Westward voyage from Cohasset to Cottonwood mining camp
A young man leaves Harvard era wealth for a rugged Rocky Mountain chase. He battles boredom at home, negotiates his mother’s terms, and travels Denver to Cottonwood with partner Buck to stake a placer claim. They face hard labor, shifting fortunes, and camp nightlife as they chase the promise of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain News
Cottonwood
Reichmann
Plested's
Buck
Shorty
Idaho
Denver
Bear Creek
Cottonwood Camp
Cottonwood Gold Rush Begins and Stagecoach Heist
In early 1870s Colorado Rob ert Gilson and Buck Hayden witness a stagecoach hold up and theft of the express box. Victims include Mrs Constance Deane and Mrs Barnaby who plans a Cottonwood restaurant. Gilson meets Marcus Handy editor as they reach town and buy a mining claim. a lynching is averted by town marshal Chris McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood
Colorado
Robert Gilson
Buck Hayden
Constance Deane
Barnaby
Gilson
Marcus Handy
Cottonwood Courier
Hayden
Chris McGrath
Official Dog Whipper in English Churches
The Reading dog that accompanies its mistress to church reflects ancestral memory of dog whippers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Churches appointed officials to eject dogs using oak three foot long dog-tongs with teeth for a firm grip, a Bangor cathedral set preserved in a glass case, with a Carnarvonshire set dated 1813.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Parson’s Daughter Questions Word Devil in Bible
A young girl worries about the word devil found in her Bible portion at school. She recalls a curate who altered a well known passage to say He that believeth not shall be damned as It were.
Essay on Men From a schoolgirl’s composition
A schoolgirl’s humorous essay classifies men into three kinds husbands bachelors and widowers. It jokes that an eligible bachelor is stubborn yet suspected while husbands come as prizes surprises or consolation prizes and a widower is one rescued in repeated danger. The piece notes making a husband from a bachelor as a high art requiring science sculpture and faith.
Eve's Good Taste
A reflection on gratitude toward any woman who tells a man she loves him. The speaker credits a loving gaze with giving him something unexpected and valuable, praising the good soul and excellent taste of the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frans Molnar
Health Gift Promises New Life After Illness in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs M Riessmorr describes severe weight loss after her first pregnancy and poor health until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her gain from 98 to 116 pounds. The ad frames health as priceless riches and offers the remedy as a fairytale solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia
Mas
M. Riessmorr
Nelson Ave
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wedding Wisdom At Lenox Breakfast Quotes
Cortlandt Bleecker at a Lenox wedding breakfast remarks on love and marriage noting it is the beginning of a woman's life and the end of a man. He jokes marriages are made in heaven yet brimstone matches exist and that marriage grows easier after twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortlandt Bleecker
Lenox
Promise at the altar sparks a quiet dispute
A bride and groom clash over obedience as she admits she kept silent to avoid a scene, her comment revealing a tense moment of marital strain after a vow.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Will Irwin
Chapter
Til den
West
Cohasset Common
Harvard
New England
Cold Harbor
Boston
Emily
Cohasset
Nellie Ferris
Old England
Rob
Tilden
Harrison
Cohasset Harbor
Mother
Albany
Robert
Holworthy Hall
California
Rockies
Union Station
Help Wanted
Bureau of Information
Far West
Longmount
White Mountain
Siegel
Tenderfoot
Camp
the Rockies
Liverpool Hill
Wall Street
Pardner
Carnarvonshire
Eve
Baye
Drug- Bists
Dr. Scholl
Schotl Mfg. Co
Chicago
Schott Lino
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!