RECOLLECTIONS OF A PIONEER

J. W. (Watt) Gibson.

RECOLLECTIONS
of a PIONEER

BY

J. W. (Watt) GIBSON

Press of Nelson-Hanne Printing Co.
107 South Third Street
St. Joseph, Mo.

FOREWORD.

The following pages are entirely from memory. I kept no notes or otherrecord of the events I have attempted to relate, but I am sure mymemory has not often deceived me. My early responsibilities compelledme to give close attention to the things which transpired about meand thus fixed them permanently in my mind. In fact, most of theexperiences which I have attempted to relate were of such personalconsequence that I was compelled to be alert and to know what waspassing.

I undertook the present task at the solicitation of many friends andacquaintances who urged that my recollections of a period, now fastpassing out of personal memory, ought to be preserved. It is probablethat I have made a good many errors, especially, in my attempts tolocate places and to give distances, but it must be remembered thatwe had no maps or charts with us on the plains and that but few statelines or other sub-divisions were in existence. The location of theplaces where events occurred with reference to present geographicallines has been my most difficult task.

J. W. (WATT) GIBSON.

St. Joseph, Mo., August 15, 1912.

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