Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: Society on the High Plains, 1832-1856University of Oklahoma Press, 1980 M11 1 - 354 páginas Pueblo, Hardscrabble, and Greenhorn were among the very first white settlements in Colorado. In their time they were the most westerly settlements in American territory, and they attracted a lively and varied population of mavericks from more civilized parts of the world-from what became New Mexico to the south and from as far east as England. The inhabitants of these little walled towns thrived on the rigor and freedom of frontier life. Many were ex-trappers full already of frontier expertise. Others were enthusiastic neophytes happy to escape problems back home. They sought Mexican wives in Taos or Santa Fe or allied themselves with the native Indian tribes, or both. The fur trade and the illegal liquor trade with the Indians were at first the mainstays of their economy. As time went on they extended their activities to farming illegally on the land owned by the Indians and trading their crops and other trade articles. They enjoyed themselves hunting, gambling, trading, and with their women, freely mixing Spanish, Indian, and Anglo-American cultures in a community without laws or bigotry. This idyll was brought to a close by the Mexican War and the lure of the California Gold Rush of 1849. The expectation of a railroad on the Arkansas brought many of the settlers back, only to be scared away again by the massacre of Pueblo by the Utes in 1854 of which Mrs. Lecompte has reconstructed a very complete record. When the gold seekers rushed to Pikes Peak in 1858 and stayed to establish farms and towns, some of the pioneers of the early days returned with them, and shared their skills and knowledge to make possible the permanent settlements that resulted. Mrs. Lecompte has documented the history of the region from diaries, letters, and the reports of such distinguished passers-by as J. C. Fremont and Francis Parkman. The result is a complete and compelling account of a neglected part of American frontier life. It is illustrated with more than fifty photographs and contemporary drawings. |
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... Taos , New Mexico 80 A caravan on the Santa Fe Trail 84 Fort Laramie 86 Ruins of Turley's Mill 89 J. C. Frémont 103 Letter of George S. Simpson 110 Alexander Barclay 117 Teresita Suaso Barclay 121 Joseph Doyle 122 A herd of.
... Doyle 122 A herd of buffalo 129 Lancaster P. Lupton 134 Lucien B. Maxwell 136 Greenhorn Valley 141 Troops going to Mexico , 1847 155 " Starting Out as Trapper and Trader " 159 " On the Arkansas " 161 Francis Parkman 177 A Mormon family ...
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George Simpson Learns a Trade | 3 |
Parkes map of New Mexico 1851 | 9 |
At Bents Fort 184142 | 13 |
William Bent | 15 |
A Sketch of Bents Fort 184445 | 25 |
The Mouth of the Fountain | 26 |
The Wahtoyah or Spanish Peaks | 33 |
The Founders | 35 |
The Store at Greenhorn | 139 |
Soldiers on the Arkansas 184546 | 147 |
Troops going to Mexico 1847 | 155 |
Trade 184547 | 157 |
Gentleman Farmer of Hardscrabble 184546 | 168 |
Parkman and the Mormons 184647 | 175 |
A Mormon family | 179 |
The Bad Winter of 184647 | 187 |
The Arkansas Pueblo | 45 |
Model of the Pueblo | 47 |
Indian Pueblo of Taos South House | 53 |
Lives of Limited Enjoyment | 54 |
A Womans Life on the Arkansas | 63 |
Indian Women by Bodmer | 65 |
A Kitchen Scene | 71 |
A Company of Independent Traders 184244 | 74 |
The Trapper by Remington | 79 |
Fort Laramie | 86 |
The Liquor Trade | 87 |
A Dry Year in the Whiskey Trade 1843 | 98 |
Frémont | 103 |
Hardscrabble in a Wet Year 1844 | 107 |
Letter of George S Simpson | 110 |
Oh Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam 1845 | 127 |
A herd of buffalo | 129 |
The Beginning of the End 184748 | 198 |
Barclays Fort | 207 |
Sketch of Barclays Fort | 212 |
The Tide of Fortune Wanes 184853 | 216 |
The Railroad is Coming 185354 | 227 |
Charles Autobees | 228 |
An Apology for the Utes | 237 |
Chief Coniache of the Utes | 241 |
Massacre 1854 | 246 |
The End of the Beginning | 254 |
Doyle family graves | 257 |
Appendix A First Men at Pueblo | 263 |
Appendix B Location of the Pueblo and Mormon Town | 265 |
Sources for an Account of | 270 |
Selected Sources for the Early History of | 329 |
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The Tall Chief: The Unfinished Autobiography of Edward W. Wynkoop, 1856-1866 Edward Wanshear Wynkoop Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |