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Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (1816 - 1893), often referred to as "Uncle Dick" Wooton, was an American frontiersman born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in Colorado.
In his early life Wootton was a mountain man and trapper, then a hunter at Bent's Fort. In 1866 he built a toll road through Raton Pass. He hired a tribe of Utes under Chief Conniache to build it. He later sold the road to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Uncle Dick Wootton's tale spans a broad chunk of the 19th century American frontier. Originally a mountain man, Uncle Dick ran the gamut of wild west professions: he was a scout, hunter, trapper, trader, freighter, and rancher. He narrowly escaped death on numerous occasions and he was an avid Southern sympathizer during the Civil War. Full of humor, Uncle Dick's memoirs include a description of "Hobnobbing with Brigham Young" and spooky tales of headless senoritas. Truly an encyclopedia of life on the southwestern frontier.
I. A Famous Mountaineer II. Uncle Dick Talks III. Hunting and Trapping IV. Five Thousand Miles on Horseback V. Buffalo Fanning VI. Among the Utes and Apaches VII. Indian Tribes of the Far West VIII. Indian Customs and Superstitions IX. Perils of the Pioneers X. A Convention of Grizzlies XI. The Taos Massacre XII. A Trip to Old Mexico XIII. A Stage Coach Massacre XIV. A Campaign Against the Navahoes XV. Dull Times on the Frontier XVI. Overland to California XVII. Hobnobbing With Brigham Young XVIII. Old Fashioned Justice XIX. Penned Up by the Utes XX. Colorado’s Oldest Farmer
XXI. Ox Teams and Prairie Schooners XXII. Mutinous Teamsters XXIII. Freighting for Uncle Sam XXIV. An Infant City XXV. The Haunted Fort XXVI. Plains Indians on the War Path XXVII. Pathfinder and Builder XXVIII. Stage Coach Stories XXIX. Farewell Visits of the Red Men
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