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IX Transcribing a set of nineteenth century diaries is a lonely task. However, certain people and institutions contributed to the completion of the project, and in some cases were responsible to the extent of making it possible. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas T. Smith, U.S.A., garrison commander, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and a notable historian in his own right, and Frances Vick, retired director of the University of North Texas Press, endorsed the significance of this project when it was still in the early stages of an idea, and promoted it with the UNT Press’ academic advisors. Thanks also go to two very special people at UNT Press, who suffer through the project itself, and my occasional foul temper as it progresses: Ronald Chrisman, the current director, and Karen DeVinney, managing editor. Kim Frontz, librarian/archivist, Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, provided information on some of the more obscure aspects of Arizona in the second half of the nineteeth century. Greg Lalire, editor of Wild West Magazine, gives me steady encouragement through the pages of the magazine. Another source of continuing moral support is the kind people of the Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, particularly Dr. Arthur Huseboe, director, Dr. Harry Thompson, Dean Schueller, and my good friend Richard Haase, former member of the CWS board. I also wish to acknowledge the United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, holding institution for the Eugene A. Carr Papers, and the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming at Laramie, holding institution for the Thaddeus Capron Diary. The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, gave permission to quote from the Black Hills Expedition Journals of Lt. Col. Richard Irving Dodge. Last, but not least, thanks to my “superior officers” at South Texas Community College, McAllen, Texas, who tolerate my quirks and who have created an environment that allows me to handle all my projects: Dr. Shirley A. Reed, president; Dr. Frank Williams, vice president of academic affairs; Jean Rodgers Swartz, associate dean of instruction; Dr. Thomas Cameron, dean of the Division of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; and Bryant Morrison, chairman of the Department of History, Government and Philosophy. Acknowlegments ...

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