Letters From Snowshoe Thompson To His Wife
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Letters From Snowshoe Thompson To His Wife
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Author : John A. Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Letters From Snowshoe Thompson To His Wife written by John A. Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Carson River Valley (Nev.) categories.
Snowshoe Thompson Letters To His Wife
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Author : Snowshoe Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Snowshoe Thompson Letters To His Wife written by Snowshoe Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Genoa (Nev.) categories.
Two letters written while seeking Congressional settlement of his accounts for transporting the mails from Placerville to Genoa, Nevada, 1856-1857.
Letter About Snowshoe Thompson
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Author : Grace Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Letter About Snowshoe Thompson written by Grace Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Carson River Valley (Nev.) categories.
Letter to Mrs. Teal, Snowshoe Thompson's biographer, from Grace Thompson, including a newspaper clipping announcing book about John A. (Snow Shoe) Thompson.
Correspondence About Snowshoe Thompson
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1910
Correspondence About Snowshoe Thompson written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with categories.
The collection contains letters written by Agnes (Singleton Thompson) Scossa, Laurence D'Orsay, and Rees Davis to Francis Fairchild regarding John "Snowshoe" Thompson and his life. Both Scossa and Davis describe their memories of Thompson and tell stories about his life, including when he rescued E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin. D'Orsay's letter is a publication rejection letter to Fairchild regarding her biographical sketch of Thompson.
Thompson Rue A Norwegian Immigrant Family And Its American Born Descendants
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Thompson Rue A Norwegian Immigrant Family And Its American Born Descendants written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
The History Detectives Explore Lincoln S Letter Parker S Sax And Mark Twain S Watch
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Author : Barbara Karg
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2008-07-01
The History Detectives Explore Lincoln S Letter Parker S Sax And Mark Twain S Watch written by Barbara Karg and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-01 with History categories.
Explore the secrets of America's past with the official companion to PBS's History Detectives Could a Civil War POW have fashioned a working camera from a tin can, a spyglass lens, and a pine plank? What can an ancient and battered banjo reveal about America's musical and segregated past? How could a man save his own life by proving that he had forged a painting? These are just a few of the intriguing and puzzling questions posed to super sleuths Wes Cowan, Elyse Luray, Gwendolyn Wright, and Tukufu Zuberi in this fascinating book. The perfect companion to the hit public television series, including an episode guide, this book is filled with intriguing case files, pictures, how-to's, and checklists that bring mysteries to life and give you the practical advice and tips you need to solve your own historical puzzles. From genealogical research to patent and property searches to DNA analysis and more, it gives you the lowdown on all of the high-tech tools that can help get to the bottom of a case. Packed with fun and useful information for the whole family, it will deepen your appreciation for the way in which seemingly ordinary objects can connect you to important people and events from the past and give you the know-how to do some history detecting of your own.
Tales Of The Express
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Author : Ellen Wight
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2008-06-11
Tales Of The Express written by Ellen Wight and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-11 with Fiction categories.
TALES OF THE EXPRESS This true story begins in 1826, at a small farm in New Hampshire. The main character is a scared, thirteen-year old girl, named Charlotte Parker. An alcoholic and abusive stepfather and stepbrother complicate her life and she runs away from home with an old horse. After running as far as the horse could take them, Charlotte disguises herself as a boy and tries to find work at a stable. She meets a kind-hearted man named Ebenezer Balch, who owns a livery stable and tavern called the Balch House. Eb takes the boy under his wing and vows to make a man of him. Reinventing herself as Charley Parkhurst, the “boy” becomes part of the family business. Charley stays on at the Balch house and learns to become a respected coachman. In 1844, when the Balchs’ relocated to Providence Rhode Island, Charley, now 31 went along as well. At the “What Cheer House”, in Providence, Charley meets two young men named James Birch and Frank Stevens, who are hired on as stable boys. Parkhurst trains them well as coachmen and during the California gold rush, Birch and Stevens helm a wagon train to the west. James Birch starts a stagecoach business in Sacramento and is wildly successful. Here we are introduced to a lawman named William Wallace Byrnes and see California hang its’ first woman. Several future outlaws are introduced