Dr. L.J. Russell and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush of 1858-1859
Author: Samuel Wood Geiser
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 576
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Author: Samuel Wood Geiser
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 576
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert L. Brown
Publisher: Caxton Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780870044120
DOWNLOAD EBOOKColorado's Pikes Peak Gold Rush was an event of enormous social and cultural significance, changing the basic economy and lifestyle of the entire region. Pikes Peak became synonymous with the wild westward rush that ensued.
Author: Luke Tierney
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: LeRoy Reuben Hafen
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Published: 1941
Total Pages: 372
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William C. Griggs
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0292775652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe years following the Texas Revolution held even more turbulent events as diverse droves of pioneers crossed the Sabine and Red Rivers to start new lives in Texas. Early Texas society contended with religious issues, family life in a rugged environment, and the Civil War. This cultural history was clearly reflected in the life of frontier preacher Henry C. Renfro. Migrating to Texas in 1851, Renfro enrolled in the fledgling Baylor University and became a Baptist preacher. Eventually disillusioned with Baptist orthodoxy, Renfro was disenfranchised on charges of infidelity as he embraced the ideals of the Free Thought Movement, inspired by the writings of men such as Thomas Paine, Spinoza, and Robert Ingersoll. Renfro's Civil War experience was no less unusual. Serving as both soldier and chaplain, Renfro left a valuable legacy of insight into the conflict, captured in a wealth of correspondence that is in itself significant. Drawing on a vast body of letters, speeches, sermons, and oral histories that had never before been available, this chronological narrative of "The Parson's" life describes significant changes in Texas from 1850 to 1900, especially the volatile formation and growth of Baptist churches in North Central Texas. William Griggs' study yields numerous new details about the Free Thought Movement and depicts public reaction to sectarian leaders in nineteenth-century Texas. The author also describes the developing Central Texas region known as the Cross Timbers, including the personal dynamics between a frontier family and its patriarch and encompassing such issues as property conflicts, divorce, and family reconciliation. This work unlocks an enlightening, engaging scene from Texas history.
Author: Thomas Dean Isern
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 294
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julia Cassie Foster
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Published: 1931
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leroy R. Hafen
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780803273412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDanger, hardship, and isolation could not turn back the tide of men and women who thirsted for yellow metal. The Pike?s Peak gold rush of 1859 attracted as many gold seekers as the more famous California gold rush of the previous decade. In this volume, noted western historian LeRoy R. Hafen has collected invaluable Pike?s Peak gold rush diaries chronicling the struggles, dreams, and heartaches of those who traveled the overland routes to untold riches. The diarists who came along the Arkansas and Platte Rivers and along trails from Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois created records of the landscapes and peoples they encountered as they journeyed. In the words of these single-minded adventurers, larger-than-life characters mingle with the awesome, terrible beauty of the Great Plains and the sparse comforts of the old Middle West. The Pike?s Peak gold rushers provide firsthand accounts of the dangers and rewards of overland travel, as they sought ephemeral fortunes in the Rocky Mountain West.
Author: Eugene Campbell Barker
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 720
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: LeRoy Reuben Hafen
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Published: 1974
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