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hist_text-digest Tuesday, February 4 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1146
In this issue:
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:27:52 -0800
From: "Ben" <beb1@sisna.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
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Thanks Lanney,
I wish I could have met Laura Jean. Sounds like my kind of people. She =
did exactly what I'm trying to do. I've read extensively in trapper's =
and mountain men's journals searching for little unusual thing I can =
work into the story, like the "white clay" at a spot along the Snake =
River that the Indians and Mt. Men used for soap. I'm hoping the only =
historical discrepancy is the early date of settlers.
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Lanney Ratcliff=20
To: History List=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: MtMan-List: Ben's book
Ben
By golly, write your novel any way you want and let the chips fall =
where they may. A lady who used to be on this list wrote a novel a few =
years back involving the 1838 rendezvous & mountain men and a woman =
from today who went there and met them. The general theme of the book =
was a romance novel with a science-fiction/fantasy/time travel twist set =
in 1838 AND 2002. Makes homesteading in the Unitas in the 1830's seem =
pretty dang plausible when you compare the story lines. Laura made the =
book readable and believable (enough) not by proving that time travel =
is possible and that a widowed school teacher from Emory University =
could actually meet Osborne Russell in the Wind River Range but by =
skillful wordsmithing and paying attention to as many minor details as =
she could. She wove the story out of the yarn in her head but she made =
sure that names, places and dates lined up historically, that a =
particular river ran in the direction she said it did, that long dead =
mountaineers didn't get reincarnated 20 years after they actually died, =
that Narcissa Whitman was a blond, etc. She paid close attention to as =
many details as she could figuring that little errors would chip away at =
the plausibility she was striving for. Look on Amazon.com for the novel =
"Across the Seasons" by Laura Jean Glise. Laura can't speak for herself =
anymore because she went under on Feb 16, 2002, killed by a brain tumor =
at age 52. She would certainly tell you to proceed with all possible =
speed while exercising due diligence to make the book believable and =
entertaining.
Laura was my good friend and I think of her when the wind blows....
Lanney Ratcliff
lanneyratcliff@charter.net
______________________________________________________________
Aux Aliments du Pays
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks Lanney,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wish I could have met Laura =
Jean. Sounds=20
like my kind of people. She did exactly what I'm trying to =
do. I've=20
read extensively in trapper's and mountain men's journals searching for =
little=20
unusual thing I can work into the story, like the "white clay" at a spot =
along=20
the Snake River that the Indians and Mt. Men used for soap. =
I'm=20
hoping the only historical discrepancy is the early date of=20
settlers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dlanneyratcliff@charter.net=20
href=3D"mailto:lanneyratcliff@charter.net">Lanney Ratcliff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dhist_text@xmission.com=20
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@xmission.com">History List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, =
2003 2:58=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> MtMan-List: Ben's =
book</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4>Ben</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4>By golly, write your =
novel any way=20
you want and let the chips fall where they may. A lady who used =
to be on=20
this list wrote a novel a few years back involving the 1838=20
rendezvous & mountain men and a woman from today =
who went=20
there and met them. The general theme of the book was a =
romance=20
novel with a science-fiction/fantasy/time travel twist set =
in 1838=20
AND 2002. Makes homesteading in the Unitas in the 1830's seem =
pretty=20
dang plausible when you compare the story lines. Laura made =
the=20
book readable and believable (enough) not by proving that =
time=20
travel is possible and that a widowed school teacher from Emory=20
University could actually meet Osborne Russell in the Wind River =
Range=20
but by skillful wordsmithing and paying attention to as many minor =
details as=20
she could. She wove the story out of the yarn in her head but =
she made=20
sure that names, places and dates lined up historically, that a =
particular=20
river ran in the direction she said it did, that long dead =
mountaineers didn't=20
get reincarnated 20 years after they actually died, that Narcissa =
Whitman was=20
a blond, etc. She paid close attention to as many details as she =
could=20
figuring that little errors would chip away at the plausibility she =
was=20
striving for. Look on Amazon.com for the novel "Across the =
Seasons" by=20
Laura Jean Glise. Laura can't speak for herself anymore because =
she went=20
under on Feb 16, 2002, killed by a brain tumor at age 52. She =
would=20
certainly tell you to proceed with all possible speed while exercising =
due=20
diligence to make the book believable and entertaining.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4>Laura was my good friend =
and I think=20
of her when the wind blows....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4>Lanney Ratcliff<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:lanneyratcliff@charter.net">lanneyratcliff@charter.net</A>=
<BR>______________________________________________________________<BR>Aux=
=20
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:15:58 -0700
From: "John L. Allen" <jlallen@wyoming.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
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Hi, Ben,
I'll look forward to reading your book. But for the sake of historical =
accuracy, the Homestead Act did not come about until 1862--quite some =
time after your characters "homesteaded a valley on the north slope of =
the Uintahs." At that point in time, there was no way to legally claim =
land that far west as it was not yet part of the rectangular survey =
system. If it's not too late, you might want to replace the term =
"homesteaded" with "settled" or even "squatted" (referring to the taking =
of land without legal title--a standard practice on the American =
frontier).
