Special acknowledgments are due the following libraries and historical societies for the use of their materials and the help provided by members of their staffs:
Idaho Historical
Society
Luna House
Museum , Nez Perce County Historical Society
Nevada County Library,
Nevada City, California
National Archives , San
Francisco Branch
Sutro
Library , San Francisco, California
California State Library
Stanford University Libraries
Bancroft Library, Berkeley
Searls Historical Library, Nevada City, California
Nevada State Library
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints Genealogical Library , Salt Lake City
South Dakota
Historical Society
Montana Historical Society
California Historical
Society
A special thanks should also go to Peggy Lee, editor-in-chief of
the University of Utah Press, for her encouragement and support, and to Dr.
Merle Wells for suggesting the project.