before James Birch can convince Charley Parkhurst to come to California to drive stagecoaches. Parkhurst travels to California with Birch and another coachman named Hank Monk, aboard ship, stopping in Jamaica, before taking a boat ride through the jungles, then riding mules over the mountains to Panama and a waiting ship, with cholera still lingering on her decks. When they get to California, Birch shows them the ropes and sends them down the road. While driving a stagecoach in the Mariposa mountains, Parkhurst is attacked by a sadistic killer named Tres Dedos and left for the bears to finish. A Cherokee poet, John Rolling Ridge, who was camped nearby, rescues Charley. The Mexican gang captures the two of them, but the leader, Joaquin Murrieta decides the gang doesn’t need trouble with the U. S. mail and releases them. When back to work, Parkhurst drives with William Byrnes as a shotgun, they forge a tight friendship.William Byrnes joins the California Rangers to hunt down Murrieta. In the fall of 1855, Parkhurst was again in the company of his friend Hank Monk in the foothills of the Sierras, Placerville, where they befriend a young man from Norway, named John Thompson. Remembering his childhood in the Alps, Thompson builds himself a set of skis and eventually signs on to carry the winter mail across the Sierra Mountains to Carson City. In the spring, while Charley was on route to Redwood City, Parkhurst has trouble with a nasty horse and is kicked in the face and loses his eye. Monk cheers up his pal on a bear hunt, that nearly finishes Hank in the river. The following winter, Snowshoe Thompson saves the life of James Sisson, who was freezing to death in an abandon cabin in the Sierras. Charley Parkhurst and Hank Monk both drive the new Pioneer route from Placerville to Carson City. While on this route, Parkhurst is robbed at night by the bandit Sugarfoot. Horace Greeley then makes an appearance, and is treated to a wild ride and ridicule by Hank Monk. Promoting Monk to the rank of legend. April of 1860 saw trouble with the Paiute Indians, near Carson City, after some station keepers at a remote relay station kidnap two Indian women. When Snowshoe Thompson signs up to hunt Indians, Byrnes signs on to keep the Sierras’ only winter mailman alive. Parkhurst decides to see the rest of the frontier, the plains. He signs on with the new “King of Stagecoaching” Ben Holladay, but doesn’t find it to his liking. Charlie learns that Byrnes has been shot seriously and is in need of a trip to Ne
Snowshoe Thompson
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Author : Nancy Smiler Levinson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1992
Snowshoe Thompson written by Nancy Smiler Levinson and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Danny wishes his dad would come home from Nevada for Christmas and writes him a letter to tell him so. When snow cuts off the mail until spring, only postman John Thompson can get through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to deliver his letter. "Based on a true story, this is lively historical fiction with a nice sense of character and adventure, [and] the illustrations are packed with feeling and action." -BL. Notable 1992 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Best Of California S Missions Mansions And Museums
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Author : Ken McKowen
language : en
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Release Date : 2006-08-30
Best Of California S Missions Mansions And Museums written by Ken McKowen and has been published by Wilderness Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-30 with Travel categories.
This two-color traveler’s companion features more than 130 of California’s best missions, mansions, and museums. In addition to insider information on many of the destinations, the guide features themed tours that will appeal to tourists and armchair travelers alike, history buffs, as well as teachers and parents. Every entry details the highlights of a particular place and includes operating hours, entrance fees, location, a phone number, and website information. Themed tours range from famous Californians, to lighthouses, ghost towns, and much more. This guidebook is a must-have for anyone interested in California's eclectic history.
Roadside Tidbits
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Author : Jan Young
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-09-07
Roadside Tidbits written by Jan Young and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-07 with Travel categories.
How often have you been driving, say on a cross-country trip, and have flashed by a sign that says, "Historical Marker, 1 mile?" How often have you stopped to read the sign? How often have you wondered what you would have discovered if you had stopped? Well, if you're like me, the answers are: often, almost never, and almost always. There never seems to be time, the markers, although announced, can be hard to find, and then there's the question of where to park and how to get from the car to the marker and back safely. One doubts that it's worthwhile. But yet there's that nagging feeling that maybe it would be fascinating. This book is a sampling of two hundred eighty four of the thousands of real-life historical markers that exist on our roads and highways. Each is accompanied by detailed location information and by an expansion of the often-brief inscription. Writing it satisfied my curiosity. It's very likely it will satisfy yours too.