Seventy Years on the Frontier--Alexander Majors' Memoirs

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Seventy Years on the Frontier--Alexander Majors' Memoirs

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.276

Description

Seventy Years on the Frontier, according to the title page is Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border with a preface by "Buffalo Bill" (General W. F. Cody). Born in Kentucky in 1814, Alexander Majors first saw St. Louis when it was a frontier post with a few scattered buildings with only a single ferry engaging but three workmen to transport furs and other goods across the river. Mr. Majors' memoirs tell of the Mormons in Jackson county, Missouri, and of Doniphan's Expedition against the Mexican Army at Sacramento. Included in this memoir are tales of Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, the Gold Rush, early freighting of supplies across the western plains, his association with Russell and Waddell and the Pony Express. There is an index at the end. This book is from the Don Reynolds library. Printing of this book was limited to 2,000 copies. 345/Hardbound/Illustrations.

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

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.

PonyExpress MA

Notes

Copy No.: 2

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