Pratt, Anna Laura

Memories of Frontier Army Life

A paper presented to the Carlisle Fortnightly Club on March 13, 1899 In these days of rapid history making, when one important event follows closely upon another, and since our country has expanded her boundaries so that we not only say "our States and Territories", but we can add "our Colonies", we give a little gasp as we glance backward and realize what changes a few years have wrought.