Correspondence, 1928.

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Correspondence, 1928.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122550093

ALS's from Reckmeyer to Le Roy Hafen discussing the Indian battle of Summit Springs, Colorado (1869) and the roles played by Major Frank J. North, Brevet Major Eugene A. Carr, and Travelling Bear, A Pawnee scout. Also includes handwritten copies (carbon copies) of portions of North's diary, 1869, and an 1870 joint resolution of the Nebraska State Legislature honoring North and Carr. Also includes a photograph of Major North as well as a September 9, 1928 newsclipping from the Omaha World-Herald discussing the placing of an historic marker on the mission site of the First Presbyterian mission in Nebraska.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Reckmeyer, Clarence.

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Travelling Bear

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Carr, Eugene Asa, 1830-1910

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Carr was born in Hamburg, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1850, 19th in a class of 44 cadets. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, and served in the Indian Wars until 1861, seeing his first bit of combat on October 3, 1854 against Apaches near the Sierra Diablo Mountains. By 1861 he had been promoted to captain (June 11, 1858) in the old 1st U.S. Cavalry (later designated the 4th U.S.) and comm...

Hafen, LeRoy R. (LeRoy Reuben), 1893-1985

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Director of the Colorado State Historical Society and professor of history at Brigham Young University. From the description of Papers, 1820-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536868 From the description of Papers, 1847-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461669 Le Roy Reuben Hafen (1893-1985) was the state historian at the State Historical Society of Colorado for 30 years. Author of numerous articles and books on the history of the American West, Hafen edi...

North, Frank J. (Frank Joshua), 1840-1885

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