Hello, I'm an American living in Germany, writing a very detail driven 'City Slicker' western taking place in 1881-2. Living here makes it much more difficult to do research.
A Lady, Mrs. Alvord, of the then '1879-83' famous Alvord House Hotel in Denver, (You can see a picture of it in Denver Library's digital section; for a couple of years the best hotel in Denver.) gets her part of the book. I get to throw in the Erie Canal and paddle wheel boats on the Great Lakes. Even get to mention the Ohio Canal. I even have Opera in this western.
Her family the Algers had been in the Salt business of Salina, NY, later incorporated into Syracuse along with the Alvords. Her husband was a farming Alvord. They move to Caldwell, Mo, in 1845, with enough money to set up with prosperous farmers.
I "need" to find out if your ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË covered Missouri in '45-49. (I do of course have one of your reproduction almanac's. I'd have to dig through my library to find it, but it is a much later date I think.)
She later becomes a '49er, marches back across the country to the east in '58. Then marches to Colorado in '60. Which trumps my Heroine's 90-mile-long Jornada del Muerto (Journey of the Dead) on the Chihuahua trail.
She is one of two pioneer women I cover in the book, the other is Mrs. Augusta Tabor, or the Baby Doe, triangle. I am a fan of Augusta; not of the gold digger.
The 'new' genealogical US Census has been the greatest help, to give me ages, families, and even in the 1850-60 ones how well off the families were.
Denver's City directories gives me the boot maker, and where he lives (and from where he lives how how energetic he was from where he lives over the next decade.) and any one else in town.
Sanborn maps gives me the amount of stories a building had, what a building was made of and how it was shingled. Fashion is of course covered, as is the long wearying death of President Garfield. He could write in Latin and Greek simultaneously. The last of our Log Cabin Presidents.
It appears I've Michenerized this set of three books, without expecting too.
In today's world of blogs, one must be as humanly accurate as possible, or some one will scream I didn't do my research; don't buy that book.
Such as I had to change a 17 Jeweled pocket watch to a 15 jeweled one, in my watch was two years too soon.
So even if the Farmer's ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË didn't cover Missouri, it would have still been used. However if it did cover the then West of Missouri, Iowa; the three or four words saying so, would 'help' me.
I took the time to learn so much of the 1840-80 potatoes, I now know what an 'Early' is and which were best then; so does my heroine.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Perhaps that Lady with the 1840, 1853, 1855 ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË's could be contacted?
Hello, I'm an American living in Germany, writing a very detail driven 'City Slicker' western taking place in 1881-2. Living here makes it much more difficult to do research.
A Lady, Mrs. Alvord, of the then '1879-83' famous Alvord House Hotel in Denver, (You can see a picture of it in Denver Library's digital section; for a couple of years the best hotel in Denver.) gets her part of the book. I get to throw in the Erie Canal and paddle wheel boats on the Great Lakes. Even get to mention the Ohio Canal. I even have Opera in this western.
Her family the Algers had been in the Salt business of Salina, NY, later incorporated into Syracuse along with the Alvords. Her husband was a farming Alvord. They move to Caldwell, Mo, in 1845, with enough money to set up with prosperous farmers.
I "need" to find out if your ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË covered Missouri in '45-49. (I do of course have one of your reproduction almanac's. I'd have to dig through my library to find it, but it is a much later date I think.)
She later becomes a '49er, marches back across the country to the east in '58. Then marches to Colorado in '60. Which trumps my Heroine's 90-mile-long Jornada del Muerto (Journey of the Dead) on the Chihuahua trail.
She is one of two pioneer women I cover in the book, the other is Mrs. Augusta Tabor, or the Baby Doe, triangle. I am a fan of Augusta; not of the gold digger.
The 'new' genealogical US Census has been the greatest help, to give me ages, families, and even in the 1850-60 ones how well off the families were.
Denver's City directories gives me the boot maker, and where he lives (and from where he lives how how energetic he was from where he lives over the next decade.) and any one else in town.
Sanborn maps gives me the amount of stories a building had, what a building was made of and how it was shingled. Fashion is of course covered, as is the long wearying death of President Garfield. He could write in Latin and Greek simultaneously. The last of our Log Cabin Presidents.
It appears I've Michenerized this set of three books, without expecting too.
In today's world of blogs, one must be as humanly accurate as possible, or some one will scream I didn't do my research; don't buy that book.
Such as I had to change a 17 Jeweled pocket watch to a 15 jeweled one, in my watch was two years too soon.
So even if the Farmer's ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË didn't cover Missouri, it would have still been used. However if it did cover the then West of Missouri, Iowa; the three or four words saying so, would 'help' me.
I took the time to learn so much of the 1840-80 potatoes, I now know what an 'Early' is and which were best then; so does my heroine.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Perhaps that Lady with the 1840, 1853, 1855 ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË's could be contacted?
Bill Cameron