Andrew Henry Mine and Mountain Major Author:Margaret Hawkes Lindsley "Major of the Mines," they called him respectfully, in his twilight years. Not many remembered he had been a Major of the Mountains, too. In Montana, three forts were named for him; in Idaho, a fort, a camp, Henry's Lake and Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Henry Creek and Henry Mountain; in Wyoming a tributary of the Green River. Back in ... more »Missouri, a lead mine near Potosi was named for him, a street and trading post in Caledonia. Miner, militia major, explorer, mountain man and trapper, Andrew Henry was a complex, capable and sometimes contradictory man. As a leader, he could guide men of diverse backgrounds and temperaments from St. Louis to the Tetons and back, through harsh winters, grizzlies and Blackfeet. As a marrying man, he did not have much luck until late in life. Except for two letters, he left no correspondence, journals or memoirs. His life, before and after the letters, pieced together from a myriad of documents, took him from the Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains, from lead mining to the intricacies of the fur trade, and back to lead mining. This biographical novel is an adventure tale, history lesson and love story evoking the triumphs and tribulations of the complex, capable and sometimes contradictory man, Andrew Henry. While it is historical fiction, the dates and events are real and documented through years of research by the author.« less