John
Dr. John L. Allen
2703 Leslie Court
Laramie, WY 82072-2979
Phone: (307) 742-0883
e-mail: jlallen@wyoming.com
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ben=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Hi Wynn,
I hope I've journeyed into more enjoyable waters! =20
My main character moves West with his family when he was 12 years =
old, in 1828. His father was going to settle in Missouri, but when they =
reached St. Louis they ran into his uncle, a mountain man and trapper =
that expounded on the land far to the west, and was persuaded to claim =
some of it for himself. Four years after they'd homesteaded a valley on =
the north slope of the Uintahs, Indians raided, massacering his family =
except for his sister, who they stole and took with them. =20
The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the tradgedy and =
his search for his sister. He travels to the rendevous on the Green =
River in search of his Uncle and has many an adventure.
I hope I've written it so that those on this board will enjoy it (and =
not made to many glaring errors).
About the hundred years.....I was thinking a hundred years before I =
was born....which would put me right in the middle of my story :-) =
1837, although my grandfather was still settling the country in 1900. =
Started a small town in Southern Utah.
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Wynn & Gretchen Ormond=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Ben wrote:
>Sometime's I think I was born a hundred years to late, but then on =
the other hand...
So your one of those who wanted to be here after all the fun was =
over huh? 1900 would be pretty swivilized.
Curious though does your book run the typical: didn't get along =
with Dad; was always out shooting squirrel instead of in school; heads =
west alone or with just a couple of others; da da da.
Or have you ventured into more enjoyable waters.
Wynn Ormond
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi, Ben,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll look forward to reading your book. =
But for the=20
sake of historical accuracy, the Homestead Act did not come about until=20
1862--quite some time after your characters "homesteaded a valley on the =
north=20
slope of the Uintahs." At that point in time, there was no way to =
legally claim=20
land that far west as it was not yet part of the rectangular survey =
system. If=20
it's not too late, you might want to replace the term "homesteaded" with =
"settled" or even "squatted" (referring to the taking of land without =
legal=20
title--a standard practice on the American frontier).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Dr. John L. Allen<BR>2703 Leslie Court<BR>Laramie, WY =
82072-2979<BR>Phone:=20
(307) 742-0883<BR>e-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:jlallen@wyoming.com">jlallen@wyoming.com</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbeb1@sisna.com href=3D"mailto:beb1@sisna.com">Ben</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, =
2003 9:51=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Re: =
caring for=20
beaver pelts</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Wynn,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope I've journeyed into more =
enjoyable=20
waters! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My main character moves West =
with his=20
family when he was 12 years old, in 1828. His father was going =
to settle=20
in Missouri, but when they reached St. Louis they ran into his =
uncle, a=20
mountain man and trapper that expounded on the land far to the west, =
and was=20
persuaded to claim some of it for himself. Four years after =
they'd=20
homesteaded a valley on the north slope of the Uintahs, Indians=20
raided<FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>, massacering his =
family=20
except for his sister, who they stole and took with them. =20
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the =
tradgedy and=20
his search for his sister. He travels to the rendevous on =
the=20
Green River in search of his Uncle and has many an =
adventure.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope I've written it so that those =
on this=20
board will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring =
errors).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>About the hundred years.....I was =
thinking a=20
hundred years before I was born....which would put me right in the =
