Mining; Gold mining; Gold; Indian reservations; Indigenous peoples; Prospecting; Miners
Part of the reference series from the Idaho State Historical Society about E. D. Pierce (1824-1897) and his prospecting. Instead of searching for gold in country that was reasonably accessible, he became obsessed with the opening of a new mining...
Proclamations; Governors; Militias; Military officers; Military mobilizations; War; Indigenous peoples;
Executive Department, General Order No. 1., issued 6-19-1877 to organize Companies and Regiments of volunteers to restore peace in the Territory. Governor Brayman, Commander in Chief. E. J. Curtis, Secretary and Adjutant-General.