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The enemy never came: the Civil War in the Pacific Northwest
Par Scott McArthur. 2012
Although the Pacific Northwest was the area furthest removed from the actual battles of the Civil War, it was nonetheless…
profoundly affected by the war. The Enemy Never Came examines the everyday lives of the volunteer soldiers who battled Native American renegades of the region and of the settlers who were deeply affected by the war yet unable to do much about it. Pacific Northwest pioneers soon chose sides, most allying with the North, others supporting the southern states' right to withdraw from the union. Still others attempted to ignore the entire issue of the War between the States, leaving "that problem" to the folks back east. Because communication with the rest of the nation was slow and tenuous during the early years of the war, the early settlers of what are now Oregon, Washington, and Idaho concentrated on controlling the restive Native Americans whose land and society had been overwhelmed by white settlers. These same settlers, however, nonetheless vigorously argued politics and worried about invaders from the south, from the British colonies to the north, and from the sea-none of whom ever materialized. AdultFor more than thirty years Elton Miles, a past President of the Texas Folklore Society, has been collecting the stories…
and legends that spring from the unique Big Bend lifestyle. This volume includes never-before-published tales, variations on familiar legends, local border corridos, folk poems and other regional lore. AdultGhosts and legends of Nevada's highway 50 (Haunted America Ser.)
Par Janice Oberding. 2018
The 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in…
America." But those who explore it find there is plenty to discover along the way in the towns of Austin, Eureka, Ely, Fallon and Fernley. Every one of these places has its own unique history, ghosts and stories to tell. From the sordid lynching of Richard Jennings to the humorous legend about a famous sack of flour, author Janice Oberding treks across Highway 50 seeking spirits and uncovering the tales of Singing Sand Mountain, the Red-Headed Giants, the Giroux Mine Disaster and many more. AdultHistoric tales of Utah (American chronicles)
Par Eileen Hallet Stone. 2016
Atop the windmill I could see forever: a memoir of cuentos
Par María Dolores Gonzales. 2020
In a series of vignettes, this creative memoir narrated by a female voice draws on childhood memories of Dolores, the…
fourth-born daughter in a family of five girls, growing up in rural northeastern New Mexico. AdultOr perish in the attempt: the hardship and medicine of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Par David J Peck. 2011
An in-depth examination of the health problems faced by the Lewis and Clark expedition, the common medicinal practices of the…
time, and the types of medical treatments used on the expedition. Adult. Some violence and strong languageUtah: the struggle for statehood
Par Ken Verdoia. 1996
Twelve Mormon homes: visited in succession on a journey through Utah to Arizona (Utah, the Mormons, and the West #04)
Par Elizabeth Wood Kane. 1974
Represents a valuable historical picture of home and community life in several Utah towns visited by Elizabeth and Thomas Kane…
in the course of a trip with Brigham Young from Salt Lake City to St. George in 1872. It also gives important insights into the character and personality of Brigham Young in his declining years, and a view of polygamy through the eyes of a cultured Easterner. LDS nonfiction. AdultHow to cuss in western: and other missives from the high desert
Par Michael P Branch. 2018
Edward Abbey encouraged his readers to "be loyal to what you love, be true to the Earth, and fight your…
enemies with passion and laughter." Here is Michael Branch's response. Full of clear-eyed explorations of the natural world, witty cultural observations, and heart-warming family connections, How to Cuss in Western is a cranky and hilarious love letter of sorts to the western Great Basin Desert of NevadaSuzanne Egera Bransford Emery Holmes Delitch Engalitcheff gained an H.R.H. before her name via her fourth marriage, to a genuine,…
if somewhat disreputable, Russian prince. By then she had long been known as the Silver Queen, a reference to the origins of her wealth in the mines of Park City, Utah, that attached to her as she climbed the social ladder of turn-of-the-century high societyColorado and the silver crash: the panic of 1893
Par John Steinle. 2021
A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit…
the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary, John Steinle commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic, and political conflict of America's first great depression. 2021. AdultCrossroads of change: the people and the land of Pecos (Public lands history #04)
Par Cori Ann Knudten. 2020
Spanning the period from 1540, when Spaniards first arrived, into the twenty-first century, Crossroads of Change focuses on the history…
of the natural and historic resources Pecos National Historical Park now protects and interprets: the ruins of Pecos Pueblo and a Spanish mission church, a stage stop along the Santa Fe Trail, the Civil War battlefield of Glorieta Pass, a twentieth-century cattle ranch, and the national park itself. AdultReclaiming Diné history: the legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita
Par Jennifer Denetdale. 2007
In this groundbreaking book, the first Navajo to earn a doctorate in history seeks to rewrite Navajo history. Reared on…