middle of=20
my story :-) 1837, although my grandfather was still =
settling the country in 1900. Started a small town in Southern=20
Utah.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dleona3@sourceoneinternet.com=20
href=3D"mailto:leona3@sourceoneinternet.com">Wynn & Gretchen =
Ormond</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 03, =
2003 8:33=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Re: =
caring for=20
beaver pelts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>Sometime's I think I was born a =
hundred=20
years to late, but then on the other hand...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So your one of those who wanted to =
be here=20
after all the fun was over huh? 1900 would be pretty=20
swivilized.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Curious though does your book run =
the=20
typical: didn't get along with Dad; was always out shooting =
squirrel=20
instead of in school; heads west alone or with just a couple of =
others; da=20
da da.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Or have you ventured into more =
enjoyable=20
waters.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wynn Ormond</FONT></DIV>
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:49:51 -0800
From: "Ben" <beb1@sisna.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
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Hi Dr. John,
The term homesteading is not in the book. I erroniously put it in one =
of my first emails as I explained my story. The area that the family =
settled on was not even owned by the US at the time. The Louisiana =
purchase did not include The north slope of the Uintahs.
Several of the board members have "chastised" me for making that =
mistake in the email.
I stand corrected :-)
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John L. Allen=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Hi, Ben,
I'll look forward to reading your book. But for the sake of historical =
accuracy, the Homestead Act did not come about until 1862--quite some =
time after your characters "homesteaded a valley on the north slope of =
the Uintahs." At that point in time, there was no way to legally claim =
land that far west as it was not yet part of the rectangular survey =
system. If it's not too late, you might want to replace the term =
"homesteaded" with "settled" or even "squatted" (referring to the taking =
of land without legal title--a standard practice on the American =
frontier).
John
Dr. John L. Allen
2703 Leslie Court
Laramie, WY 82072-2979
Phone: (307) 742-0883
e-mail: jlallen@wyoming.com
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ben=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Hi Wynn,
I hope I've journeyed into more enjoyable waters! =20
My main character moves West with his family when he was 12 years =
old, in 1828. His father was going to settle in Missouri, but when they =
reached St. Louis they ran into his uncle, a mountain man and trapper =
that expounded on the land far to the west, and was persuaded to claim =
some of it for himself. Four years after they'd homesteaded a valley on =
the north slope of the Uintahs, Indians raided, massacering his family =
except for his sister, who they stole and took with them. =20
The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the tradgedy and =
his search for his sister. He travels to the rendevous on the Green =
River in search of his Uncle and has many an adventure.
I hope I've written it so that those on this board will enjoy it =
(and not made to many glaring errors).
About the hundred years.....I was thinking a hundred years before I =
was born....which would put me right in the middle of my story :-) =
1837, although my grandfather was still settling the country in 1900. =
Started a small town in Southern Utah.
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Wynn & Gretchen Ormond=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Ben wrote:
>Sometime's I think I was born a hundred years to late, but then =
on the other hand...
So your one of those who wanted to be here after all the fun was =
over huh? 1900 would be pretty swivilized.
Curious though does your book run the typical: didn't get along =
with Dad; was always out shooting squirrel instead of in school; heads =
west alone or with just a couple of others; da da da.
Or have you ventured into more enjoyable waters.
