A Treasury of first hand stories in original wording by the Frontier Pioneers during the period of 1815-1845: (Primarily area of SE Iowa and NE Missouri)
These stories can bring HISTORY TO LIFE, giving interesting and fun revelations.
Complete with index, glossary and footnotes to assist in understanding)
SETTLERS, LIFE, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS!
Library of Congress Number: 2017916914
188 Pages ISBN: 9780999494516
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Stories about Frontier Life:
- Peter Pierre’s Great Race
- John Jasper “Red John” Collard
- Early Settlements
- Crittington Forquerean
- Iowa Missouri Border Issue
- William Bedell – the First Settler
- First Sermon in the Elm Bottom
- First Settlers in the Elm Bottom
- First Jury Trial on Elm Bottom
- First Wedding in Elm Bottom
- Isaac Gray
- Trip Down the Wabash and Mississippi
- Boating on the Des Moines
- Early Times in Iowa
- She Shot
- Early Days in Iowa
Stories about Frontier Indians:
- Serious Accident to Keokuk
- Black Hawk Dancing
- The Half Breed Tract
- THE HALF BREED TRACT Conspiracy
Stories about Frontier Settlers:
- William Clark
- George Jones
- Death of Clark Meeker
- J C Parrott – Sixty Two Years
- A Lee County Pioneer- J.W. Campbell
- Alexander Cruikshank
- Images from 1836 Sweet Home Ledger