the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Arizona, Jennifer Nez Denetdale is the great-great-great-granddaughter of a well-known Navajo chief, Manuelito (1816-1894), and his nearly unknown wife, Juanita (1845-1910). Stimulated in part by seeing photographs of these ancestors, she began to explore her family history as a way of examining broader issues in Navajo historiography. Here she presents a thought-provoking examination of the construction of the history of the Navajo people (Diné, in the Navajo language) that underlines the dichotomy between Navajo and non-Navajo perspectives on the Diné past. Reclaiming Diné History has two primary objectives. First, Denetdale interrogates histories that privilege Manuelito and marginalize Juanita in order to demonstrate some of the ways that writing about the Diné has been biased by non-Navajo views of assimilation and gender. Second, she reveals how Navajo narratives, including oral histories and stories kept by matrilineal clans, serve as vehicles to convey Navajo beliefs and values. By scrutinizing stories about Juanita, she both underscores the centrality of women's roles in Navajo society and illustrates how oral tradition has been used to organize social units, connect Navajos to the land, and interpret the past. She argues that these same stories, read with an awareness of Navajo creation narratives, reveal previously unrecognized Navajo perspectives on the past. And she contends that a similarly culture-sensitive re-viewing of the Diné can lead to the production of a Navajo-centered history. AdultForty-Seventh Star: New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood
Par David V Holtby. 2012
New Mexico was ceded to the United States in 1848, at the end of the war with Mexico, but not…
until 1912 did President William Howard Taft sign the proclamation that promoted New Mexico from territory to state. Why did New Mexico?s push for statehood last sixty-four years? Conventional wisdom has it that racism was solely to blame. But this fresh look at the history finds a more complex set of obstacles, tied primarily to self-serving politicians. Forty-Seventh Star, published in New Mexico?s centennial year, is the first book on its quest for statehood in more than forty years. David V. Holtby closely examines the final stretch of New Mexico?s tortuous road to statehood, beginning in the 1890s. His deeply researched narrative juxtaposes events in Washington, D.C., and in the territory to present the repeated collisions between New Mexicans seeking to control their destiny and politicians opposing them, including Republican U.S. senators Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island. Holtby places the quest for statehood in national perspective while examining the territory?s political, economic, and social development. He shows how a few powerful men brewed a concoction of racism, cronyism, corruption, and partisan politics that poisoned New Mexicans? efforts to join the Union. Drawing on extensive Spanish-language and archival sources, the author also explores the consequences that the drive to become a state had for New Mexico?s Euro-American, Nuevomexicano, American Indian, African American, and Asian communities. Holtby offers a compelling story that shows why and how home rule mattered?then and now?for New Mexicans and for all Americans.--Provided by Amazon.com. AdultKearny's march: the epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847
Par Winston Groom. 2011
In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand soldiers, bound for California.…
The adventures and dangers that Kearny and his troops encountered intertwines with those of mountain man Kit Carson; Brigham Young and his Mormon followers fleeing persecution and Illinois; and the ill-fated Donner party, trapped in the snow of the Sierra Nevada. AdultMedicine women: the story of the first Native American nursing school
Par Jim Kristofic. 2019
"After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado…
Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors--who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives--chose a different way and persuaded the local parents and medicine men to allow them to educate their daughters as nurses. The young women struggled to step into the world of modern medicine, but they knew they might become nurses who could build a bridge between the old ways and the new. In this detailed history Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Kristofic's personal connection with the community creates a nuanced historical understanding that blends engaging narrative with careful scholarship to share the stories of the people and their commitment to this place"-- Provided by publisher. AdultThis is the story of Billy Gene Malone and the end of an era. Malone lived almost his entire life…
on the Navajo Reservation working as an Indian trader; the last real Indian trader to operate historic Hubbell Trading Post. In 2004, the National Park Service (NPS) launched an investigation targeting Malone, alleging a long list of crimes that were "similar to Al Capone." In 2005, federal agent Paul Berkowitz was assigned to take over the year- and-a-half-old case. His investigation uncovered serious problems with the original allegations, raising questions about the integrity of his supervisors and colleagues as well as high-level NPS managers. In an intriguing account of whistle-blowing, Berkowitz tells how he bypassed his chain-of-command and delivered his findings directly to the Office of the Inspector General. AdultHypnotizing chickens and other stories: my memories of Mogollon
Par Jan Sherman. 2016
"Hypnotizing Chickens" is a charming collection of Jan Sherman's true stories--written in collaboration with Charlie McKee--of growing up in a…
remote gold and silver mining community during the 1920s and '30s. Travel back with Jan to a simpler time and place in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico to Mogollon, now a near ghost town since World War II. AdultMore than petticoats: Remarkable Nevada women (More than petticoats series)
Par Jan Cleere. 2005
The book presents the compelling histories of fourteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable…
wagons, on temperamental mules and in early Model T's to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records, hearts, and rules while conquering unchartered ground. Adult