Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.).
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar manuscript, approximately 1892
Autobiographical notes. Philadelphia, 1892. Memoirs, much of which is devoted to the opening and development of the far West from 1849 to 1860
Henry C. Merriam papers, 1865-1907; bulk 1865-1877
Hunting and trapping methods
This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.
Letter from George Baker to his cousin Mary C. Baker, 1831-05-20
"Oologah Oozings" by Bill Hodge
Newspaper article about Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton, excised from an unidentified newspaper. Found laid in Richard Tenney's copy of Eaton's autobiography, "Pistol Pete, Veteran of the West".
Robert Bruce papers, 1863-1950
Two Great Scouts and their Pawnee Battalion Manuscript, approximately 1928
Typescript draft with handwritten revisions and corrections of "Two great scouts and their Pawnee battalion; the experiences of Frank J. North and Luther H. North, pioneers in the great West, 1856-1882, and their defence of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad."