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California Joe a Great Frontiersman chronology and legacy
A biography by Joe Milner and Earle Forrest traces Moses Embrace Milner born 1829 near Standford Kentucky through frontier exploits from St Louis to Fort Robinson, detailing his rifle skill, scouting with Kit Carson, battles with Red Cloud and Adobe Walls, and his death in 1876 at Fort Robinson. It notes his nickname California Joe and the somber tomb at Fort Robinson.
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Moses Milner
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Joe E. Milner
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Idaho
War Department
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Moses Embree Milner
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Embree Armstead Milner
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Yorkshire
England
Virginia
California Joe
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Warren County
Missouri
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St. Louis
Independence
Platte River
Fort Laraimie
American Fur Company
Fort Laramie
Jim Baker
Yellowstone
Fort Bridger
Jim Bridger
Fort Leavenworth
Stephen W
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Nancy Emma Watts
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Sacramento Valley
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Oregon
Benton County
West
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Buffalo Bill Cody
D. L. Payne
Cimarron
General Custer
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Jenny
Black Hills
Red Cloud Agency
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Rapid Creek
Rapid City
George Crook
Ronald S. Mackenzie
Red Cloud
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Dull Knife
Tom Newcomb
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