Open Old Books
Blazing The Way

Blazing The Way

by Emily Inez Denny

★★★★★No ratings yet

Language: English

Sign in to rate this book.

Sign in to shelve this book.

Start reading

About this eBook

Author
Denny, Emily Inez, 1853-1918
Title
Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound
Credits
Produced by Mark C. Orton, Pat McCoy, Bruce Jones and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
Subject
Washington (State) -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
39334
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39334
Release Date
April 1, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BLAZING THE WAY
  2. 2.PREFACE — INDEX — SYNOPSIS OF INCIDENTS. — ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. 3.BLAZING THE WAY
  4. 4.CHAPTER I CROSSING THE PLAINS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II DOWN THE COLUMBIA IN ’51.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III THE SETTLEMENT AT ALKI.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV FOUNDING OF SEATTLE AND INDIAN WAR.
  8. 8.>CHAPTER V. THE MURDER OF MCCORMICK.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. KILLING COUGARS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. PIONEER CHILD LIFE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. MARCHING EXPERIENCES OF ESTHER CHAMBERS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX AN OLYMPIA WOMAN’S TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS IN 1851.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. CAPT. HENRY ROEDER ON THE TRAIL.
  14. 14.PART II. MEN, WOMEN AND ADVENTURES
  15. 15.CHAPTER I. SONG OF THE PIONEERS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER II. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND SKETCHES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER III. DAVID THOMAS DENNY.
  18. 18.CHAPTER IV THE FIRST WEDDING ON ELLIOTT BAY.
  19. 19.CHAPTER V. LOUISA BOREN DENNY, THE FIRST BRIDE OF SEATTLE,
  20. 20.CHAPTER Va. A NATIVE DAUGHTER, BORN IN FORT DECATUR.
  21. 21.CHAPTER Vb. LIKE A FOREST FLOWER. ANNA LOUISA DENNY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER Vc. ONE OF THE COURAGEOUS YOUTHS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER VI. ARTHUR A. DENNY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER VII. HENRY VAN ASSELT OF DUWAMISH.
  25. 25.CHAPTER VIII. THOMAS MERCER.
  26. 26.CHAPTER IX. DR. HENRY A. SMITH, THE BRILLIANT WRITER.
  27. 27.CHAPTER X. FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.
  28. 28.PART III. INDIAN LIFE AND SETTLERS’ BEGINNINGS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER I. SAVAGE DEEDS OF SAVAGE MEN.
  30. 30.CHAPTER II. PIONEER JOKES AND ANECDOTES.
  31. 31.CHAPTER III. TRAILS OF COMMERCE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER IV BUILDING OF THE TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY.
  33. 33.CHAPTER V. A CHEHALIS LETTER, PENNED IN ’52.
  34. 34.CHAPTER VI SOME PIONEERS OF PORT TOWNSEND.
  35. 35.CHAPTER VII. PERSONNEL OF THE PIONEER ARMY.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.