Route Across the Rocky Mountains

by Overton Johnson, William H. Winter

1846

In this book, the author gives an edited version of the actual events of two nineteenth century pioneers, Overton Johnson and William H. Winter, exploring westward expansion. The book provides a colorful tale of the men's journey, as well as the two years spent in the West. The book also demonstrates the diversity among territories by describing Indian, American, English, and California settlements.

Samuel de Champlain

by Alfred Lewis Pinneo Dennis, Augustus Freedom Moulton, Edward Bowdoin Neally, Francis L. Littlefield, Harry Rust Virgin, Henry Milner Rideout, Henry Otis Thayer, James Phinney Baxter, James Ware Bradbury, John Stackpole, Joseph Williamson, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Kittery (Me.), Maine Historical Society, Samuel Lane Boardman, Samuel Thomas Dole, Victor Channing Sanborn, Victor Hugo Paltsits, William Henry Looney

1906

John Stackpole was lieutenant in a scouting party of 90 men to search the country near the Kennebec River, period covered July 3-31, 1755.