Author: Robert R. Dahlgren
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615665757
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
It was the morning of July 4, 1868. Events were about to occur that would remain in local folks' memories for a long, long time and eventually become securely lodged in the lore of the old American West. The sun had risen in every shade of gold and red behind high storm clouds far To The east. They were dark and laced with lightning. The rumble of thunder fell on the ear like distant cannon fire and made the post horses prick up their ears and turn To The wind. it promised to be another hot summer day. Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post, by author Robert R. Dahlgren, Is a collection of the craziest side-splitting misadventures in the history of the Old West, As the gang of Fort Whiskey Creek embarks on their greatest challenge: growing up! With charm and innocence, one tale after another evokes the spirit of pioneer life on the American frontier. Almost anything can and does happen in each hilarious, hair-raising yarn when the boys of Fort Whiskey Creek use all their ingenuity and imagination to get themselves into and out of trouble. Based on real events and outright whoppers, Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post will make you laugh, make you believe in the goodness of humanity, and will make you yearn for a simpler time.
Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post
Author: Robert R. Dahlgren
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615665757
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
It was the morning of July 4, 1868. Events were about to occur that would remain in local folks' memories for a long, long time and eventually become securely lodged in the lore of the old American West. The sun had risen in every shade of gold and red behind high storm clouds far To The east. They were dark and laced with lightning. The rumble of thunder fell on the ear like distant cannon fire and made the post horses prick up their ears and turn To The wind. it promised to be another hot summer day. Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post, by author Robert R. Dahlgren, Is a collection of the craziest side-splitting misadventures in the history of the Old West, As the gang of Fort Whiskey Creek embarks on their greatest challenge: growing up! With charm and innocence, one tale after another evokes the spirit of pioneer life on the American frontier. Almost anything can and does happen in each hilarious, hair-raising yarn when the boys of Fort Whiskey Creek use all their ingenuity and imagination to get themselves into and out of trouble. Based on real events and outright whoppers, Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post will make you laugh, make you believe in the goodness of humanity, and will make you yearn for a simpler time.
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615665757
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
It was the morning of July 4, 1868. Events were about to occur that would remain in local folks' memories for a long, long time and eventually become securely lodged in the lore of the old American West. The sun had risen in every shade of gold and red behind high storm clouds far To The east. They were dark and laced with lightning. The rumble of thunder fell on the ear like distant cannon fire and made the post horses prick up their ears and turn To The wind. it promised to be another hot summer day. Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post, by author Robert R. Dahlgren, Is a collection of the craziest side-splitting misadventures in the history of the Old West, As the gang of Fort Whiskey Creek embarks on their greatest challenge: growing up! With charm and innocence, one tale after another evokes the spirit of pioneer life on the American frontier. Almost anything can and does happen in each hilarious, hair-raising yarn when the boys of Fort Whiskey Creek use all their ingenuity and imagination to get themselves into and out of trouble. Based on real events and outright whoppers, Tales of the Fort Whiskey Creek Trading Post will make you laugh, make you believe in the goodness of humanity, and will make you yearn for a simpler time.
Historic Tales of Whoop-Up Country: On the Trail from Montana's Fort Benton to Canada's Fort Macleod
Author: Ken Robison
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467146447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Withdrawal of the mighty Hudson Bay Company from present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan created a lawless environment with new economic opportunities. A cross-border trading bond arose with growing steamboat mercantile center Fort Benton in Montana Territory. In 1870, Montana traders Johnny Healy and Al Hamilton moved across the Medicine Line and built Fort Whoop-Up. It established the two-hundred-mile Whoop-Up Trail from Fort Benton, through Blackfoot lands, to the Belly River near today's Lethbridge. Over the next decade, the buffalo robe trade flourished with the Blackfoot, as did violence. The turmoil forced the creation of Canada's North West Mounted Police, tasked with closing down the whiskey trade and evicting the Montana traders. Award-winning historian Ken Robison brings to life this dramatic story.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467146447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Withdrawal of the mighty Hudson Bay Company from present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan created a lawless environment with new economic opportunities. A cross-border trading bond arose with growing steamboat mercantile center Fort Benton in Montana Territory. In 1870, Montana traders Johnny Healy and Al Hamilton moved across the Medicine Line and built Fort Whoop-Up. It established the two-hundred-mile Whoop-Up Trail from Fort Benton, through Blackfoot lands, to the Belly River near today's Lethbridge. Over the next decade, the buffalo robe trade flourished with the Blackfoot, as did violence. The turmoil forced the creation of Canada's North West Mounted Police, tasked with closing down the whiskey trade and evicting the Montana traders. Award-winning historian Ken Robison brings to life this dramatic story.
