Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Conrad, Howard Louis

"Uncle Dick" Wootton, the pioneer frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain region an account of the adventures and thrilling experiences of the most noted American hunter, trapper, guide, scout, and Indian fighter now living Print Uncle Dick Wootton Howard Louis Conard; Introductin by Joseph Kirkland - Chicago W. E. Dibble & Co. 1890 - 472 p.

A famous mountaineer --
Uncle Dick talks --
Hunting and trapping --
Five thousand miles on horseback --
Buffalo farming --
Among the Utes and Apaches --
Indian tribes of the Far West --
Indian customs and superstitions --
Perils of the pioneers --
A convention of grizzlies --
The Taos massacre --
A trip to Old Mexico --
A stage coach massacre --
A campaign against the Navajos --
Dull times on the frontier --
Overland to California --
Hobnobbing with Brigham Young --
Old fashioned justice --
Penned up by the Utes --
Colorado's oldest farmer --
On teams and prairie schooners --
Mutinous teamsters --
Freighting for Uncle Sam --
An infant city --
The haunted fort --
"Plains" Indians on the war path --
Pathfinders and builders --
Stage coach stories --
Farewell visits of the Red Men --
A dios.

The history of the man who operated a toll road on the Raton Pass and eventually sold his rights to the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. an account of the adventures and thrilling experiences of the most noted American hunter, trapper, guide ..."

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9780809439522


Wootton, Dick, 1816-1893.


Frontier and pioneer life --United States, West
History--Southern Colorado
Indians of North America--United States, West
Pioneers--United States, West
History Raton Pass --New Mexico.

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