Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.).
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hunting and trapping methods
File
Identifier: 1981.008.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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.
Dates:
1747 - 1985
Letter from George Baker to his cousin Mary C. Baker, 1831-05-20
Item
Identifier: 1981.008.2
Scope and Contents
George Baker, writing from Feather River California to his cousin Mary C. Baker of Nashport, Ohio, discusses gold mining. Speaks also of a fire that destroyed two-thirds of the city of San Francisco, California, which he attributes in part to the close-spaced houses, strong winds, and wood construction. Writes humorously of needing to bring a cargo of girls to California and selling them at a good price. Included with Baker's letter is another letter from a Daniel Baker, Hardy County, April...
Dates:
1831-05-20
"Oologah Oozings" by Bill Hodge
Item
Identifier: 2006.012.6
Scope and Contents
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".
Dates:
1864 - 1991