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Historical Accounts of the 19th Century - Page 2

 

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Mushroom Towns of the American West - By Randall Parrish, book excerpt, The Great Plains: The Romance of Western American Exploration, Warfare, and Settlement, 1527-1870; 1907.

My Friend Wyatt Earp - By Bat Masterson, who wrote a series of articles for Human Life magazine in 1907 and 1908.

The Mysterious Signal - By Cy Warmann, book excerpt, The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories, 1906

Nevada Mining Tales - Historical text written in 1891 by William Daugherty, for the Reno Evening Gazette. Includes a number of stories including Alva Gould - Discoverer of the Gould & Curry Mine, Celebrating the Fourth in Boom Towns, Honest Miner To a Poker-Playing Politician, Old Tom - A Typical Mining Camp Character, and more.

A Nice Gang Of Assassins - Newspaper account of the Lee Gang arrested and arriving at Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1885.

Old Fort Atkinson - By Addison Erwin Sheldon, book excerpt,  History and Stories of Nebraska, 1913.

The Old-Time Miners - By Charles Carroll Goodwin, book excerpt, As I Remember Them, 1913.

 

 

Busy in the library.

Busy in the library, illustration by Alice Barber

 Stehens, 1889.

 

The Old Stage Drivers - By Charles Carroll Goodwin, book excerpt, As I Remember Them, 1913.

On the Underground Railroad - By Levi Coffin, book excerpt, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reported President of the Underground Railroad, 1876.

Outcasts of Poker Flat - By Bret Harte, book excerpt, The Luck of the Roaring Camp and other Tales, 1871.

Outlaws of the Mountains - By Emerson Hough, book excerpt, The Story of the Outlaw; A Study of the Western Desperado, 1907.

The Overland Stage and Telegraph Lines - By Grace Raymond Hebard and Earl Alonzo Brininstool, book excerpt, The Bozeman Trail: Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes Into the Northwest, 1922.

The Overland Trails of Nebraska - By Addison Erwin Sheldon, book excerpt, History and Stories of Nebraska, 1913.

The Passing Of Peg-Leg - By Andy Adams, book excerpt, Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories, 1906.

Pathways To the West - By Emerson Hough, book excerpt, The Passing of the Frontier, A Chronicle of the Old West, 1918.

Pawnee Rock on the Santa Fe Trail - By Colonel Henry Inman, book excerpt, The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1898.

Peace Officers of Arizona - By James Harvey McClintock, book excerpt, Arizona: The Youngest State, 1913.

Penetrating The Pacific Northwest - By John Moody, book excerpt, The Railroad Builders, A Chronicle of the Welding of the States, 1919.

Pioneers on the Nevada Frontier - Historical text written in 1891 by William Daugherty, for the Reno Evening Gazette. Includes a number of stories including Absent Minded in Pioche, Cactus and Coyotes, Death Valley Myths, Last Words And Wishes, Pioneer Justice, Poker Against Prayer, Snow Bound & Alone, and more.

The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass - By Charles M. Skinner, book excerpt, Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, 1896. 

The Plight of the Buffalo - By Colonel Henry Inman, book excerpt, The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1897.

Populating Boot Hill - By Robert M. Wright, book excerpt, Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital and the Great Southwest, 1913.

Progress of the Railroad - By William Francis Bailey, book excerpt, The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad: Its Projectors, Construction and History, 1906.

Rain-in-the-Face -  Strategic Sioux Warrior - By Charles A. Eastman, book excerpt, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, 1918.

The Range of the American West - By Emerson Hough, book excerpt, The Passing of the Frontier, A Chronicle of the Old West, 1918.

Rangering - By Andy Adams, book excerpt, Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories, 1906.

Red Cloud - Lakota Warrior and Statesman - By Charles A. Eastman, book excerpt, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, 1918.

The Reign Of The Prairie Schooner - By Randall Parrish, book excerpt, The Great Plains: The Romance of Western American Exploration, Warfare, and Settlement, 1527-1870; 1907.

Rescue of Jimmy "Santiago" McKinn, who was kidnapped by Apaches in 1885, newspaper accounts.

