Arriving from Germany at fifteen, George Hartmann set out in 1867 from Junction City, Kansas, with a freight train over the Santa Fe Trail to relatives on the Rio Grande. He recalls the perilous journey, ambushes and a smoking ruin, life among the Hispanic villagers of New Mexico, Navajo lore, and adds a romance of a Spanish-American War hero.
A homespun pioneer memoir with tales, a first-hand glimpse of territorial New Mexico. Download the free EPUB.