From Lead Mines to Gold Fields: Memories of an Incredibly Long LifeU of Nebraska Press, 2015 - 230 頁 Henry Taylor's long life (1825-1931) gave him an unusual perspective on change in American society. During his lifetime, the West was largely settled. America fought wars with Mexico and Spain, was nearly torn apart by a civil conflict, and then joined allies across the sea in World War I. Inventions proliferated (trains, cars, airplanes, to name a few), and twenty-six presidents served in office. Taylor's life also exemplifies the mobile American lifestyle. His family moved several times before he left the lead mines of Wisconsin for the gold fields of California during the early 1850s. Taylor's account of his journey across the western continent in search of fortune provides an arresting and detailed look at the dangers of the trail. His account of his move to western Nebraska in 1878 offers insight into the problems and successes of the early homesteaders and settlers. The latter portions of the autobiography concern his later travels and his reflections on his long life. With wit and a keen sense of character, Taylor began to record his life story when he was 80 and completed it at the age of 103. Donald L. Parman has organized and annotated Taylor's story, supplying an introduction and information on people, places, and events in the text. |
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... fellow passengers were so incensed that the American flag was doffed to a British warship that they wanted the captain to pull alongside so they could board the British ship. Likewise, Taylor was extremely patriotic, and he no doubt ...
... fellow passengers were so incensed that the American flag was doffed to a British warship that they wanted the captain to pull alongside so they could board the British ship. Likewise, Taylor was extremely patriotic, and he no doubt ...
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... fellow” perhaps deserves some comment in this introduction. Taylor was not in the same wagon train as Charley and the murderer, but he was nearby and witnessed some of the episode. The place of murder somewhere near where Idaho, Utah ...
... fellow” perhaps deserves some comment in this introduction. Taylor was not in the same wagon train as Charley and the murderer, but he was nearby and witnessed some of the episode. The place of murder somewhere near where Idaho, Utah ...
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... the future. Charley and the defeated man seemed reconciled afterward when the “quarrelsome fellow” apologized and the two shook hands. The fact that Charley was later found shot in the back of the head after he went hunting with the.
... the future. Charley and the defeated man seemed reconciled afterward when the “quarrelsome fellow” apologized and the two shook hands. The fact that Charley was later found shot in the back of the head after he went hunting with the.
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... fellow” became fairly complex and used the interesting device of selecting a jury from members of outside wagon trains. This was despite the fact that the charged man was clearly guilty and his hanging was inevitable. In Reed's case ...
... fellow” became fairly complex and used the interesting device of selecting a jury from members of outside wagon trains. This was despite the fact that the charged man was clearly guilty and his hanging was inevitable. In Reed's case ...
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... fellow, he went into obscure retirement and that was the last of John Tyler, and so it is with Grover Cleveland. But I have drifted away from Grand Father. After the close of the War, He went on notes for a Freind to the amount of Ten ...
... fellow, he went into obscure retirement and that was the last of John Tyler, and so it is with Grover Cleveland. But I have drifted away from Grand Father. After the close of the War, He went on notes for a Freind to the amount of Ten ...
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From Wisconsin to Fort Laramie | |
Setbacks in Wisconsin and Homesteading in Nebraska | |
Selected Bibliography | |
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