Guiding readers through this labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, this is the first book to tell the whole story of Colter and his legend, examining everything that is known-or supposedly known-about Colter and showing how historians have tried in vain to get back to Colter the man, finding instead an enigma they cannot unravel.
Guiding readers through this labyrinth of hearsay, rumor, and myth, this is the first book to tell the whole story of Colter and his legend, examining everything that is known-or supposedly known-about Colter and showing how historians have tried in vain to get back to Colter the man, finding instead an enigma they cannot unravel.
Ronald M. Anglin is the author of Forgotten Trails: Historical Sources of the Columbiäs Big Bend Country. He is retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where he spent thirty years in land management in the National Wildlife Refuge System. He feels strongly that to be a good steward of an area, one must first understand its history, so that one¿s mark on the land will be with love and respect, not cruelty or disdain. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Fallon, Nevada, and have two sons who are happily married with six children between them. Larry E. Morris is the author of The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition and The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail. He is a curator with the Historic Sites Division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the Snake River country roamed by the likes of Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, and Kit Carson in the 1820s and 1830s. Larry and his wife, Deborah, are the parents of four children and have six grandchildren.
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Chapter 1: "Off He Started with the Speed of the Wind" Colter's Run Chapter 2: "One of the Survivors, of the Name of Coulter" Searching for Colter's Roots Chapter 3: "In Quest of the Country of Kentucke" John Colter and the Legacy of Daniel Boone Chapter 4: "Colter Came Running Along the Shore" The Encounter with the Lakota Sioux Chapter 5: Colter Had Just Arrived with a Letter from Capt. Clark@ Perilous Rivers and Mountains Chapter 6: "Colter Expressed a Desire To Join Some Trappers" The Partnership with Dickson and Hancock
Chapter 1: "Off He Started with the Speed of the Wind" Colter's Run Chapter 2: "One of the Survivors, of the Name of Coulter" Searching for Colter's Roots Chapter 3: "In Quest of the Country of Kentucke" John Colter and the Legacy of Daniel Boone Chapter 4: "Colter Came Running Along the Shore" The Encounter with the Lakota Sioux Chapter 5: Colter Had Just Arrived with a Letter from Capt. Clark@ Perilous Rivers and Mountains Chapter 6: "Colter Expressed a Desire To Join Some Trappers" The Partnership with Dickson and Hancock
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