Pioneers Of The Rocky Mountain

Excerpt from Pioneers of the Rocky Mountains and the West The stories of early exploration in the Rocky Mountain region are spirited and interesting. They are of much value to children in all parts of the country, and to the children of the Rocky Mountains and of the Pacific Slope they furnish the best materials for early history study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Pioneer America Seen through the Life of Rocky Mountain Man Uncle Dick Wootton (1816-1893): As Richens L. "Uncle Dick" Wootton traveled the Santa Fe Trail, across the Plains and throughout the West, he trapped, traded, mined, freighted, helped establish towns (first store building in Denver), and built a road over Raton Pass--where he collected tolls until he made way for the railroad. His life has been likened to "an encyclopaedia of life on the Southwestern frontier." Lives of many well-known and unknown frontiersmen and pioneers are woven into the book's four sections: Dick Wootton's Story; Sketches--details about Western topics, including many mini-biographies; Album (110+ photos, maps and illustrations); Timeline. The 546 page book also includes a Prologue, Bibliography and Index. This slice of life is the American Frontier in story form.

Uncle Dick's life in the West of the trapper and the Indian trader was related in interviews with Conard.

The Pioneer Photographer is the story of William Henry Jackson¿s love for the outdoors and of his adventurous life photographing the Rocky Mountain West during the late 1860s and 1870s. His meticulous descriptions of the rugged and treacherous landscapes, and the efforts required for capturing the images on glass plates, edify the reader about the enormous challenges presented by early photographic technology.