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Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier / Also a History of the Sioux War, and a Life of Gen. George A. Custer with Full Account of His Last Battle

By Frances Fuller Victor

2019-02-22 17:29:35

The narrative in "Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains" is chiefly built about the strong wild figure of mountain man "Joe" Meek, the fur-trapper, but other mountain men such as Bridger, Wyeth, Sublette and many other worthies of the wilderness move a ... Read more
The narrative in "Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains" is chiefly built about the strong wild figure of mountain man "Joe" Meek, the fur-trapper, but other mountain men such as Bridger, Wyeth, Sublette and many other worthies of the wilderness move across its pages. Frances Fuller Victor (1826–1902) was an American historian described as "the first Oregon historian to gain regional and national attention." She compiled first-hand accounts of the history of Oregon from territorial leaders like Joseph Meek, Oliver Applegate, and Matthew Deady. Victor writes, "It is not without a feeling of genuine self-congratulation, that I am able to bear testimony to the services, hitherto hardly recognized, of the 'mountain-men' who have settled in Oregon." Less

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File size2790.264 KB
Print pages604
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781465525710
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Frances Fuller Victor
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Frances Auretta Fuller (Barritt) Victor (pen names: Florence Fane,[1] Dorothy D.) (May 23, 1826 – November 14, 1902)[1] was an American historian and historical novelist. She has been described as "...

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