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Author : Merrill J. Mattes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258111991
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Behind the Legend of Colter's Hell written by Merrill J. Mattes and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald M. Anglin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442262834
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Mystery of John Colter written by Ronald M. Anglin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first account of “Colter’s Run,” published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America’s most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other legends of the era like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson, Colter has remained elusive because he left not a single letter, diary, or reminiscence. Gathering the available evidence and guiding readers through a labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, two Colter experts for the first time tell the whole story of Colter and his legend.
Author : Grace Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Colter's Hell written by Grace Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald M. Anglin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442226013
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Gloomy Terrors and Hidden Fires written by Ronald M. Anglin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1810, when a newspaper published the first account of “Colter’s Run,” to 2012, when one hundred and fourscore participants in Montana’s annual John Colter Run charged up and down rugged trails—even across the waist-deep Gallatin River—interest in Colter, the alleged discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Drawing on this endless fascination with an individual often called the first American mountain man, this book offers an innovative, comprehensive study of a unique figure in American history. Despite his prominent role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the early exploration of the West, Colter is distinctly different from Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, and the other legends of the era because they all left documents behind that allow access to the men themselves. Colter, by contrast, left nothing, not a single letter, diary, or reminiscence, so that second-, third-, or fourth-hand accounts of his adventures are all we have. Guiding readers through this labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, this is the first book to tell the whole story of Colter and his legend, examining everything that is known—or supposedly known—about Colter and showing how historians and history buffs alike have tried in vain to get back to Colter the man, know what he said and feel what he felt, but have ended up never seeing him clearly, finding instead an enigma they cannot unravel.
Author : Larry E. Morris
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300130244
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Fate of the Corps written by Larry E. Morris and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Combines adventure, mystery, and tragedy . . . a ‘Who’s Who’ of explorers who opened the pathway for an ocean-to-ocean America.” —St. Joseph News-Press (Missouri) The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition has been told many times. But what became of the thirty-three members of the Corps of Discovery once the expedition was over? The expedition ended in 1806, and the final member of the corps passed away in 1870. In the intervening decades, members of the corps witnessed the momentous events of the nation they helped to form—from the War of 1812 to the Civil War and the opening of the transcontinental railroad. Some of the expedition members went on to hold public office; two were charged with murder. Many of the explorers could not resist the call of the wild and continued to adventure forth into America’s western frontier. Engagingly written and based on exhaustive research, The Fate of the Corps chronicles the lives of the fascinating men (and one woman) who opened the American West. “A fascinating afterword to the expedition . . . demands inclusion in the canon of essential Lewis and Clark books.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Succinct, clear style . . . The diverse fates of the members of the expedition . . . give the feel of a Greek epic.”—Santa Fe New Mexican
Author : Stephen T. Gough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931291712
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Colter's Run written by Stephen T. Gough and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Cecil Alter
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806174293
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Jim Bridger written by J. Cecil Alter and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 20, 1822, the Missouri Republican published a notice addressed to enterprising young men in the St. Louise area. The subscriber, it said wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years. For particulars enquire of Major Andrew Henry or of the subscriber near St. Louise. The subscriber was General William H. Ashley, and among the enterprising young men who embarked with Major Henry less than a month later was eighteen-year-old James Bridger, former blacksmiths apprentice. So began the Ashley-Henry fur empire and the long, colorful career of Jim Bridger. In the years that followed, Jim Bridger became a master mountain man, an expert trapper, and a guide without equal. He came to know the Rocky Mountain region and its inhabitants as a farmer knows his fields and flocks. Indeed, J. Cecil Alter tells us, he was among the first white men to use the Indian trail over South Pass; he was first to taste the waters of the Great Salt lake, first to report a two-ocean stream, foremost in describing the Yellowstone Park phenomena, and the only man to run the Big Horn River rapid on a raft; and he originally selected the Crow Creek-Sherman-Dale Creek route the Laramie Mountains and Bridgers Pass over the Continental Divide, which were adopted by the Union pacific Railroad. Such knowledge, together with extraordinary skill and uncanny luck, preserved Jim Bridger in a country where nearly half of his mountain companions met violent death. It also gave rise to a brood of impossible tales about Old Gabe and his adventures-tales which he himself may unwittingly have helped along with his droll humor. Based on Mr. Alters original biography of 1925 (a facsimile edition of which, with addenda, appeared in 1950) and a wealth of new facts gleaned from many years of careful research, Jim Bridger is the authentic story of the Old Scouts life. Only those events in which Bridger took part are included; improbable and uncorroborated stories, however interesting, have been omitted.
Author : Peter Nabokov
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 080615408X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Restoring a Presence written by Peter Nabokov and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing American Indians in the center of the story, Restoring a Presence relates an entirely new history of Yellowstone National Park. Although new laws have been enacted giving American Indians access to resources on public lands, Yellowstone historically has excluded Indians and their needs from its mission. Each of the other flagship national parks—Glacier, Yosemite, Mesa Verde, and Grand Canyon—has had successful long-term relationships with American Indian groups even as it has sought to emulate Yellowstone in other dimensions of national park administration. In the first comprehensive account of Indians in and around Yellowstone, Peter Nabokov and Lawrence Loendorf seek to correct this administrative disparity. Drawing from archaeological records, Indian testimony, tribal archives, and collections of early artifacts from the Park, the authors trace the interactions of nearly a dozen Indian groups with each of Yellowstone’s four geographic regions. Restoring a Presence is illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs and maps and features narratives on subjects ranging from traditional Indian uses of plant, mineral, and animal resources to conflicts involving the Nez Perce, Bannock, and Sheep Eater peoples. By considering the many roles Indians have played in the complex history of the Yellowstone region, authors Nabokov and Loendorf provide a basis on which the National Park Service and other federal agencies can develop more effective relationships with Indian groups in the Yellowstone region.