Wynn Ormond
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Dr. John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The term homesteading is not in the =
book. I=20
erroniously put it in one of my first emails as I explained my =
story. The=20
area that the family settled on was not even owned by the US at the =
time. =20
The Louisiana purchase did not include The north slope of the=20
Uintahs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Several of the board =
members=20
have "chastised" me for making that mistake in the email.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I stand corrected=20
:-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Djlallen@wyoming.com =
href=3D"mailto:jlallen@wyoming.com">John L.=20
Allen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, =
2003 5:15=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Re: =
caring for=20
beaver pelts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi, Ben,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll look forward to reading your =
book. But for=20
the sake of historical accuracy, the Homestead Act did not come about =
until=20
1862--quite some time after your characters "homesteaded a valley on =
the north=20
slope of the Uintahs." At that point in time, there was no way to =
legally=20
claim land that far west as it was not yet part of the rectangular =
survey=20
system. If it's not too late, you might want to replace the term =
"homesteaded"=20
with "settled" or even "squatted" (referring to the taking of land =
without=20
legal title--a standard practice on the American =
frontier).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Dr. John L. Allen<BR>2703 Leslie Court<BR>Laramie, WY=20
82072-2979<BR>Phone: (307) 742-0883<BR>e-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:jlallen@wyoming.com">jlallen@wyoming.com</A><BR></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbeb1@sisna.com href=3D"mailto:beb1@sisna.com">Ben</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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</A>=20
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2003 9:51=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Re: =
caring for=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Wynn,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope I've journeyed into more =
enjoyable=20
waters! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My main character moves West =
with his=20
family when he was 12 years old, in 1828. His father was going =
to=20
settle in Missouri, but when they reached St. Louis they ran into =
his=20
uncle, a mountain man and trapper that expounded on the land =
far to=20
the west, and was persuaded to claim some of it for himself. =
Four=20
years after they'd homesteaded a valley on the north slope of =
the=20
Uintahs, Indians raided<FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3>, =20
massacering his family except for his sister, who they stole and =
took with=20
them. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the =
tradgedy=20
and his search for his sister. He travels to the =
rendevous on=20
the Green River in search of his Uncle and has many an=20
adventure.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope I've written it so that =
those on this=20
board will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring =
errors).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>About the hundred years.....I was =
thinking a=20
hundred years before I was born....which would put me right in the =
middle of=20
my story :-) 1837, although my grandfather was =
still=20
settling the country in 1900. Started a small town in Southern =
Utah.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dleona3@sourceoneinternet.com=20
href=3D"mailto:leona3@sourceoneinternet.com">Wynn & Gretchen =
Ormond</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
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href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 03, =
2003 8:33=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: =
Re: caring=20
for beaver pelts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>Sometime's I think I was born =
a hundred=20
years to late, but then on the other hand...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So your one of those who wanted =
to be here=20
after all the fun was over huh? 1900 would be pretty=20
swivilized.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Curious though does your book run =
the=20
typical: didn't get along with Dad; was always out shooting =
squirrel=20
instead of in school; heads west alone or with just a couple of =
others; da=20
da da.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Or have you ventured into more =
enjoyable=20
waters.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wynn Ormond</FONT></DIV>
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:53:03 -0600
From: "Lanney Ratcliff" <lanneyratcliff@charter.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
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Ben wrote: I wish I could have met Laura Jean.=20
Ben,
Click here for a thumbnail sketch of Laura Jeana and her book..
Lanney
http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=3D732&161221004-31774aaa
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size=3D2> </FONT>Ben wrote: <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wish I =
could have met=20
Laura Jean. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ben,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Click here for a thumbnail sketch of Laura Jeana and =
her=20
book..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Lanney</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4><A=20
href=3D"http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=3D732&161221004-=
31774aaa">http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=3D732&16122100=
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:16:09 -0800
From: "Ben" <beb1@sisna.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
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Thanks for the link Lanney. I'm afraid I'm going to have to purchase =
that book. Afraid cause my wife's going to kill me :-)
She was a beautiful woman . . . and probably as nice as she is pretty.
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Lanney Ratcliff=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Ben's book
Ben wrote: I wish I could have met Laura Jean.=20
Ben,
Click here for a thumbnail sketch of Laura Jeana and her book..
