
- 160 pages
- English
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About this book
Early Icons and Landmarks As western migration came to the Colorado frontier, forts were established to protect the settlers. These forts were intertwined with the lives of the frontiersmen. Scout Thomas Tate Tobin oversaw the workers who built the adobe fortress known as Fort Garland. Here, Tobin delivered the heads of the murderous Espinosas gang to Colonel Sam Tappan. Fort Sedgwick, originally known as Camp Rankin, was attacked by the Cheyenne Dog soldiers, including George Bent. Fort Lyon, an expanded fortress of William Bent's third fort, became the staging point for Colonel John M. Chivington's march to Sand Creek where peaceful Cheyenne were murdered. Later, Christopher "Kit" Carson died in the fort's chapel. Legendary Jim Beckwourth was associated with both Fort Vasquez and Fort Pueblo. Author Linda Wommack revisits the glory and the mistakes of the frontiersmen who defined Colorado and the forts that dotted the wild landscape.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Bent Brothers and Their Historic Fort
- 2. Fort Davy Crockett: Fur Trappers and Indian Trading
- 3. Famed Frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson
- 4. Fort Lyon
- 5. Mountain Man Extraordinaire Mariano Medina
- 6. Legendary Tracker Thomas Tate Tobin
- 7. Fort Garland
- 8. Jim Beckwourth: A Rocky Mountain Legend
- 9. Fort Vasquez
- 10. El Pueblo
- 11. George Bent: A Man Among Two Cultures
- 12. Fort Sedgwick
- 13. William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody: Frontier Showman
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author