PROLOGUE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD xi
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
4. CONTENTS xvii
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xviii
6. MAPS xviii
7. PROLOGUE xix
8. Chapter 1 Overland to California 1
9. Chapter 2 Mining Apprenticeship: Siskiyou County 26
10. Chapter 3 Gold Rush Days in Southern Oregon 49
11. Chapter 4 A Pacific Rancher on the Oregon Coast 77
12. Chapter 5 Return to Siskiyou: Indian Wars and Mining 90
13. Chapter 6 To the Fraser and Return 108
14. Chapter 7 Oregon Interlude 146
15. Chapter 8 People, Places, and Things 162
16. Chapter 9 Winter in Walla Walla 181
17. Chapter 10 Settling Down on Dry Creek 202
18. Chapter 11 Hauling to the Boise Basin 218
19. Chapter 12 Badmen, Gunmen, and Vigilantes 237
20. Chapter 13 Teamster in Montana 247
21. Chapter 14 Utah: Mormons and Lost Horses 271
22. Chapter 15 Hauling for the Union Pacific 293
23. Epilogue 307
24. Appendix 308
25. Bibliography 311
26. Index 319