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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 251 words

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GENEALOGY COLLECTION

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History of Western Nebraska and its People

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History of

Western Nebraska

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and its People

GENERAL HISTORY. CHEYENNE, BOX BUTTE, DEUEL, GARDEN,

SIOUX, KIMBALL, MORRILL, SHERIDAN, SCOTTS BLUFF,

BANNER, AND DAWES COUNTIES. A GROUP

OFTEN CALLED THE PANHANDLE

OF NEBRASKA

GRANT L. SHUMWAY, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ISSUED IN THREE ROYAL OCTAVO VOLUMES VOLUME II.

ILLUSTRATED

THE WESTERN PUBLISHING & ENGRAVING COMPANY

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

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COPYRIGHTED 1921

WESTERN PUBLISHING Sc ENGRAVING COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

PART I

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CHAPTER I 1

Nebraska Came From the Sea

CHAPTER II 4

Old Trails

CHAPTER III ... 6

The Flag of France in the Wilderness

CHAPTER IV 8

The Fur-Traders

CHAPTER V 10

Robert Stuart's Winter Camp

CHAPTER VI 12

Jacques Laramie's Caravans and Fleets

CHAPTER VII 14

General William H. Ashley's Trappers -- Death of Hiram Scott

CHAPTER VIII IS

Joshua Pilcher and Forty-Five Trappers

^CHAPTER IX 17

First Wagons on Overland Trails

CHAPTER X 19

Wyeth, of "Cape Bay," and His "Down Easters"

CHAPTER XI 21

Nez Perce and Crow Indians -- Crow Creek Named

CHAPTER XII .... - 22

Little Moon Lake -- Famous Missionaries

CHAPTER XIII 24

Forts at the Laramie

CHAPTER XIV 26

Robideaux of St. Genevieve -- Kiowa Raid by Red Cloud

CHAPTER XV 28

The Steamboat El Paso Here -- Reuleau, the Trapper

CHAPTER XVI 30

Government Buys Fort Laramie -- Ft. Fontenelle is Built

CHAPTER XVII 32