunters, 1959. In J.Marvin Hunter's final biographical work, he portrays a detailed and well-researched history of the life and times of Lottie Deno, known as the Lady Gambler on the Texas Frontier, whose adventurous career and operations extended from the Mississippi River boats across Texas to the mining towns of New Mexico, during the latter half… Read more about this item

Albuquerque, N.M.: Sheldon H. Dike, 1972. Classic scarce privately printed text contains a detailed list and description of all the postmarks of Arizona territory known to the author with the major exceptions of the railroad, R.P.O., and railroad agent markings. The different postmark types for a single town are serially numbered and referred to as the "town-type" number. Each type… Read more about this item

Denver, Colorado: Sundance Publications Limited, 1976. Comprehensive text presents the early history of what once was "Colorado's Greatest Silver Camp" , the story of the settlement of Aspen, the home of one of the world's richest mining districts. This third revised edition contains many newly added historic photographs from the Aspen Historical Society collections, and a brief index. Limited to… Read more about this item

Rush County, Kansas: Rush County Historical Society, 1976. Comprehensive text presents a detailed history of Rush County, Kansas in commemoration of the Centennial celebration of Rush County. Includes a compilation of articles written by early settlers and modern-day writers, prose, poetry, and pictures from Rush County residents. Includes topics on early exploration and prehistoric Rush; weather; agriculture; education; oil; social… Read more about this item

Ft. Worth, Texas: H.H. Halsell, 1945. Classic adventure novel deals with the Old West from 1866-1890, and illustrates the habits, customs, dangers, hardships, and daily life of the pioneers, cattlemen, trail drivers, cowboys and frontiersmen during that time period. 184 pgs. Former academic library copy with small stamp on lower title pg. and outer edge; small label pastedown on… Read more about this item

Creston, Iowa: Union County Historical Society, 1981. Lavishly illustrated text presents a detailed history of Union County, Iowa from 1908-1981, including the development of rail facilities, telecommunictions; industrialization, agriculture, education; damous Union countians; county officers; lawyers; churches and schools; etc. Contains anecdotal stories and historical accounts as told by longtime citizens; Union County families past and present- family chart. 384… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge, LA.: Louisiana State University Press, 1973. Classic text presents a detailed biography of one of the major figures in the developemnt of American railroads during the nineteeenth century- Herman Haupt. Includes chronological events in Haupt's life from the time of his birth in 1817 through his death in 1905; his schooling at West Point; his engineering profession and… Read more about this item

Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Classic scholarly text presents the first detailed biography of Chief Left Hand, the legendary leader of the Plains Indians, and the first of his people to acknowledge the inevitability of the white man's presence on the plains. The author clearly establishes the identities of the original Left Hand- the subject of this book,… Read more about this item

Dallas,Texas: Regional Press, 1939. Classic rare text presents the story of the great East Texas oil boom which began around 1929, beginning with the famous oil sand discovery in Rusk County. Contains detailed events surrounding the oil boom, from trading and profiting to chaotic times of hot-oil running and martial law to regulatory organizations and economics. 253 pgs. Special deluxe… Read more about this item

Wheatland, Wyoming: Triple R Press, 1970. Fine text is an exact reproduction of the original publication by the Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Nebraska, 1909- with three added supplements, a table of the principle divisions of geologic time, and a map showing the location of Como Bluff. Includes a description of the Grand Canyon of the North Platte River- one of… Read more about this item

Omaha, Nebraska: Kratville Publications, 1969. Classic text presents a history of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the development of the Centenary, which opened in Sept.of 1927 known as the Fair of the Iron Horse. Includes coverage of the Hall of Transportation, Exhibit Tracks, Traffic Building, Allied Services Building, the Maryland Pavillion, the Pageant of locomotives and trains. Exquisite reprint… Read more about this item

New York: D.Van Nostrand, 1970. Classic reprint of the 1867 original edition "Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley to the Rocky Mountainsand Laramie Plains in the Fall of 1866 with a Synoptical Statement of the Various Pacific Railroads, and an account of the Great Union Pacific Railroad Excursion to the One Hundredth Meridian of Longitude". Text contains… Read more about this item

Mendota,Illinois: Winnebago County Illinois Sesquicentennial Committee, 1968. Classic comprehensive text presents the first authentic history of this Illinois community to be published since the turn of the twentieth century. Includes detailed contributions from leading regional newspaper men and women covering historical topics and biographies from the early settlers and pioneers; geological history; townships; city politics and government; business and industry;… Read more about this item

Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1969. Classic text presents a detailed study of communications on the frontier, or frontier rhetoric, which interpreted the social and economic issues of the times during the early nineteenth century, in the forms of political and public debates, sermons, commencements, arguments, etc. 218 pgs. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. Dustjacket has some… Read more about this item