Texian Odyssey The Life and Times of a Forgotten Patriot of the Republis of Texas Colonel Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock

E.L.R. Wheelock had fortunate beginnings as the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. Bur he would not take the easy route in life. His personal odyssey would lead him through poverty in pioneer Ohio, climactic battles in the War of 1812, law studies in Kentucky, peril on the Arkansas frontier, and finally, in 1824, an arduous journey to a new land that would define the man: Texas. There he became a settler with Robertson's Colony and subsequently led a life of adventure as a captain of the Texas Rangers, silver miner, founder of a fort and town, Indian agent, surveyor, rancher, land agent, lawyer, and political hopeful.Hutchinson, Mary Foster is the author of 'Texian Odyssey The Life and Times of a Forgotten Patriot of the Republis of Texas Colonel Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock', published 2003 under ISBN 9781571686862 and ISBN 157168686X.