"Uncle Dick" Wootton. The Pioneer Frontiersman Of The Rocky Mountain Region. An Account Of The Adventures And Thrilling Experiences Of The Most Noted American Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Scout, And Indian Fighter Now Living

HOWARD LOUIS CONARD

Publication: W E Dibble & Co, 1890, Chicago

First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. 473pp.+1 page Advertisement by the Publisher. Frontispiece Portrait, plus 39 Plates. "Uncle Dick" hired on with Bent and St. Vrain in 1836 and was sent to Bent's Fort. In 1837 he began to trapping the Rockies then moved on to the Columbia, then on to California, and eventually trapping his way through Arizona and back to Bent's Fort. His Indian fighting experiences during this time period included fights with the Pawnees and Snake Indians. He guided military operations against the Navajo. He settled in Taos for a while, claiming to have driven 9000 sheep from New Mexico to California in 1852. In 1865, in partnership with George C. McBride, he began the enterprise for which he is best known. Over the roughest portion of the Santa Fe Trail, a stretch of 27 miles from Trinidad, Colorado, across the Raton Pass and down to the Canadian River, he built a substantial road, and near the crest erected a residence and an inn and set up a tollgate. The road opened in 1866 and proved highly profitable until the railroad paralleled his route in 1879. Some very slight to edges and corners. One plate detached, but laid-in. A handsome copy, clean, tight, with bright gilt on the front and the spine. Near fine. Protected in a custom slipcase.

Inventory Number: 53120