Name/Title
Tough CountryEntry/Object ID
217.12.0407Description
"Tough Country: The History of the Saratoga & Encampment Valley 1825-1895" by Gay Day Alcorn, 1984. A history of the Platte Valley, including Saratoga and Encampment. Sources include diaries of Overland Trail travelers, letters written by the Sand Creek Land & Cattle Company's manager, and letters by the commander of Fort Fred Steele. Includes end notes and index.
Physical Description: The book has a brown faux leather hardcover with gold lettering. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2", pages v-x and 11-223. Written in black ink in the upper left hand corner of the second page is "Presented to the Carbon County Museum 7/11/84, E.M. Tierney". Stamped in black ink at the top of the fourth page is "Carbon County Museum, Box 52, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301". The book also has a peach/tan jacket that has an image of an engraving showing two Indians on horseback hunting a buffalo.Collection
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