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Men to Match My MountainsEntry/Object ID
L2019.13.150Description
Men to Match My Mountains. The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900. Situated in the now states of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. At the beginning of this time period the area has none of the present boundaries and is mostly empty of Europeans, with the exception of California. At the end of the time period, there are four states admitted to the Union.
Hugh Lewis research notation:
Page 27: Robidoux. "Robidoux's description of California was in the superlative degree favorable, so much so that I resolved to see that wonderful land, and with others helped to get up a meeting at Weston. Robidoux described it as one of perennial spring and boundless fertility...He said that the Spanish authorities were most friendly, and that the people were the most hospitable on the globe: that you could travel all over California and it would cost you nothing for horses or food. His description of the country made it seem like a Paradise."
Page 34: Antoine Robidoux, Mountain Men. "...The Story of early Colorado is the story of these mountain men: Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson, William Ashley, the Subletts, Joseph Reddeford Walker, James Ohio Pattie, the Bent brothers, Antonie Robidous, Caleb Greenwood, Vasquez, St. Varin, Peter Skene Ogden were the greatest woodsmen since Daniel Boone and his confreres opened the Kentucky wilderness. Either working for themselves or attached to the big fur companies, squaw men, they spent most of the year in the wilderness, emerging in summer with their bundles of valuable pelts at one of their trading posts or open-air rendezvous, to "barter for food, liquor, trinkets for their wives, and enjoy a week of wild carousal: before returning to the solitude of mountain lakes and streams for another year of danger, adventure and, of necessity, exploration. At these summer fairs there were sometimes as many as two hundred whites and two thousand Indians."
Page 125: Robidoux Pass. "Old Bill decreed that they take the Robidoux Pass over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. They struck heavy snows and a screaming gale. Campfires were impossible to sustain. "The winds were caught in the valley and never got out, and then blew wildly in all directions at once." By December 2 when they started up Robidoux Pass the mules were shaking from cold. The saddlebags of corn were vanishing rapidly. Fremont who had always insisted on a full day's march, had to call a halt early in the afternoon for the sake of the shivering animals."
459/Hardcover/Green/Jacket orange, shows a mountain range, in poor condition/MapsCollection
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Robidoux Pass, Robidoux, Antonie, Fort Laramie, Fort Leavenworth, Missouri River, Mormons, Rocky Mountains, Salt Lake City, Washo, Native American, Robidoux FamilyBook Details
Author
Irving StonePlace Published
City
Garden CityState/Province
New YorkDate Published
1956Call No.
Robidoux STLCCN
56-9405Notes
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Antonie RobidouxPerson or Organization
John BidwellPerson or Organization
John A. SutterPerson or Organization
Brigham Young