@article{732245,
      recid = {732245},
      author = {Triplett, Frank.},
      title = {Conquering the wilderness, or, New pictorial history of  the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of  America ... /},
      publisher = {Werner Co.,},
      address = {Chicago ;},
      pages = {742 pages :},
      year = {1895},
      note = {"A full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements  and marvelous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clarke, Logan,  Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe, and other  celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters, Crockett,  Houston, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, and all the  famous plainsmen, Graham, Sutter, Marshall, Fremont,  Kearney, and other historic names of the Pacific Coast.  With picturesque sketches of border life, past and present,  backwoods camp-meetings, schools, and Sunday schools,  heroic fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and  mothers. Flatboating, the overland route and its horrors,  the gold fever and filibustering expeditions, vigilance  committees, Lafitte, Walker, Brigham Young, etc.,  eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright,  Axley, and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and  describing life and adventure on the plains and in the  mining camps of to-day, including hunting, trapping,  freighting, ranching, herding, posttrading, Indian  agencies, scouts, guides and desperados; immense fortunes  of western millionaires, how made, etc."},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/732245},
}