Legends, Labors & Loves William Jackson Palmer, 1836—1909

Legends, Labors & Loves: William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909......Page 1
About Pikes Peak Library District......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 11
Our Father Who Art in the Intersection,Or, Where DoesWilliam Jackson Palmer Belong?......Page 15
Young Palmer Travels Abroad......Page 23
A Question of Conscience:William Jackson Palmer & His Quaker Faith......Page 37
One of the Most Gallant Men of the Army:William Jackson Palmer & the Medal of Honor......Page 53
An Abiding Bond: The Friendship BetweenMajor Henry McAllister & General William Jackson Palmer......Page 65
“My Darling Queenie . . .”A Love Story......Page 79
General William Jackson Palmer & the Mellen & Clarke Families......Page 93
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad: An Address Given to the Employees, January 28, 1920......Page 109
Connections West: William Jackson Palmer& His Railroad Routing Rivalries......Page 123
The Westward March of Emigration in the United States, Considered in its Bearing Upon the Near Future ofColorado & New Mexico......Page 147
General William Jackson Palmer& His Vision for Colorado Springs......Page 195
Letter to the Citizens of Colorado Springsof the Twenty First Century......Page 206
William Jackson Palmer: Park Builder......Page 209
The Gardens of Glen Eyrie......Page 223
General William J. Palmer, Anti-Imperialist, 1895-1905......Page 257
William Jackson Palmer: Living While Dying......Page 283
General William Jackson Palmer’s Riding Accident,Palliative Care & Death, 1906 to 1909......Page 301
Tributes to the Late William J. PalmerFrom His Fellow Citizens In Colorado Springs......Page 331
Last Will & Testament......Page 354
“Can You Not Give Up Some?”:A Puppet Presentation......Page 359
General William J. Palmer & the EarlyDenver & Rio Grande Railway:A Selected Annotated Bibliography......Page 379
Index......Page 395