Publisher's Synopsis
"Letters from Home : the 1855 to 1913 correspondence of a Colorado pioneer is a compilation of letters, which chronicle the life of John Demo Miller. Each letter is reproduced in exactitude and transcribed. J.D. Miller was a patriot. At the age of twenty-one he moved west expressly to ensure Kansas Territory entered the union as a free state. When war broke out several years later, J.D. volunteered with the Union Army. He was a hard worker. He homesteaded in Kansas, built a cabin and farmed the land to make a living. J.D. was an adventurer. When it became clear that Kansas would enter the Union as a free state, he turned his boots westward once more. As part of the famed Lawrence Party, J.D. prospected for gold in Colorado and led the ascent of Pikes Peak. He was one of the first white men to do so. He established himself as a merchant, a civil servant, a miner, a land investor, a philanthropist, and a prominent part of civic life in ea
