This history book has as its location in the central area of America. One that produced the longest creek in the USA, and the many emigrant trails during the westward migration of America. The last major gold rush in America is included. Some of the military forts, some of the military engagements with the Native Americans in this area, as well as the Pony Express and the building of the Western Union Telegraph line, as well as the Union Pacific Railroad. The largest gold bullion robbery in the USA up to that point in time. The book includes one of the wildest towns in the history of the old, romantic, wild west!