| Author: | Arthur C. Eastly | ISBN: | 9781988993164 |
| Publisher: | 4th Floor Press, Inc. | Publication: | May 1, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arthur C. Eastly |
| ISBN: | 9781988993164 |
| Publisher: | 4th Floor Press, Inc. |
| Publication: | May 1, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Bob Bamford closed the fur trading post in the high mountains of western Colorado and headed for Fort Bridger, located in the corner of Wyoming. The pack train of mules was loaded down with a fortune in beaver hides and he faced the northwestern part of Colorado to cross through Indians, white man thieves, and raging spring rivers. At the fort, he sold his furs and rode off with the gold coins for remembered valleys in Idaho to stake his claim. He worried the grass rich valleys he had crossed as a trapper ten years before would be occupied by settlers or even down-and-out miners from the Idaho gold rush. The 1850s were bringing streams of easterners in their wagon trains going through South Pass heading for California and Oregon and some would be attracted to the hunt for gold.
Fighting blizzards, floods, thieves, and rustlers, Bamford establishes Big Creek Ranch, where every person was equipped with a Winchester rifle. He buys breeding cattle, drives them to the valleys, and fights to build a ranch. Along the way, he sells beef to gold miners, shoots rustlers, befriends Indians, and finds the girl he wants to marry. Always alert to dangers, Bamford defends his valleys, builds houses for his people and barns for the livestock, and brings his new wife to the seclusion and challenges of a new life.
Hear and visualize the tough terrain and climate of the west in the 1850s. The pioneers in the rugged mountainous areas of Idaho come to admire Bamford for his tough honest charge through problems and ability to find solutions—you will, too.
Bob Bamford closed the fur trading post in the high mountains of western Colorado and headed for Fort Bridger, located in the corner of Wyoming. The pack train of mules was loaded down with a fortune in beaver hides and he faced the northwestern part of Colorado to cross through Indians, white man thieves, and raging spring rivers. At the fort, he sold his furs and rode off with the gold coins for remembered valleys in Idaho to stake his claim. He worried the grass rich valleys he had crossed as a trapper ten years before would be occupied by settlers or even down-and-out miners from the Idaho gold rush. The 1850s were bringing streams of easterners in their wagon trains going through South Pass heading for California and Oregon and some would be attracted to the hunt for gold.
Fighting blizzards, floods, thieves, and rustlers, Bamford establishes Big Creek Ranch, where every person was equipped with a Winchester rifle. He buys breeding cattle, drives them to the valleys, and fights to build a ranch. Along the way, he sells beef to gold miners, shoots rustlers, befriends Indians, and finds the girl he wants to marry. Always alert to dangers, Bamford defends his valleys, builds houses for his people and barns for the livestock, and brings his new wife to the seclusion and challenges of a new life.
Hear and visualize the tough terrain and climate of the west in the 1850s. The pioneers in the rugged mountainous areas of Idaho come to admire Bamford for his tough honest charge through problems and ability to find solutions—you will, too.
