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What events transpired in early Idaho to cause a mild-mannered vegetable farmer to swing into action and form a vigilance committee, credited with wresting power from the clutches of a lawless gang that terrorized early Idaho pioneers?
In 1924, ex-Governor William John McConnell (1839-1925) would publish his true life story of his early life in the 1860s lawless mining camps of the West (including Nevada, California, Oregon, and Idaho) under the title, "Frontier Law: A Story of Vigilante Days."
This volume records the observations and experiences of one of the most interesting and remarkable figures of pioneer days in the Far West. Of unusual intellect, tireless energy, superb courage, he saw and experienced pioneer life in all its manifold and dramatic phases.
The book will prove interesting, not only to those who love the West, but interesting and instructive also to the students of national growth and development-to those who love to dwell upon the great achievements in our national history. There is no part of our history more tense with human interest, richer, or more thrilling in instances of individual daring and superb personal courage, than may be found in the story of the opening and development of the Far West.
It is a story which never grows old. The elements of character which all must admire are never wanting. Self-reliance, a grim and purposeful outlook on life, willingness to risk, resourcefulness in hours of great peril, and through it all a fine strain of Americanism, loyalty to the fundamental principles of free government, make the story of the pioneer one of absorbing interest and, moreover, one of inspiration.
Invading a wilderness, a region without order, a vast country without law, traveling strange paths and adopting sometimes harsh and startling methods, nevertheless, the ultimate aim was great commonwealths, a country dedicated to orderly and regulated liberty. The pioneer was not merely an adventurer seeking gold, he laid a broad and firm foundation for these great states. They are in the true sense the real monuments to the pioneer.
In 1924, ex-Governor William John McConnell (1839-1925) would publish his true life story of his early life in the 1860s lawless mining camps of the West (including Nevada, California, Oregon, and Idaho) under the title, "Frontier Law: A Story of Vigilante Days."
This volume records the observations and experiences of one of the most interesting and remarkable figures of pioneer days in the Far West. Of unusual intellect, tireless energy, superb courage, he saw and experienced pioneer life in all its manifold and dramatic phases.
The book will prove interesting, not only to those who love the West, but interesting and instructive also to the students of national growth and development-to those who love to dwell upon the great achievements in our national history. There is no part of our history more tense with human interest, richer, or more thrilling in instances of individual daring and superb personal courage, than may be found in the story of the opening and development of the Far West.
It is a story which never grows old. The elements of character which all must admire are never wanting. Self-reliance, a grim and purposeful outlook on life, willingness to risk, resourcefulness in hours of great peril, and through it all a fine strain of Americanism, loyalty to the fundamental principles of free government, make the story of the pioneer one of absorbing interest and, moreover, one of inspiration.
Invading a wilderness, a region without order, a vast country without law, traveling strange paths and adopting sometimes harsh and startling methods, nevertheless, the ultimate aim was great commonwealths, a country dedicated to orderly and regulated liberty. The pioneer was not merely an adventurer seeking gold, he laid a broad and firm foundation for these great states. They are in the true sense the real monuments to the pioneer.