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In Defense of Captain Oliver Hanchett
This is the story of a patriot of both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Oliver participated in that historic march to Quebec through the Maine wilderness in 1775. Oliver fought bravely but the military plan was ill conceived and Oliver along with many of his fellow soldiers was taken prisoner. Their leader, Colonel Benedict Arnold, was wounded in the foot and spent most of the battle in a makeshift hospital. Oliver spent nine moths in captivity trying to keep his unit from starving. Part of the time he was in chains as punishment for leading an attempted escape.
They Shot Billy Today
This book covers the details of the intricate history of the families who participated in and were effected by the Pleasant Valley War. Their experiences and fates are examined carefully family by family. The Grahams, Tewksburys, Lawmen and Hashknife Cowboys are treated one individual at a time. The impact on innocent bystanders is also included.
Hell on the Range
In this lively account of Arizona's Rim Country War of the 1880s--what others have called "The Pleasant Valley War"--Historian Daniel Justin Herman explores a web of conflict involving Mormons, Texas cowboys, New Mexican sheepherders, Jewish merchants, and mixed-blood ranchers. At the heart of Arizona's range war, argues Herman, was a conflict between cowboys' code of honor and Mormons' code of conscience.
The English Ancestry of Thomas Hanchett Puritan Settler of Connecticut
A study of the possible English Ancestry of Thomas Hanchett who first resided in this country at Wethersfield, Connecticut. The family is traced back to the Domesday Book compiled by King William's scribes in 1086. This work represents the cumulative work of many historians and genealogist covering over 100 years of research.
The History of Martin's Point and the Marine Hospital in Portland, Maine
Martin's Point and the Marine Hospital are well known landmarks in Portland, Maine.The Point's history dates back to the earliest days of Maine's colonization while the Hospital was built just before the Civil War commenced.The story of the owners of the Point provide an insight into the way life was lived in those times. This book covers in rich detail the history of the Point and its visual landmark, the Marine Hospital.
Montana's Benton Road
The Benton Road ran from Fort Benton to Helena, Montana. It was the life line for settlers, miners and the military during Montana's pioneering days. Freight and pioneers would board steamships at St Joseph, Missouri and travel the Missouri River to Fort Benton. From there it was up to this road and its feeder roads to provide the people and goods necessary for settling and mining the vast wealth contained in that portion of the Rocky Mountains. Freight wagons, and caravans of people would travel the road. Eventually, stagecoach travel was added to the traffic along the way.
Black Mesa
A young man from Massachusetts set out to be a cowboy and ranch owner. He first went to Texas only to find the cost of his dreams exceeded his expectations. On to Arizona he traveled and with help from his wealthy father he started a ranch high in the mountains. His neighbors were suspicious of his style and manners so when the opportunity presented itself, he and two of his friends went swinging on the wrong end of a rope. He was no horse thief, but some of the local ranchers used that as an excuse to commit murder.
Crossing Arizona
"Portions of thirty diaries or journals of people who actually crossed Arizona are included to depict how Arizona was perceived from 1699 until 1863"--Jacket.