Lanney
http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=3D732&161221004-31774aaa
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for the link Lanney. I'm =
afraid I'm=20
going to have to purchase that book. Afraid cause my wife's going =
to kill=20
me :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>She was a beautiful woman . . . and =
probably as=20
nice as she is pretty.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dlanneyratcliff@charter.net=20
href=3D"mailto:lanneyratcliff@charter.net">Lanney Ratcliff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, =
2003 5:53=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Ben's =
book</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2> </FONT>Ben wrote: <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wish I =
could have met=20
Laura Jean. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ben,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Click here for a thumbnail sketch of Laura Jeana =
and her=20
book..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Lanney</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4><A=20
=
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:37:27 -0700
From: "John L. Allen" <jlallen@wyoming.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
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Dear Ben,
Not a problem--the term "homesteading" slips easily to all our lips when =
we're talking about American settlement and I'm glad you've not used it =
in the book. And you're absolutely right about the area not being US =
territory until after the Mexican War and the Mexican Cession--that's =
what I meant when I said it wasn't part of the rectangular survey =
system.=20
We're all going to love buying and reading your book. Keep the list =
posted on its publication date.
Best wishes,
John
Dr. John L. Allen
2703 Leslie Court
Laramie, WY 82072-2979
Phone: (307) 742-0883
e-mail: jlallen@wyoming.com
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ben=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Hi Dr. John,
The term homesteading is not in the book. I erroniously put it in one =
of my first emails as I explained my story. The area that the family =
settled on was not even owned by the US at the time. The Louisiana =
purchase did not include The north slope of the Uintahs.
Several of the board members have "chastised" me for making that =
mistake in the email.
I stand corrected :-)
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John L. Allen=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Hi, Ben,
I'll look forward to reading your book. But for the sake of =
historical accuracy, the Homestead Act did not come about until =
1862--quite some time after your characters "homesteaded a valley on the =
north slope of the Uintahs." At that point in time, there was no way to =
legally claim land that far west as it was not yet part of the =
rectangular survey system. If it's not too late, you might want to =
replace the term "homesteaded" with "settled" or even "squatted" =
(referring to the taking of land without legal title--a standard =
practice on the American frontier).
John
Dr. John L. Allen
2703 Leslie Court
Laramie, WY 82072-2979
Phone: (307) 742-0883
e-mail: jlallen@wyoming.com
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ben=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Hi Wynn,
I hope I've journeyed into more enjoyable waters! =20
My main character moves West with his family when he was 12 years =
old, in 1828. His father was going to settle in Missouri, but when they =
reached St. Louis they ran into his uncle, a mountain man and trapper =
that expounded on the land far to the west, and was persuaded to claim =
some of it for himself. Four years after they'd homesteaded a valley on =
the north slope of the Uintahs, Indians raided, massacering his family =
except for his sister, who they stole and took with them. =20
The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the tradgedy =
and his search for his sister. He travels to the rendevous on the =
Green River in search of his Uncle and has many an adventure.
I hope I've written it so that those on this board will enjoy it =
(and not made to many glaring errors).
About the hundred years.....I was thinking a hundred years before =
I was born....which would put me right in the middle of my story :-) =
1837, although my grandfather was still settling the country in 1900. =
Started a small town in Southern Utah.
Ben
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Wynn & Gretchen Ormond=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts
Ben wrote:
>Sometime's I think I was born a hundred years to late, but then =
on the other hand...
So your one of those who wanted to be here after all the fun was =
over huh? 1900 would be pretty swivilized.
Curious though does your book run the typical: didn't get along =
with Dad; was always out shooting squirrel instead of in school; heads =
west alone or with just a couple of others; da da da.
Or have you ventured into more enjoyable waters.
