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REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD TIMER. A RECITAL OF THE ACTUAL EVENTS, INCIDENTS, TRIALS, HARDSHIPS, VICISSITUDES, ADVENTURES, PERILS, AND ESCAPES OF A PIONEER, HUNTER, MINER AND SCOUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOGETHER WITH HIS LATER EXPERIENCES IN OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS CAPACITIES, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES, BEAUTIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW NORTHWEST; THE SEVERAL INDIAN WARS, ANECDOTES, ETC.

REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD TIMER. A RECITAL OF THE ACTUAL EVENTS, INCIDENTS, TRIALS, HARDSHIPS, VICISSITUDES, ADVENTURES, PERILS, AND ESCAPES OF A PIONEER, HUNTER, MINER AND SCOUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOGETHER WITH HIS LATER EXPERIENCES IN OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS CAPACITIES, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES, BEAUTIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW NORTHWEST; THE SEVERAL INDIAN WARS, ANECDOTES, ETC.

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REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD TIMER. A RECITAL OF THE ACTUAL EVENTS, INCIDENTS, TRIALS, HARDSHIPS, VICISSITUDES, ADVENTURES, PERILS, AND ESCAPES OF A PIONEER, HUNTER, MINER AND SCOUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOGETHER WITH HIS LATER EXPERIENCES IN OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS CAPACITIES, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES, BEAUTIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW NORTHWEST; THE SEVERAL INDIAN WARS, ANECDOTES, ETC.

by HUNTER, COLONEL GEORGE

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San Francisco: H.S. Crocker and Company, 1887., 1887. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Maroon decorated cloth, decorated endpapers, xxv [1], 454 pp., frontis. [portrait], dedication, introduction, preface, illustrated. Six Guns 1081 says "Rare." "Contains some information on vigilantes and road agents." The author tells of his many experiences, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. Mining life in Shasta City district is vividly portrayed, and the arrival of the first white woman in camp is described in minute detail. A tale of the Rogue River Indian War of 1853 is recounted in some vivid detail, as well as encounters with grizzly bears, his time as sheriff of Pacific county, being nursed back to health by a Mormon family, heading to Kootenia in British Columbia when gold was struck there and the enforcement of the rigid mining laws on British territory are described, and much more. Near fine, tight copy. Housed in a folding slipcase with gilt-stamped leather label on spine.

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REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD TIMER. A RECITAL OF THE ACTUAL EVENTS, INCIDENTS, TRIALS, HARDSHIPS, VICISSITUDES, ADVENTURES, PERILS, AND ESCAPES OF A PIONEER, HUNTER, MINER AND SCOUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOGETHER WITH HIS LATER EXPERIENCES IN OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS CAPACITIES, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES, BEAUTIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW NORTHWEST; THE SEVERAL INDIAN WARS, ANECDOTES, ETC.
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HUNTER, COLONEL GEORGE
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H.S. Crocker and Company, 1887.
Place of Publication
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Date Published
1887

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