Life Amid John Logan's Men in Rosa Robbins's County
Rosa and Emaline endure nightly guards and cannily defend their home as Civil War violence and Copperhead raids strike their Tennessee border county. Deserters move through Kentucky. Union troops arrive at Cairo to curb the chaos, while Rosa and Emaline confront dangers, theft, and a bevy of armed Confederate sympathizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa
Emaline
Harry
Mr. Blow
Tennessee
Cumberland
Cairo
Mississippi
Stewart
Tey
Sam Davis
Jackson
Memphis
Kentucky
Caledonia
Noboy
Stis
Tie
Marty
Hin
Confedercy
Augustus
Kin
Kit
Cape
Canada
God
Augusted
Phees
Cris
Lucre
Fox
France
Spain
Ilinois
Gamtmon
Grandmamma Story Becomes Poignant Portrait of Home
The narrative blends a tender portrait of Grandmamma with a dying scene, ending in a peaceful grave. It shifts to define Home as the ultimate refuge where hearts open and grief softens, followed by a stark note that the daughter of Mango Park, the African traveler, is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandmamma
Papa
Mamma
Sam
Earth
Mango Park
Potato culture and fence plans ignite Greeley Farmers' Club
The Greeley Farmers' Club discusses potato cultivation in the Cache la Poudre valley, claims rail access near the depot, and proposes selling potatoes to Denver at one cent a pound. Debate includes speculation on profits, market risks, and a fencing project to protect meadows, plus seed distributions from Kansas Pacific agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grerixy
Colorado
D. Boyd
Mr. Blodgett
J. J. Foster
N. C. Meeker
J. Max Clark
Greeley Farmers’ Club
Cache la Poudre
Greeley
Denver
Denver Pacific Road
Mhanna
Buncombe
Farmers’ Club
Clark
Elliot
Kansas Pacific
Luck of Roaring Camp praised for terse vivid fiction
The piece from Blackwoods Magazine lauds Bret Harte for portraying a crowd of men abandoned by goodness yet in God's image. It compliments the story's compact drama, light and darkness, humor and tenderness, calling it stronger than many longer novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Harte
California
Blackwoods Magazine
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Aris
Seminom
Thompson
L. Dunham
Madison and
Linden Sts
Ames J. Armstrong
Walnut and
Sherman Streets
D. B. Bennett
Ombopathic
Spruce Street
Barnum House
A. B. Cannon
IVERY
Maple Street
Colorado House
Harvey Townsend.arpenter
Walnut St
Park
L. Childs
Boston
Main St
Colony Hall
L. van Gohren
Walnut Street
B. Talbot
Hollister & Savage
Fr. J. Percival
Arpenter
Madison Streets
J. Henry
Westside
Madison
Main
Walnut
Pr. J. Rogers & Son
Black-Smith
W. Hilton
J.D. Buckley
Niss Tibbets
von Gehren
J. Leavy, Urseryman and Florist
Grant and
Sherman Sts
G. W. Webster
MES. S. H. Paine
Spruce St
Jefferson Avenues
J. Joyce
Babcock & Taylor
R*s
Vicinity
U. S
E. Lowndes
Winchester Army Co
New Haven
Conn
Adams and
Oak Streets
Monroe
Baptist Church
Orado
Daniel Wipter
Arapahoe County
Denver City
Washington
Main Street
Kirby
Narpenter
Maple and
Jackson Sts
Arthur Hotchkiss
Lewis Whipple
Chicago
Union Colony
R. A. Cameron
West Buckingham
Bunkers
Gheele
Colorado Territory
Rosa Robbins
John Logan
BY N.C. Meeker
Colorado Farmers’ Club
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