"Uncle Dick" Wootton, the Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Region
Book Details
Author(s)Dick Wootton, Howard Louis Conard
ISBN / ASINB00U7ZFFWG
ISBN-13978B00U7ZFFW1
Sales Rank869,504
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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
This book published in 1890 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
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
This book published in 1890 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
