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John Ford loosely adapted this movie from a hodge-podge of Texas lore about an uncle's years-long search for a niece who'd been abducted as a child during an 1836 Comanche raid. When Cynthia Ann…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt Mar 3.
Early Days of Settlement in the Northwest - 1815 to 1855 - The Trappers/Mountain Men
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I recently had the extreme pleasure of re-reading (for the third time) A.B. Guthrie's outstanding books on this fascinating period in our nation's history. There are four books in all, and best read…Continue
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Civil War in Arizona - 1861 & 1862
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In 1861 the US Secretary of War ordered the governor of California to raise an adequate militia to prevent Southern incursion into the south of the state, which was known to be sympathetic to the…Continue
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Robert E Lee Hyde replied to Stan H's discussion Reconstruction in Texas
"Note for Marshall Trimble:
This is taken from U.S. History, Military Rule "Radical Reconstrucgtion" 1867 - 1877
"Rejecting the lenient reconstruction measures initiated by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson the U.S.…"
Robert E Lee Hyde replied to Stan H's discussion Reconstruction in Texas
"Northern liberals like this New York fellow, Gerwitz, seem to always try to either justify their position or cast a slur on another person by giving him a label. Back on the Western frontier a man had the right to his personal…"
Robert E Lee Hyde replied to Stan H's discussion Reconstruction in Texas
""RECONSTRUCTION" is a fine sounding title for the policy passed by Congress after Lincoln was assasainated at the end of the War Between the States. That infamous policy would have been more aptly titled PUNISHMENT AND…"
Robert E Lee Hyde replied to Gary L. Griffiths's discussion Wickenburg Massacre
"Your project is certainly of interest to Western historians. This massacre and the circumstances surrounding it remains as one of Arizona's greatest mysteries. Much has been written, and much speculated about who really committed…"
Robert E Lee Hyde replied to Stan H's discussion Reconstruction in Texas
"Stan: Mention is made in the historical publication of David M. Potter, "Division and the Stresses of Reunion, 1845-1876" printed by the Scott-Foresman American History Series, wherein favoritism was granted to Northerners…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion "THE SEARCHERS,"
"The movie The Black Fox, which starred the late Christopher Reeve, was very loosely based on the exploits of Britt Johnson, the black man who was LeMay's inspiration. While searching for his wife, son, & daughter, he spotted dozens of…"
Jim Holden replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion "THE SEARCHERS,"
"it has been reported that Alan LeMay's 1954 novel inspired the movie, & LeMay's notes say that he studied some 64 incidents in Texas where whites wrre abducted. LeMay's notes indicate that another case of a Black Man…"
Dave McGowan replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion "THE SEARCHERS,"
"It upsets me when people of yesterday are judged by today's standards.
The Inquisition was probably one of the most disgusting episodes in human history ... but not to te Spanish Catholics of the day.
Christopher Columbus was a racist, bigot,…"
Margaret-Anne Moore replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion "THE SEARCHERS,"
"Whenever I see The Searchers, I somehow think of Cynthia and her famous son Quanah. I always suspected there was a great deal of similarity between Cynthia Ann and Debbie. Also, I believe that Henry Brandon, who played Chief Scar in The…"
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"THE SEARCHERS,"
John Ford loosely adapted this movie from a hodge-podge of Texas lore about an uncle's years-long search for a niece who'd been abducted as a child during an 1836 Comanche raid. When Cynthia Ann Parker was rescued from the tribe more than 20 yers later and returned to her Texas family, she was regarded by some as a heroic survivor - and by others as a White savage. In Ford's movie John Wayne plays the Uncle and Natalie Wood the niece. Cynthia Parker's life and exploits are now related in a…See More
Stan H replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion Early Days of Settlement in the Northwest - 1815 to 1855 - The Trappers/Mountain Men
"The film Jeremiah Johnson was loosly based on "The Mountain Man" by Vardis Fisher ( a good book) and the actual life of "Liver-eating Johnson.
Them were some tough ol' boys indeed."
John Olexa replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion Early Days of Settlement in the Northwest - 1815 to 1855 - The Trappers/Mountain Men
"John "Liver-Eating" Johnson !! Now there is a Mountain man!! If the storys are true."
Stan H replied to Robert E Lee Hyde's discussion Early Days of Settlement in the Northwest - 1815 to 1855 - The Trappers/Mountain Men
"The history of the mountain men is an entire chapter to itself. I have a number of books on that story and have throughly enjoyed reading everything I can get my hands on.
Although it covered 30 or 40 years, it was populated by a relatively…"
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Early Days of Settlement in the Northwest - 1815 to 1855 - The Trappers/Mountain Men
I recently had the extreme pleasure of re-reading (for the third time) A.B. Guthrie's outstanding books on this fascinating period in our nation's history. There are four books in all, and best read in order: THE BIG SKY, THE WAY WEST, FAIR LAND FAIR LAND, and THESE THOUSAND HILLS. What a treat for the Western historian.This period in our history lasted for only about 40 years and marked a major transition time for our country. Interstingly, the "Cowboy Era" lasted for about the same number…See More
Robert E Lee Hyde replied to Mundo Osterberg's discussion Santa Maria Style Barbeque
"You're right Mundo ---- Santa Maria tri-tip barbequed over an open oak fire, a good serving of pinquito beans and a baked potato ---- food doesn't get much better than this."
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Cave Creek in the 30's & 40's
In reading some of Bob Boze Bell's posts on his new home of Cave Creek, I'm moved to tell him of my experiences as a boy. My dad was a pipeline contractor out of Phoenix (Arizona Welding Works on the corner of 2nd ave and Jackson). He started this business in 1915, sold it, then repurchased it in 1925 after a stint in the shipyards in Seattle during the war. I would often be with him in his 1935 Dodge pickup, with his welding tanks in the back. Every time we went thru Cave Creek, the…
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