Author : Richard A. Bartlett
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816511099
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Nature's Yellowstone written by Richard A. Bartlett and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1989-04-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this handsome volume, the author discusses the region from geologic times until its withdrawal by an act of Congress as our first national park' in 1872. . . .This is an exceptionally fine book, a noteworthy blending of scholarly and popular history. Bartlett knows his subject well, both as a student and as an outdoorsman. ÑPacific Northwest Quarterly "A timely work; its mission' is to make the reader wish to have seen Yellowstone before the people came.' The author must be commended for writing a scholarly book with appeal for a popular audience." ÑJournal of American History "A joy for the recreational reader and a solid reference for scholarly researchers . . .The author has been both energetic and fortunate in gathering material from a rich variety of original accounts and later writings, and he has used them skillfully." ÑWestern Historical Quarterly
Author : Lee H. Whittlesey
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826341174
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Storytelling in Yellowstone written by Lee H. Whittlesey and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whittlesey shares tales of "the great Geyserland" as told by the earliest tour guides of America's first and most unique national park.
Author : Larry E. Morris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442211121
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Perilous West written by Larry E. Morris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a host of adventurers stormed west in 1806 after Lewis and Clark's safe return, seven of them left unique legacies because of their monumental journeys, their lionhearted spirit in the face of hardship, and the way their paths intertwined time and again. The Perilous West tells this riveting story in depth for the first time, focusing on each of the seven explorers in turn - Ramsay Crooks, Robert McClellan, John Hoback, Jacob Reznor, Edward Robinson, Pierre Dorion, and Marie Dorion. These seven counted the Tetons, Hells Canyon, and South Pass among their discoveries. More importantly, they forged the Oregon Trail-a path destined to link the Atlantic coast with the Pacific, spurring national expansion as it carried trappers, soldiers, pioneers, missionaries, and gold-seekers westward. The Perilous West begins in 1806, when Crooks and McClellan meet Lewis and Clark, and the vast expanse from the Dakotas to the Pacific coast appears a commercial paradise. The story ends in 1814, when a band of French Canadian trappers rescue Marie Dorion, and even John Jacob Astor's well-financed enterprise has ended in violence and chaos, placing the protagonists squarely in the context of Thomas Jefferson's monumental opening of the West, which stalled with the War of 1812.
Author : John C. Jackson
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616142677
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)
Download or read book By Honor and Right written by John C. Jackson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackson reconstructs the life and astonishing audacity of Captain John McClallen, the first United States officer to follow the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He offers an engrossing read for devotees of American Western history as well as mystery lovers.
Author : Kenneth Huntress Baldwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Enchanted Enclosure written by Kenneth Huntress Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Burton Harris
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803272644
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (726 download)
Download or read book John Colter written by Burton Harris and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader. A solitary journey in the winter of 1807-8 took him into present-day Wyoming. To unbelieving trappers he later reported sights that inspired the name of Colter's Hell. It was a sulfurous place of hidden fires, smoking pits, and shooting water. And it was real. John Colter is known to history as probably the first white man to discover the region that now includes Yellowstone National Park. In a classic book, first published in 1952, Burton Harris weighs the facts and legends about a man who was dogged by misfortune and "robbed of the just rewards he had earned." This Bison Book edition includes a 1977 addendum by the author and a new introduction by David Lavender, who considers Colter's remarkable winter journey in the light of current scholarship.
Author : Westerners. Chicago Corral
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Westerners Brand Book written by Westerners. Chicago Corral and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leigh N. Ortenburger
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898864809
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (648 download)
Download or read book A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range written by Leigh N. Ortenburger and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Approximately 800 climbing routes in the Tetons and more than 200 peaks * 90 climbing route topos in this Wyoming climbing guidebook For many years, A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range has been the first choice for climbers of all levels of experience looking for comprehensive information on this popular Wyoming climbing destination. You'll find complete route descriptions with difficulty ratings, as well as detailed information on access, approach considerations, and region-specific safety measures. The Tetons climbing history, geology and climate are also detailed, along with hiking routes, equipment recommendations, and more. Everything you need to know about the Teton Range is available in this one source -- it's a must-have for all mountaineers.
Author : Lee H. Whittlesey
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826346189
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Ho! For Wonderland written by Lee H. Whittlesey and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it became the world's first national park in 1872, Yellowstone has welcomed tourists from all corners of the globe who returned to their hometowns and countries with reports of this American wonderland. Stories from the park's earliest visitors began to spread so rapidly that by 1897 Yellowstone became solidly established as a successful tourist destination with more than ten thousand tourists passing through its entrances. Travelers in the park's first years faced long, dusty, and tediously slow stagecoach trips and could choose only between rather primitive hotels and tent camps for their overnight accommodations. Devoured by nineteenth-century readers, many of the narratives from this era are long forgotten today and are only gradually being recovered from historical archives. Park historians Lee Whittlesey and Elizabeth Watry have combed thousands of firsthand accounts, selecting nineteen tales that offer unique and engaging perspectives of visitors during Yellowstone's stagecoach era. From an 1873 newspaper serial that represents one of the earliest park's recorded trips to the 1914 "Little Journey" that popular writer Elbert Hubbard took with his wife Alice, the chronicles included here reveal the enduring captivation that Yellowstone held in the popular imagination, as it does today.
