วีดีโอ

Ah okay so they thought he was rich pedigree.

This is from "Cattle Brands" by Andy Adams, which is a collection of short stories by him which were not entirely nonfictional, having been based on his experiences on the trail and stories he had heard from his companions and wayfarers.

Thank you. I hope you find more to enjoy on the channel!

Thank you. I hope you find more to enjoy on the channel!

That is great to hear! I hope you find more to enjoy on the channel!

I think it is all so beautiful to look at through the words of these amazing tales. I hope you find more to your liking on the channel!

Thank you very much. I hope you find more to your liking on the channel, and good luck on your story!

It amazes me, too. This particular bunch would have been all on-foot anywhere their boats wouldn't go.

Thank you. I hope you find more on the channel to enjoy!

Thank you very much. I hope you find more to enjoy on the channel.

Thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed. There are many more on the channel. Maybe you will find something else to enjoy!

Thanks! I hope you find more on the channel to your taste. This is part of a series about the history of the founding of Astoria, so take a look at the playlist if you wish!

This is part of a longer story, so that part fits into the bigger picture.

Could be your families. These are based on true stories.

@19thCenturyCampfire The only thing I really know about my Campbell ancestors is Preston Campbell, my 3rd great grandpa on my mom's side was a Confederate. I believe he was a gerneral or something. At the same time, my dad's family were harboring blacks enroute to Canada.

Thanks! I hope you find more on the channel you enjoy.

@@19thCenturyCampfire you got a new subscriber;-)

@@augustusmd Thank you! Keep commenting; let me know what you'd like to see more of.

Thanks for watching!

That's great to hear! I will be releasing more videos about the story of Astoria.

@@19thCenturyCampfire LOL

Thank you. I hope you find more to enjoy on the channel.

Well spoken, my friend. And thank you for watching. I hope you find many more to enjoy.

And a new wife every few years or so.😆

@@19thCenturyCampfire Yes, from Sweden. Ya

Thanks. I hope you find more on the channel to enjoy.

Thank you. I am curious...had you ever heard of Astoria before seeing this video?

@@19thCenturyCampfire No.

​​@@19thCenturyCampfireThere's a replica of a fur/trading fort in Portland or Vancouver, and then there's Fort Astoria (Lewis & Clark's winter quarters) there in Astoria. Maybe I'm wrong about Fort Astoria being the location of the expedition's winter quarters. Haven't been to these sites for 20 years.

@@ghostlyimageoffear6210 That's interesting. I'd love to visit. It is my understanding that Astoria was started many years after the Lewis and Clark expedition, but it could have been started in an area near where their party passed through.

@@southwife Well I hope to do more videos on the founding of the outpost.

Many thanks! Keeping to once a week at the moment. I hope you continue enjoy. I've got lots more to come!

There is a story of a medicine man coming soon.

Sweet

Very cool! Any good stories handed down?

@@19thCenturyCampfire When I tell it, I'm not sure folks will believe all my old west connections. The great grandfather that helped drive herds of cattle from TX to CO was Kit Carson's nephew who worked on his Kits ranch(s) until Kit died in 1868. He also was an acquaintance of Kits friend Tom Tobin who killed a couple of the Espinosa gang. Back to the cattle business...the 2.5 mil acre ranch was the JJ owned by the Jones brothers, Stephen Fuqua, Peyton, James, and William. They fought for the south in the Civil War and were implicated in the murder of a Union sympathizer after the war. They were acquitted (along with their bro in-law my 2nd gr gf) and immediately afterwards left TX to start the ranch in CO (1869). They were a wild bunch and were involved in at least one other murder. They sold the ranch in 1885 to Scottish investors who operated it until WWI. Stephen Fuqua Jones was the brains apparently and started another ranch in KS that is now part of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. www.nps.gov/tapr/learn/historyculture/stephen-f-and-louisa-jones-family-history.htm. Reportedly James Michener used the jones brothers for characters in his novel Centennial. My sources are Pioneer Parade by Maurine Nelson Bradshaw (a cousin) a great book on the JJ Ranch by Frances B Keck (another cousin) and there is an online searchable version of FW Cragin's Early Far West Notebook(s) which are interviews of early CO & NM settlers in the early 1900s. One last one...one uncle Tom (Spears) Wood was married to Kit Carson's daughter Estella and was in the Las Animas bar when Clay Allison killed sheriff Charley Fabors.

@@douglasw9624 Very interesting stories! I'm checking out that Far West Notebook already.

@@19thCenturyCampfire Great....good stuff in it. My one ancestor is John Carson...he was interviewed but didn't have a lot to say. I was surprised they got him to say as much as he did...his obit said he was "reticent to speak of the old days"

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy. I enjoy making these even just for myself. There is a lot of gems out there I hope for more people to hear.

Thank you very much. I hope you continue to enjoy. I am keeping to a one video a week schedule at the moment. I hope for people to read more of the writings of this time period as a result of this channel.

Thanks!