MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Title:
Dates:
1877-1880
Abstract:
This small, but interesting collection consists of five letters written by Corporal Edwin B. Fair, a member of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry who was stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory and Little Missouri, Montana Territory. In addition to touching upon encounters with Native Americans, the letters chronicle the rough and dangerous nature of life on the frontier in the 1870s and 1880s.
Call #:
Mss.SMs.Coll.17
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
View Subjects
Cavalry -- United States -- History | Crow Indians | Fair, Edwin B. | Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.) | Indians of North America -- Montana | Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- History | Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) | Nez Percé Indians -- History | United States -- History, Military.