Wynn Ormond
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear Ben,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Not a problem--the term "homesteading" =
slips easily=20
to all our lips when we're talking about American settlement and I'm =
glad you've=20
not used it in the book. And you're absolutely right about the area not =
being US=20
territory until after the Mexican War and the Mexican Cession--that's =
what I=20
meant when I said it wasn't part of the rectangular survey system. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We're all going to love buying and =
reading your=20
book. Keep the list posted on its publication date.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Dr. John L. Allen<BR>2703 Leslie Court<BR>Laramie, WY =
82072-2979<BR>Phone:=20
(307) 742-0883<BR>e-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:jlallen@wyoming.com">jlallen@wyoming.com</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbeb1@sisna.com href=3D"mailto:beb1@sisna.com">Ben</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, =
2003 7:49=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Re: =
caring for=20
beaver pelts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Dr. John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The term homesteading is not in the =
book. I=20
erroniously put it in one of my first emails as I explained my =
story. =20
The area that the family settled on was not even owned by the US at =
the=20
time. The Louisiana purchase did not include The north =
slope of the=20
Uintahs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Several of the =
board members=20
have "chastised" me for making that mistake in the email.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I stand corrected=20
:-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Djlallen@wyoming.com =
href=3D"mailto:jlallen@wyoming.com">John L.=20
Allen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, =
2003 5:15=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Re: =
caring for=20
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<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi, Ben,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll look forward to reading your =
book. But for=20
the sake of historical accuracy, the Homestead Act did not come =
about until=20
1862--quite some time after your characters "homesteaded a valley on =
the=20
north slope of the Uintahs." At that point in time, there was no way =
to=20
legally claim land that far west as it was not yet part of the =
rectangular=20
survey system. If it's not too late, you might want to replace the =
term=20
"homesteaded" with "settled" or even "squatted" (referring to the =
taking of=20
land without legal title--a standard practice on the American=20
frontier).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Dr. John L. Allen<BR>2703 Leslie Court<BR>Laramie, WY=20
82072-2979<BR>Phone: (307) 742-0883<BR>e-mail: <A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:jlallen@wyoming.com">jlallen@wyoming.com</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbeb1@sisna.com href=3D"mailto:beb1@sisna.com">Ben</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dhist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:hist_text@lists.xmission.com">hist_text@lists.xmission.com=
</A>=20
</DIV>
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2003 9:51=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: =
Re: caring=20
for beaver pelts</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Wynn,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope I've journeyed into more =
enjoyable=20
waters! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My main character moves =
West with his=20
family when he was 12 years old, in 1828. His father was =
going to=20
settle in Missouri, but when they reached St. Louis they ran into =
his=20
uncle, a mountain man and trapper that expounded on the land =
far to=20
the west, and was persuaded to claim some of it for himself. =
Four=20
years after they'd homesteaded a valley on the north slope of =
the=20
Uintahs, Indians raided<FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3>, =20
massacering his family except for his sister, who they stole and =
took with=20
them. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the =
tradgedy=20
and his search for his sister. He travels to the =
rendevous on=20
the Green River in search of his Uncle and has many an=20
adventure.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope I've written it so that =
those on this=20
board will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring =
errors).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>About the hundred years.....I was =
thinking a=20
hundred years before I was born....which would put me right in the =
middle=20
of my story :-) 1837, although my grandfather =
was still=20
settling the country in 1900. Started a small town in =
Southern=20
Utah.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dleona3@sourceoneinternet.com=20
href=3D"mailto:leona3@sourceoneinternet.com">Wynn & Gretchen =
Ormond</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February =
03, 2003=20
8:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: =
Re: caring=20
for beaver pelts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>Sometime's I think I was =
born a hundred=20
years to late, but then on the other hand...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So your one of those who wanted =
to be here=20
after all the fun was over huh? 1900 would be pretty=20
swivilized.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Curious though does your book =
run the=20
typical: didn't get along with Dad; was always out =
shooting=20
squirrel instead of in school; heads west alone or with just a =
couple of=20
others; da da da.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Or have you ventured into more =
enjoyable=20
waters.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wynn Ormond</FONT></DIV>
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