People of the Moonshell is an award-winning history of the Platte River, the primary way west during the frontier era. Peterson focuses on people, some well-known, some unknown, who had some extraordinary experience along the Platte. Subjects range from Spanish explorers to Mormon settlers, from Buffalo Bill Cody and Robert Louis Stevenson to Native Americans fighting for their homeland. Written largely from diaries and journals, the tales weave into an overview of Plate River history described by the El Paso Corral of Westerners as "one of those rare treasures."
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Nancy Peterson writes with care and feeling about the Platte River country because she grew up along the North Platte in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Highly interested in the frontier era, she has authored numerous historical articles in regional publications as well as a column of local history which was the impetus for People of the Moonshell. Winner of numerous awards for both prose and poetry, she is past president of the Denver Woman's Press Club and the Denver Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
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From the earliest times this unpretentious river was important to the people of the plains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spotted Tail, Man Afraid of His Horses, Fort Laramie, United States, Tom Fitzpatrick, Salt Lake, North Platte, New York, Platte Valley, South Platte, Deer Creek, Pikes Peak, Cherry Creek, Little Thunder, Charles Preuss, Red Cloud, South Pass, Two Face, Fort Kearny, Nancy Kelsey, John Chislett, Oregon Trail, Powder River, Scotts Bluff, William Byers New!
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From the earliest times this unpretentious river was important to the people of the plains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spotted Tail, Man Afraid of His Horses, Fort Laramie, United States, Tom Fitzpatrick, Salt Lake, North Platte, New York, Platte Valley, South Platte, Deer Creek, Pikes Peak, Cherry Creek, Little Thunder, Charles Preuss, Red Cloud, South Pass, Two Face, Fort Kearny, Nancy Kelsey, John Chislett, Oregon Trail, Powder River, Scotts Bluff, William Byers New!
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- The Oregon Trail (Economy Editions) by Francis Parkman on page 56, page 58, and Back Matter
- The American West (First History) by Miriam Moss on page 36, page 38, and Back Matter
- Robert Louis Stevenson by Henry, Jr. James on page 152, and Back Matter
- The Rocky Mountains (World's Wild Places) by Bryce S. Walker on page 38, and Back Matter
- Fort Laramie and the Sioux by Remi Nadeau in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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