Various Bios Of Western Settlers Essay, Research Paper

Bill was born in Troy Grove, IL. He moved to the Kansas territory at age 18. He served as a Union spy during the Civil War. He was extremely brave. He died in South Dakota while playing poker.

Jane was born in Princeton, MO. Her dad moved the family to Utah. Sadly, her mother died along the way. She married Wild Bill Hitchcock. She died in 1902 of natural causes.

Annie was born in Danke City, OH. She began using a rifle at age 6. She was part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. She had a musical, Annie Go Get Your Gun based on her life.

Born in New York City, Billy used many fake names throughout his life. After his father passed away he moved west, where he committed his first murder at age 12. He escaped from jail and was shot and killed by Sheriff Garret.

Bill was born in Texas. He ?used a knife as a teething ring and wrestled wild animals?. He married Slue- Foot Sue. He had a ranch the size of New Mexico. Once he almost drained the Rio Grande watering it.

Henry was a missionary to the West. He traveled west with the Whitmans and his wife, Eliza who had tow young children. They settled among the Nez Perc? Indians in Idaho.

Narcissa and Marcus were also missionaries to the West. They settled in Oregon, unlike the Spauldings. Narcissa was the first woman to ever cross the continent to Oregon. Her husband tended to the sick as well as preached.

John was a Lieutenant in the army. His first job was to map out the Dakota County. He met and married Jessie Benton Fremont. He mapped a lot of the west, trying to find a good area to build a railroad across the nation.

Brigham was born in Vermont in the early 1800s. He became one of the most influential religious figures of this era. He devoted more than 40 years of his life to the Mormon faith. He first brought Mormon emigrants to Salt Lake City.

?I was driving as usual and we had an old pig that was expecting babies that day, and she had to ride in the buggy, as father was very anxious to save the little pigs. They all died in consequence of the rough road.?-Rachel Emma Woolley, age 11, 1848