TY  - GEN
AU  - Gallaher,William
AU  - Leigh,Mary Gallaher
TI  - William Gallaher papers,
KW  - Taylor, Zachary,
KW  - Gallagher family.
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Putnam County
KW  - American bison
KW  - Black Hawk War, 1832
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Wars
KW  - 1815-1875
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Putnam County (Ill.)
KW  - History
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Westmoreland County (Pa.)
KW  - Lawyers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Pioneers
N1  - Open to research; Typewritten transcript, in part; [S.l.]
N2  - Memoir (circa 1880-1905) written by Gallaher consisting of recollections of his youth, 1827-1832, including his family's move from Westmoreland County, Pa., to Putnam County, Ill.  Subjects include agriculture, neighbors, Gallaher (Gallagher) family affairs, and relations with Native Americans.  Other topics include the Black Hawk War, depletion of buffalo herds in the 1870s, and Gallaher's boyhood encounter with Zachary Taylor.  Includes a transcript of the memoir by Mary Gallaher Leigh (1983) and a photocopy of an undated photograph of William Gallaher
ER  -