The Virginia City Trail
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The Virginia City Trail
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Author : Ralph Compton
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Virginia City Trail written by Ralph Compton and has been published by St. Martin's Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Fiction categories.
Through a thousand miles of dust, fists, and guns, they found the courage to keep on driving. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives. The Virginia City Trail With a dream of building a ranching empire in Montana, Nelson Story sets off on one of the most extraordinary journeys in frontier history. By his side was a bunch of misfits and renegades-hard-fighting, war-bitten Texans with nothing left to lose. On his tail as the worst kind of enemy-brutal outlaws fixing to bleed his trail drive dry. Pushing his way through four harsh territories and three brutal seasons, Story would defy the Union Army, get a hold of a hundred Remingtons, and take on a thousand riled-up Sioux warriors, before he reached Virginia City-and came face-to-face with the man who wanted him dead...
Virginia City Trail
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Author : Ralph Compton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Virginia City Trail written by Ralph Compton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Large type books categories.
With a dream of building a ranching empire in Montana, Nelson Story sets off on an extraordinary journey.
Nevada Trails Western Region
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Author : Peter Massey
language : en
Publisher: Adler Publishing
Release Date : 2008-08
Nevada Trails Western Region written by Peter Massey and has been published by Adler Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08 with Four-wheel driving categories.
Find exciting scenic drives hiking trails, camping areas, ghost towns, fishing spots and more! This unique FULL COLOR addition to the Adler TRAILS SERIES contains meticulous details for hundreds of miles of scenic backroads and four wheel drive trails in western Nevada, near the towns of Reno, Carson City, Virginia City, Tonopah, and Hawthorne. Meticulous trail details instruct readers how to safely navigate hundreds of miles of the region's best scenic backroads and four-wheel trails. See ghost towns, numerous old mines and mill workings, and old railroad grades along the more than 35 routes. Directions include GPS coordinates and all trails are rated for difficulty, mileage, driving time, remoteness, and more. Descriptions highlight the ideal places to camp, hike, mountain bike, fish, and sightsee. Histories recount the days of the Wild West. Hundreds of COLOR PHOTOS.
A Short History Of Virginia City
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Author : Ronald M. James
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2014-09-15
A Short History Of Virginia City written by Ronald M. James and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with History categories.
Founded in 1859, Virginia City quickly became world famous for its extraordinary prosperity. Over the next two decades, the mines of “the Richest City on Earth” yielded millions in gold and silver. The newly wealthy built mansions and churches, opera houses and schools, with furniture, fashions, and entertainment imported from Europe and the Far East. Here young Samuel Clemens, reporting for the Territorial Enterprise in 1863, first called himself Mark Twain. At its height Virginia City was a magnet for immigrants and the world leader in technological innovations in mining. The city’s story did not end when the Comstock Lode played out. Beginning in the 1930s, bohemian artists, literati, and tourists were intrigued by this remnant of the Old West. The leader of Manhattan’s café society, Lucius Beebe, moved here and relaunched the Territorial Enterprise in 1950. Television’s most popular western from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza, located its fictional Ponderosa Ranch nearby. In the summer of 1965, a handful of Bay Area musicians, including Big Brother and the Holding Company, performed at the Red Dog Saloon and launched psychedelic rock, part of the inspiration for a defining decade of youth culture. Today it is both a National Historic Landmark District and a living community. Visitors come to enjoy its saloons and restaurants, admire its architecture, and learn from its museums and exhibits. A Short History of Virginia City will enhance their experience and will also be enjoyed by anyone interested in the history of Nevada, mining, and the Old West. • Includes an illustrated walking tour describing more than thirty buildings and sites
Custer S Luck
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Author : Edgar Irving Stewart
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1955
Custer S Luck written by Edgar Irving Stewart and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is undoubtedly a remarkable book on a period of American history about which much has been written - the period of the Indian wars in the Northwest, from the close of the Civil War until the Custer disaster on the Little Big Horn. It presents in graphic detail and on a vast canvas the great events and the small which reached a decisive crescendo in Custer’s fate. Here is no savage battle incident presented in isolation from other events, but a sweeping panorama of a whole ere-inept, hesitant, and tragic. To insure comprehensiveness, the author describes the pertinent facts of the Grant administration, the embitterment of the Great Plains tribes, and the deteriorating Civil War army. The book is the record not only of the dashing Seventh Cavalry and its leader but also of the Grant-Custer feud, Sitting Bull, the Belknap scandal, Rain-in-the-Face, the battle strategy of the Indians, and Custer’s military rivals. Particular note is taken of the effect on history of Custer’s recklessness and glory-seeking and of the superstitions and fatalistic determination of the Sioux and the Cheyennes. The Battle of the Little Big Horn, reconstructed in this account largely on Indian eyewitness testimony, climaxed the long-developing tragedy and provided a "smashing crescendo to the vacillating policy of the United States government...towards the Indians of the Great Plains." A four color reproduction of an oil painting by John Hauser, entitled "The Challenge," has been selected for the cover of Custer’s Luck. The original canvas is in the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the publishers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of that organization in making this reproduction possible.
