Joseph Woods Hancock
Subtitle: the life and times of a Minnesota pioneer
By: by Madeline Angell and Mary Cavaness Miller
Publisher: Dillon Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Pioneers; Biography; History
Notes: The Red Wing Shoe Company Foundation made this book possible.

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-226).
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- ch. 1.; title: Arrival at Red Wing's village -- -- ch. 2.; title: The early years -- -- ch. 3.; title: Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi -- -- ch. 4.; title: First days in Red Wing -- -- ch. 5.; title: The Red Wing Bank of Dakotas -- -- ch. 6.; title: The summer of 1849 -- -- ch. 7.; title: Teaching at Long Prairie -- -- ch. 8.; title: Back in Red Wing -- 1850 -- -- ch. 9.; title: Maria's death -- -- ch. 10.; title: The Indian Treaties -- -- ch. 11.; title: In love again -- -- ch. 12.; title: Settlement begins -- -- ch. 13.; title: A difficult decision -- -- ch. 14.; title: Brother William -- -- ch. 15.; title: Participation in a growing community -- -- ch. 16.; title: Establishment of the First Presbyterian Church of Red Wing -- -- ch. 17.; title: A stab in the back -- -- ch. 18.; title: Building a church -- -- ch. 19.; title: Once again a widower -- -- ch. 20.; title: Lonliness and remarriage -- -- ch. 21.; title: Dark days -- -- ch. 22.; title: The Sioux Uprising -- -- ch. 23.; title: The war continues -- -- ch. 24.; title: First County Superintendent of Schools -- -- ch. 25.; title: Post war days -- -- ch. 26.; title: West Florence -- -- ch. 27.; title: Red Wing loses Hamline -- -- ch. 28.; title: Reelected County Superintendent -- -- ch. 29.; title: An active old age -- -- ch. 30.; title: The final years.