Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Genealogical Chart Fontispiece Chronological Table 8 Introduction 13 Preface 17 CHAPTER ONE Ancestry—Genealogical chart—Biography of General Larimerfrom 1809 to 1855—Financial reverses—Migration fromPittsburgh to Nebraska 19 CHAPTER TWO General Larimers family joins him in Nebraska—By river fromPittsburgh to St. Joseph in 1855 27 CHAPTER THREE Arrival in Nebraska—A Prairie Fire—The severely cold winterof 1855-6—Wild game—Member of the Legislature —Womans Suffr
Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Genealogical Chart Fontispiece Chronological Table 8 Introduction 13 Preface 17 CHAPTER ONE Ancestry—Genealogical chart—Biography of General Larimerfrom 1809 to 1855—Financial reverses—Migration fromPittsburgh to Nebraska 19 CHAPTER TWO General Larimers family joins him in Nebraska—By river fromPittsburgh to St. Joseph in 1855 27 CHAPTER THREE Arrival in Nebraska—A Prairie Fire—The severely cold winterof 1855-6—Wild game—Member of the Legislature —Womans Suffrage 34 CHAPTER FOUR Indians as neighbors—The founding of LaPlatte—Flood in thespribg of 1856—Moved to Omaha—A Pittsburgh-built housein Omaha—Founding of the Omaha Republican—Moved toLeavenworth 39 CHAPTER FIVE Discovery of gold in the Pikes Peak Region—Furor created bythe news—Organized a party to cross the plains—The outfit—The Santa Fe Trail—Aubreys long distance ride 45 CHAPTER SIX The making of a corral—Buffalo hunting—Lost on the plains—An Indian camp—I
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