Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Settle, Raymond W.

War drums and wagon wheels the story of Russell, Majors and Waddell Raymond W. Settle and Mary Lund Settle - Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 1966 - 268 p.

Wagon wheels west
Supplying the army in the west
Contract military freighting
The freighting monopoly
War drums on the Great Salt Lake
Westward with the Army of Utah
The great contract of 1858
The Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company
The flour contract and the Pony Express
The bill for losses in 1857 and the contract of 1860
How art the mighty fallen!
"Everlasting disgrace"
The last act of the drama

Fascinating historical account of the military and war.


Settle, Raymond W. 1888


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