Seventy Years on the Frontier

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Seventy Years on the Frontier

Entry/Object ID

L1993.1.48

Description

Seventy Years on the Frontier tells of Alexander Majors' life on the border, from his memory of St. Louis as a frontier post with a few scattered buildings and a single ferry engaging but three workmen to transport furs and other goods across the river, to the romantic but short-lived Pony Express, and the freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell. In between these points his name is so enmeshed with those of Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, and the figures of the Gold Rush. He writes about the Missouri-Mormon conflict of the 1830's, and his residence in Salt Lake City in the late 1800's. 325/Hardbound/Illustrations/Photographs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express, Transportation, Communication

Search Terms

Cody, William F., Freighting, Mormons in Jackson County, Missouri, Frontier Life, Carson, Kit, Santa Fe Trail, Diary, Biography, Mormon Conflict, Salt Lake City, Russell, Majors & Waddell, Majors, Alexander, Gold Rush, Buffalo Bill, Doniphan's Expedition, Mexican War, Mormons

Book Details

Author

Majors, Alexander

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

State/Province

Minnesota

Date Published

1965

Call No.

Western MA

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Majors, Alexander

Person or Organization

William Russell

Person or Organization

Waddell, William

Person or Organization

Cody, William F.

Person or Organization

Kit Carson