Silver Creek
Silver Creek

Author: David R. Clark

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 087004382X

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Fed by the purest water from a natural spring near Sun Valley Idaho, Silver Creek has become a destination for the serious fly fisherman who wants to try his or her skill against the wiliest of trout in a region as beautiful as it is challenging.

The Unexploited West
The Unexploited West

Author: Ernest J. Chambers

Publisher:

Published: 1914

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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This detailed account of the physical features, vegetation, drainage, soils, minerals and climate of the Canadian West and the Northwest Territories was compiled in order to encourage settlement and exploitation of these areas.

Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas
Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas

Author: Andrew Jackson Sowell

Publisher:

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 884

ISBN-13:

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This edition is abridged and annotated with updated information.A judge from Prussia. A French Texas Ranger. Emigrants from all over the U.S.Their names and stories are mostly now forgotten but were recorded in this 1900 volume by Andrew Jackson Sowell. They were mostly young, hardy, and looking for new opportunities in land they felt was wide open but, in fact, was inhabited by Native Americans. The lives of these early pioneers is part of the history of the American West.The original bound edition of this book ran over 1100 pages and most of that content is here. It's the story of an incredibly violent and adventurous time that was lived by the people whose stories you find here. Sowell talked to them all and created one of the most interesting collections of personal histories of the wild West.

Hidden History of Wabash County, Indiana
Hidden History of Wabash County, Indiana

Author: Ron Woodward

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-07-27

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1625855834

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Take the road less traveled through Wabash County's forgotten stories and overlooked characters. Bob Printy may have run off to join the circus, but Jocko the monkey decided to make Wabash his home after he escaped a traveling carnival. Discover the story of Chief LeGros and learn what life was like in nineteenth-century Wabash County. Spend some time with Tommy R. Miller, who sacrificed his life caring for fellow servicemen in Vietnam. Author Ron Woodward shares the compelling, little-known history of this Indiana county.