SC15-8 Mrs. J. O. Williams Collection Finding Aid

This collection has information relating to Richard Yeager (also known as Dick Yeager) and his activities in the Civil War and on the Santa Fe Trail. Yeager, noted guerrilla who rode with Quantrill, was also a wagon master between Westport and Santa Fe and a friend and compatriot of Upton Hays, noted resident of Westport, prominent in several early local battles and skirmishes in the Civil War.

1861/1865

Yeager, Richard F. (Dick)
Santa Fe Trail
Quantrill, William C.
Guerrilla Warfare
Civil War

Finding Aid

SC15-8

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