Joseph Reddeford Walker And The Arizona Adventure

DANIEL ELLIS CONNER

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956, Norman

First Edition. Cloth. xxii, 364pp. Illustrations. Map. After a career of over 30 years trapping, exploring, fighting Indians, guiding, and driving cattle and horses, Joseph Reddeford Walkers's adventures were far from over. Daniel Ellis Conner joined Walker and his party enroute from Colorado to explore Arizona in 1861. The next four years of adventure were recorded by Conner, offering thrilling insight into their travels and attendant trials. The early Apache wars in Arizona and New Mexico, the circumstances of the death of Mangas Colorado, the movement of emigrant trains to California, and the early settlement & mining activity are among the many experiences recorded. A fine, bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 51937