A Denver guest's archive includes chapters from H.S. Kilbourne's memoir of experiences in the Indian territory; his pencil sketches of life on the Plains; and many evocative photographs by W.S. Soule.
The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his expedition to the Great Plains launched the inevitable ...
The Southern Plains & The Comanche, Council House Fight and the Texas Rangers, Chief Buffalo Hump's War, First Battle of Adobe Walls & the Kiowa Chiefs, The Red River War, The Desert Southwest, ...
War on the plains -- Paper peace -- First blood -- Sitting Bull and bear ribs -- White man's war -- Kit Carson takes a hand -- Sand Creek -- Powder River -- The Fort Phil Kearney Massacre -- Hancock ...
"Originally published as The Frontier Newspapers and the Coverage of the Plains Indian Wars by Praeger Publishers, Santa Barbara, CA. 2010." Introduction: Frontier newspapers -- Great Sioux Uprising, ...