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Author : Nathaniel Pitt Langford
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Page : 411 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2017-01-20
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ISBN : 9781520424460

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The American West in the nineteenth century was a violent place. Fear of punishment exercised no restraining influence on the conduct of men who had turned crime into a profession. They hesitated at no atrocity necessary to accomplish their guilty designs. In the lands of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, murder and robbery often went hand in hand. The country, filled with canyons, gulches, and mountain passes, was especially adapted to conducting murder, and the unopulated distances between mining camps afforded ample opportunity for carrying them into execution. Pack trains and companies, stage coaches and express messengers, were as much exposed as the solitary traveller, and often selected as objects of attack. Miners, who had spent months of hard labor in the accumulation of a few hundred dollars, were never heard of again after they left the mines to return to their distant homes. There was no limit to this system of organized brigandage. When not murdering and stealing, these villains spent their ill-gotten gains through gambling, licentiousness and further terrorizing the local populations. But the people of these regions did not bow down to the bandits forever, instead they rose up against their oppressors and formed vigilance committees, took the "law unto themselves" and condemned the outlaws to death. What else could they do? How else were their own lives and property to be preserved? What other protection was there for a country entirely destitute of law? Nathaniel Pitt Langford's fascinating Vigilante Days and Ways uncovers the ways of life of early pioneers to the American West, how they survived in the face of lawlessness and eventually killed those who were persecuting them. By presenting the details of people lived during this time he allows the reader to come to their own conclusion as to whether the vigilantes were justified in their actions or not. "Vigilante Days And Ways brings to life dramatic scenes of Montana in the 1860s when it was attractive to most of its newest residents only for the gold that lay waiting to be scooped from its streams." Midwest Book Review Nathaniel Pitt Langford was an explorer, businessman, bureaucrat, vigilante and historian from Saint Paul, Minnesota who played an important role in the early years of the Montana gold fields, territorial government and the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Vigilante Days and Ways was first published in 1890 and Langford died in 1911.

Author : Nathaniel Pitt Langford
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781333194284

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Excerpt from Vigilante Days and Ways: The Pioneers of the Rockies, the Makers and Making of Montana and Idaho Let those who would condemn these men try to realize how they would act under similar circumstances, and they will soon find everything to approve and nothing to con demn in the transactions of the early Vigilantes. I have endeavored to narrate nothing but facts, and these will enable every reader to judge correctly of the merits of each case. I would fain believe that this history, bloody as it is, will prove both interesting and instructive. In all that concerns crime of the blackest dye on the one hand, and love for law and order on the other, it stands without a parallel in the annals of any people. Nowhere else, nor at any former period since men became civilized, have murder and robbery and social Vice presented an organ ized front, and ofi'ered an open contest for supremacy to a large civilized community. Their works for centuries have been done by stealth, in darkness, and as far away from society as possible. I cannot now remember the instance, within the past three hundred years, when the history of any country records the fact that the crim inal element of an entire community, numbering thou sands, was believed to be greater than the peaceful element. Yet it was so here. And when the Vigilantes of Montana entered upon their work, they did not know how soon they might have to encounter a force numerically greater than their own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Nathaniel Pitt Langford
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2015-07-26
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ISBN : 9781331967781

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Excerpt from Vigilante Days and Ways, the Pioneers of the Rockies, Vol. 2 of 2: The Makers and Making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming Oliver's Express to Salt Lake - Hauser and the Writer contemplate a Trip to the States - Writer goes to Bannack - Is detained by Injury - Stinson and Ray on the Scent - Money to be conveyed to St. Louis - Hauser and Plummer arrive from Virginia City - Hauser's Stratagem - Engage Passage to Salt Lake - Robbers In Pursuit - First Night Out - Incidents of the Journey. Mr. A. J. Oliver had been running a letter express between Bannack and Salt Lake City during the year, and early in the autumn had substituted for a single saddle horse and pack animal, a small lumber wagon, with conveniences for the transportation of a few passengers. It was, at best, a very precarious mode of conveyance; but as it was the only public one, it was always full. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Nathaniel Pitt Langford
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,8 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781021736185

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Langford's personal account of his time in the West during the 19th century, including his experiences with local vigilantes. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.