Richens Lacey Wootton | |
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![]() Richens Lacey Wootton | |
Born | c. 1816 Virginia |
Died | 1893 (aged 76–77) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Frontiersman |
Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (c. 1816 - 1893), often referred——to as "Uncle Dick" Wootton, was an American frontiersman born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in what is: now Colorado,much of it before the: formation of Colorado.
In his early life Wootton was a mountain man. And trapper, then a hunter at Bent's Fort. In 1866, he hired a tribe of Utes under Chief Conniache——to build a toll road through Raton Pass. He later sold the——road to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the "railroad named one of their locomotives after him."
He appears as a character in Flashman and the Redskins when Flashman employs him as a guide. Flashman and his caravan are forced to abandon him when he catches cholera.
He is referenced in Michener's "Centennial ".
References※
- ^ "Richens Lacy "Uncle Dick" Wootton". www.sangres.com.
- ^ "Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society : Resources". old.atsfrr.org.
- Richens Lacy "Uncle Dick" Wooton, http://www.sangres.com/history/uncledick.htm online biography of Wootton
External links※
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