Historic Tales of Whoop-Up Country
Author: Ken Robison
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439671389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Withdrawal of the mighty Hudson Bay Company from present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan created a lawless environment with new economic opportunities. A cross-border trading bond arose with growing steamboat mercantile center Fort Benton in Montana Territory. In 1870, Montana traders Johnny Healy and Al Hamilton moved across the Medicine Line and built Fort Whoop-Up. It established the two-hundred-mile Whoop-Up Trail from Fort Benton, through Blackfoot lands, to the Belly River near today's Lethbridge. Over the next decade, the buffalo robe trade flourished with the Blackfoot, as did violence. The turmoil forced the creation of Canada's North West Mounted Police, tasked with closing down the whiskey trade and evicting the Montana traders. Award-winning historian Ken Robison brings to life this dramatic story.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439671389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Withdrawal of the mighty Hudson Bay Company from present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan created a lawless environment with new economic opportunities. A cross-border trading bond arose with growing steamboat mercantile center Fort Benton in Montana Territory. In 1870, Montana traders Johnny Healy and Al Hamilton moved across the Medicine Line and built Fort Whoop-Up. It established the two-hundred-mile Whoop-Up Trail from Fort Benton, through Blackfoot lands, to the Belly River near today's Lethbridge. Over the next decade, the buffalo robe trade flourished with the Blackfoot, as did violence. The turmoil forced the creation of Canada's North West Mounted Police, tasked with closing down the whiskey trade and evicting the Montana traders. Award-winning historian Ken Robison brings to life this dramatic story.
The Pinos Altos Story
Author: Dorothy Watson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
"The Pinos Altos Story" by Dorothy Watson is a poignant and illuminating account that transports readers to the historic mining town of Pinos Altos. Watson's storytelling masterfully weaves together the threads of history, community, and human resilience as she delves into the town's rich past. This book is a treasure trove of stories, providing insight into the challenges and triumphs of a frontier town. It's an ideal choice for history enthusiasts and those who appreciate the stories that shaped the American West.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
"The Pinos Altos Story" by Dorothy Watson is a poignant and illuminating account that transports readers to the historic mining town of Pinos Altos. Watson's storytelling masterfully weaves together the threads of history, community, and human resilience as she delves into the town's rich past. This book is a treasure trove of stories, providing insight into the challenges and triumphs of a frontier town. It's an ideal choice for history enthusiasts and those who appreciate the stories that shaped the American West.
Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales
Author: Steve Wilson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.
Alaskan Travels
Author: Edward Hoagland
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1611455030
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
America s most intelligent and wide-rangingessayist-naturalist. Philip...
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1611455030
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
America s most intelligent and wide-rangingessayist-naturalist. Philip...
Eerie Alabama: Chilling Tales from the Heart of Dixie
Author: Alan Brown
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467141674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Known for antebellum mansions and sunny beaches, Alabama also claims an abundance of fascinating mysteries and legends. The White Thang is a Sasquatch-like creature that has terrorized Alabamians for generations. For a brief period in the 1980s, Needham gained national attention because of its "crying pecan tree." In 1854, a farmer named Orion Williamson simply vanished in a field in Selma. From the aquatic beast known as the Coosa River Monster to the story of the Leprechaun of Mobile, these stories have evolved over generations. Author Alan Brown presents some of the strangest stories from this collective tradition.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467141674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Known for antebellum mansions and sunny beaches, Alabama also claims an abundance of fascinating mysteries and legends. The White Thang is a Sasquatch-like creature that has terrorized Alabamians for generations. For a brief period in the 1980s, Needham gained national attention because of its "crying pecan tree." In 1854, a farmer named Orion Williamson simply vanished in a field in Selma. From the aquatic beast known as the Coosa River Monster to the story of the Leprechaun of Mobile, these stories have evolved over generations. Author Alan Brown presents some of the strangest stories from this collective tradition.
Iced
Author: Stephen Schneider
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470835001
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
"You're lucky he didn't have an ice pick in his hands. I know how this guy performs." -Mobster Paul Volpe speaking about a Buffalo-mafia enforcer named "Cicci" Canada is lauded the world over as a law abiding, peaceful country - a shining example to all nations. Such a view, also shared by most Canadians, is typically naïve and misinformed. Throughout its history, to present day and beyond, Canada has been and will continue to be home to criminals and crime organizations that are brilliant at finding ways to make money - a lot of money - illegally. Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada is a remarkable parallel history to the one generally accepted and taught in our schools. Organized crime has had a significant impact on the shaping of this country and the lives of its people. The most violent and thuggish - outlaw motorcycle gangs like Hells Angels - have been raised to mythic proportions. The families who owned distilleries during Prohibition, such as the Bronfmans, built vast fortunes that today are vested in corporate holdings. The mafia in Montreal created and controlled the largest heroin and cocaine smuggling empire in the world, feeding the insatiable appetite of our American neighbours. Today, gangs are laying waste the streets of Vancouver, and "BC bud" flows into the U.S. as the marijuana of choice. Organized crime is as old as this nation's founding, with pirates ravaging the east coast, even as hired guns by colonial governments. Since our nation's earliest times, government and crime groups have found that collusion can have its mutual benefits. Comprehensive, informative and entertaining - as you will discover in the remarkable period pieces devised by the author and the illustrations commissioned specially for this book - Iced is a romp across the nation and across the centuries. In these pages you will meet crime groups that are at once sordid and inept, yet resourceful entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed champions of the underdog, who operate in full sight of their communities and the law. This is the definitive book on organized crime in Canada, and a unique contribution to our understanding of Canadian history.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470835001
