Sixty years in Colorado; reminiscences and reflections of a pioneer of 1860

Irving Wallace Stanton

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• Colorado

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Page
WayBy of Introduction 9
Youth and Early Manhood
Growing Up in Pennsylvania 21
Pioneering in Kansas and Iowa 27
Four Years in Iowa 31
Pikes Peak or Bust 35
Traveling the Old Trails
Pawnee City, First Capital of Kansas 43
Colorado in i860 49
A Kindness Repaid 69
Roadside Reminiscences 73
Chance Acquaintances 85
In the Civil War
On the Way to the Front 99
Campaigning in Missouri 103
Fighting Price and the Bushwhackers 109
Guarding the Frontier 123
In Colorado Again
To Pueblo via Washington and Central City 133
Teller and Chaffee and their Statehood Fight 143
The Early Bench and Bar 157
Public Utilities
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 177
How the Missouri Pacific Came 189
More About the Missouri Pacific 197
Address at Banquet to President Bush 209
Pueblo's Union Depot and Post Office 215
Colorado's Soldier Monument 223
Political Papers
.'The Campaign of 1918. .. 231
The Republican Party 239
The Silver Republican Party 245
Carlson-Gunter Contest 253CONTENTS—Cont'd
Page
Freemasonry
To Young Masons 259
Conclave in Pueblo 265
The Mason's Christmas 269
Patriotism
Colorado in Three Wars 281
George Washington 291
After the World War 303
Tribute to Pennsylvania 305
Finis
Personal Tributes 315