Beckoning Frontiers : The Memoir of a Wyoming Entrepreneur /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beck, George T. (George Thornton), 1856-1943 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gerber, Betty Jane (writer of afterword.), Simpson, Peter K., 1930- (writer of foreword.), Simpson, Alan K. (writer of foreword.), Johnston, Jeremy M. (Editor ), Houze, Lynn Johnson (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:The papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Buffalo Bill, > 1846-1917 > Friends and associates.
Beck, George T. > (George Thornton), > 1856-1943.
Businessmen > Wyoming > Biography.
Politicians > Wyoming > Biography.
Wyoming > Biography.
Wyoming > Politics and government.
Wyoming > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Family and boyhood in Kentucky and Washington DC, 1856-1865
  • Post Civil War, 1865-1874
  • A student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1874-1876
  • Prospecting in Colorado, 1877-1879
  • Working on the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1879-1880
  • Homesteading in Wyoming, 1880-1886
  • Sheepherding and Crow Indians
  • Return to the East
  • Trips to the South and to Cuba
  • Wyoming territorial legislator, 1889-1890
  • Another trip back East and to California
  • Beckton, Wyoming
  • The Johnson County War, 1892
  • Wyoming politics
  • The Shoshone Irrigation Company and Cody, Wyoming
  • Developing the Town of Cody and hunting trips
  • Finishing the Cody Canal, marriage, and family life in Cody
  • The Leiter Ball, the Frederic Remington visit, and a bank robbery
  • Another Ute uprising and famous guests
  • The Shoshone Reclamation Project and the Cody Power Plant.

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