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Warren Angus Ferris spent six years as a Mountain Man — and left behind a vivid account of his days in the Rocky Mountains.
Further reading:
Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado, 1830-1835
Land is the Cry!: Warren Angus Ferris, Pioneer Texas Surveyor and Founder of Dallas County — Susanne Starling
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Music: Man of the Mountain Land by Hawken Horse
Graphics by Lynn Woodward, Woodward Creative
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