The Bonanza Trail
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Author : Muriel Sibell Wolle
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2018-02
The Bonanza Trail written by Muriel Sibell Wolle and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with History categories.
ElkhornBasin; Butte; Georgetown and Southern Cross; Granite; Gold Creek; Beartown; Garnet; 6. IDAHO: FROM BOISE BASIN TO THE COEUR D'ALENES; Spalding; Pierce (City) and Oro Fino; Elk City; Florence; Leesburg; Pioneerville; Idaho City; Centerville; Placerville; Boonville and Ruby City; Silver City; De Lamar; Dewey; Wallace; Gem; Burke; Eagle City; Murray; Kellogg and Wardner; 7. WASHINGTON: CHIEF MOSES HELD THE KEY; Fort Colvile; Colville; Kettle Falls, Daisy, and Marcus; Bossburg; Northport; Orient and Laurier; Republic; Okanogan City, Chopaka City; Oroville; Ruby; Conconully.
Old Brands And Lost Trails
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Author : Ivan Denton
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Old Brands And Lost Trails written by Ivan Denton and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with History categories.
American Trails Revisited
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Author : Lyn Wilkerson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2003-07
American Trails Revisited written by Lyn Wilkerson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07 with History categories.
American Trails Revisited follows in the proverbial footsteps of the many explorers and pioneers who traveled across the American West. Based on the works of the Federal Writers Project in the 1940's, this book organizes, updates, and enhances the original material to provide an easy-to-follow historical travel guide to the Western United States. Along with the history of the people and places you will find along the way, this book also includes information for local, state, and national parks. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be used to support local historical organizations, so that the history that you rediscover in your travels will remain for those who follow in your footsteps.
Walk And Bike The Alexandria Heritage Trail
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Author : Pamela J. Cressey
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2002
Walk And Bike The Alexandria Heritage Trail written by Pamela J. Cressey and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The first bicycling and walking guide to Alexandria, Virginia's rich cultural and shipping heritage and important place in American history.
Montana Highway Tales
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Author : Jon Axline
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021-06-07
Montana Highway Tales written by Jon Axline and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-07 with History categories.
Much of Montana's exciting history is visible from its storied highways. Visit a segment of the historic Bozeman Trail overlooking Virginia City, where vigilantes hanged public nuisance Joseph Alfred Slade just as his wife attempted a horseback rescue. Discover the saga of adultery, attempted murder and eventual triumph that occurred at a single stone building in the Browns Gulch area of Butte. On Highway 308 east of Red Lodge, learn more about the tragic 1943 Smith Mine disaster, where a methane explosion trapped and killed seventy-three miners. The catastrophe triggered investigations at the state and national level that resulted in improvements in mine safety. With more than two dozen stories, historian Jon Axline provides a front-seat view of the Treasure State's thrilling past, forgotten characters and overlooked oddities found by the wayside.