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
"You're lucky he didn't have an ice pick in his hands. I know how this guy performs." -Mobster Paul Volpe speaking about a Buffalo-mafia enforcer named "Cicci" Canada is lauded the world over as a law abiding, peaceful country - a shining example to all nations. Such a view, also shared by most Canadians, is typically naïve and misinformed. Throughout its history, to present day and beyond, Canada has been and will continue to be home to criminals and crime organizations that are brilliant at finding ways to make money - a lot of money - illegally. Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada is a remarkable parallel history to the one generally accepted and taught in our schools. Organized crime has had a significant impact on the shaping of this country and the lives of its people. The most violent and thuggish - outlaw motorcycle gangs like Hells Angels - have been raised to mythic proportions. The families who owned distilleries during Prohibition, such as the Bronfmans, built vast fortunes that today are vested in corporate holdings. The mafia in Montreal created and controlled the largest heroin and cocaine smuggling empire in the world, feeding the insatiable appetite of our American neighbours. Today, gangs are laying waste the streets of Vancouver, and "BC bud" flows into the U.S. as the marijuana of choice. Organized crime is as old as this nation's founding, with pirates ravaging the east coast, even as hired guns by colonial governments. Since our nation's earliest times, government and crime groups have found that collusion can have its mutual benefits. Comprehensive, informative and entertaining - as you will discover in the remarkable period pieces devised by the author and the illustrations commissioned specially for this book - Iced is a romp across the nation and across the centuries. In these pages you will meet crime groups that are at once sordid and inept, yet resourceful entrepreneurs and self-proclaimed champions of the underdog, who operate in full sight of their communities and the law. This is the definitive book on organized crime in Canada, and a unique contribution to our understanding of Canadian history.
The Indian Chiefs of Pennsylvania, Or, A Story of the Part Played by the American Indian in the History of Pennsylvania
Author: Chester Hale Sipe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The Medicine Line
Author: Beth LaDow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135296081
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Along the border between Montana and Saskatchewan lies one hundred miles of hard and desolate terrain, a remote place where Native and new American nations came together in a contest for land, wealth, and survival. Following explorers Lewis and Clark and Alexander Mackenzie, both Americans and Canadians launched the process of empire along the 49th parallel, disrupting the lives of Native peoples who began to traverse this imaginary line in search of refuge. In this evocative and beautifully rendered portrait, Beth LaDow recreates the unstable world along this harsh frontier, capturing the complex history of a borderland known as "the medicine line" to the Indians who lived there. When Sitting Bull crossed the boundary for the last time in 1881, weary of pursuit by the U.S. cavalry and the constant threat of starvation, the region opened up to railroad men and settlers, determined to make a living. But the unforgiving landscape would resist repeated attempts to subdue it, from the schemes of powerful railroad magnate James J. Hill, to the exploits of Canadian Mountie James Walsh, to the misguided dreams of ranchers and homesteaders, whose difficult existence is best captured in Wallace Stegner's plaintive accounts of a boyhood spent in this stark place. Drawing on little-known diaries, letters, and memories, as well as interviews with the descendants of settlers and native peoples, The Medicine Line reveals how national interests were transformed by the powerful alchemy of mingling peoples and the place they shared. With a historian's insight and a storyteller's gift, LaDow questions some of our deepest assumptions about a nationalist frontier past and finds in this least-known place a new historical and emotional heart-land of the North American West. A colorful history of the most desolate terrain in America, one hundred miles between Canada & Montana, where three nations fought over land, wealth, & ultimately survival
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135296081
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Along the border between Montana and Saskatchewan lies one hundred miles of hard and desolate terrain, a remote place where Native and new American nations came together in a contest for land, wealth, and survival. Following explorers Lewis and Clark and Alexander Mackenzie, both Americans and Canadians launched the process of empire along the 49th parallel, disrupting the lives of Native peoples who began to traverse this imaginary line in search of refuge. In this evocative and beautifully rendered portrait, Beth LaDow recreates the unstable world along this harsh frontier, capturing the complex history of a borderland known as "the medicine line" to the Indians who lived there. When Sitting Bull crossed the boundary for the last time in 1881, weary of pursuit by the U.S. cavalry and the constant threat of starvation, the region opened up to railroad men and settlers, determined to make a living. But the unforgiving landscape would resist repeated attempts to subdue it, from the schemes of powerful railroad magnate James J. Hill, to the exploits of Canadian Mountie James Walsh, to the misguided dreams of ranchers and homesteaders, whose difficult existence is best captured in Wallace Stegner's plaintive accounts of a boyhood spent in this stark place. Drawing on little-known diaries, letters, and memories, as well as interviews with the descendants of settlers and native peoples, The Medicine Line reveals how national interests were transformed by the powerful alchemy of mingling peoples and the place they shared. With a historian's insight and a storyteller's gift, LaDow questions some of our deepest assumptions about a nationalist frontier past and finds in this least-known place a new historical and emotional heart-land of the North American West. A colorful history of the most desolate terrain in America, one hundred miles between Canada & Montana, where three nations fought over land, wealth, & ultimately survival