The River of Lost Souls -  By Charles M. Skinner, book excerpt,  Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, 1896. 

Roman Nose - Cheyenne War Chief - By Charles A. Eastman, book excerpt, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, 1918.

The Salt Witch - By Charles M. Skinner, book excerpt,  Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, 1896. 

San Francisco in 1916 - By Inez Haynes Irwin, excerpted from the article, The Californiacs, which appeared in Sunset, the Pacific Monthly, in February, 1916.

Santa Fe Trail Early Traders - By Colonel Henry Inman, book excerpt, The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1898.

Sitting Bull - Lakota Chief and Holy Man - By Charles A. Eastman, book excerpt, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, 1918.

Soldiering Begins in the American West - By Edward Sylvester Ellis, book excerpt,  The Indian Wars of the United States, 1892.

Some American Riders - By Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Harper's Magazine, July, 1891.

Some Freaks of Fate - By John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady, book excerpt, Danger Signals, first published in 1898.

Spotted Tail - Warrior, Chief & Negotiator - By Charles A. Eastman, book excerpt, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, 1918.

St. Louis Area Legends & Folklore - By Charles M. Skinner, book excerpt,  Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, 1896. 

The Stevens County War - By Emerson Hough, book excerpt, The Story of the Outlaw; A Study of the Western Desperado, 1907.

Storied Waters of Oregon - By Charles M. Skinner, book excerpt,  Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, 1896.

Stagecoach

Stagecoach.

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Chief Red Cloud

Chief Red Cloud, Lakota Sioux Chief

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Central Pacific Railroad, 1865

The Central Pacific Railroad,

early 1860's.

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The Story of Russian Bill - New York Times, 1883.

Struggle For Possession of the West - The First Emigrants - By Randall Parrish, book excerpt, The Great Plains: The Romance of Western American Exploration, Warfare, and Settlement, 1527-1870; 1907.

Tales of the Overland Stage in Nevada - Historical text written in 1891 by William Daugherty, for the Reno Evening Gazette. Includes a number of stories.

Tales of the Santa Fe Trail - By Colonel Henry Inman, book excerpt, The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1898.

Tombstone, Arizona Historical Accounts - From miscellaneous newspapers, actual testimonies, letters, and book excerpts.

Tom Cypher's Phantom Engine - By the Seattle Press-Times, January 10, 1892.

Trading Posts and Their Stories - By Colonel Henry Inman and William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, book excerpt, The Old Santa Fe Trail, 1898.

Train Robbers of Arizona - By James Harvey McClintock, book excerpt, Arizona: The Youngest State, 1913.

Triggerfingeritis - By Edgar Beecher Bronson, book except, The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier, 1910.

Trappers, Traders & Pathfinders - By Randall Parrish, book excerpt, The Great Plains: The Romance of Western American Exploration, Warfare, and Settlement, 1527-1870; 1907.

The Valenzuela Gang - By James Harvey McClintock, book excerpt, Arizona: The Youngest State, 1913.

Vigilantes and Bad Men of Arizona - By James Harvey McClintock, book excerpt, Arizona: The Youngest State, 1913.

Vigilantes of California, Idaho, & Montana - By John W. Clampitt, who wrote this article for Harper's Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, Issue 495, August, 1891

Wild Bill - By George Ward Nichols, Harper's Monthly Magazine, February, 1867.

Woman As A Pioneer - By William Worthington Fowler, book excerpt, Woman On The American Frontier: A Valuable And Authentic History, 1877.

Women in the Army - By William Worthington Fowler, book excerpt, Woman On The American Frontier: A Valuable And Authentic History, 1877.

The Yellowstone Tragedy - By Charles M. Skinner, book excerpt,  Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, 1896. 

 

*Note: These historic texts are generally not verbatim, as we have taken the liberty of correcting errors, such as misspellings, dates, incorrect names, etc., as well as making format changes, and in some cases, replacing archaic words, in order to make the text more readable to the modern reader. We have also replaced a number of offensive terms. Additionally, some articles have been truncated.

 

 

Compiled and edited by Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, updated October, 2011.

 

 

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