People from Mankato, Minnesota - Frederick Russell Burnham, Tim Walz, Ron Johnson, Mike Ploog, William F. Kirk, John P. Frey, Adrienne Armstrong (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Frederick Russell Burnham, Tim Walz, Ron Johnson, Mike Ploog, William F. Kirk, John P. Frey, Adrienne Armstrong, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Maud Hart Lovelace, John W. Roberts, Justin Hartwig, Craig Dahl, Daniel L. Ryan, Kathleen Sheran, Kathy Brynaert, David Dickau, Glen Taylor, Rebecca Fjelland Davis, Holly Nelson, John Hottinger, Ben Brielmaier, Oliver Wyman, Julia Sears, Clara Edwards, Marvel Cooke, Walter Jackson Bate, Todd Birr, Scott Perry, Helen Barbara Kruger, Corbin Lacina, Jon Rohloff, G. Barry Anderson, Jeff Groth, Clifford Fagan. Excerpt: Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO (May 11, 1861 - September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell, thus becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scouting Movement. Burnham had little formal education, attending high school but never graduating. He began his career at 14 in the American Southwest as a scout and tracker for the U.S. Army in the Apache Wars and Cheyenne Wars. Sensing the Old West was getting too tame, as an adult Burnham went to Africa where this background proved useful. He soon became an officer in the British Army, serving in several battles there. During this time, Burnham became friends with Baden-Powell, and passed on to him both his outdoor skills and his spirit for what would later become known as Scouting. Burnham eventually moved on to become involved in espionage, oil, conservation, writing and business. His descendants are still active in Scouting. Burnham was born to a missionary family on an Indian Reservation in Tivoli, Minnesota. As a toddler, he witnessed the burning of New Ulm, Minnesota, by Taoyateduta (Little Crow) and his Sioux warriors in the Dakota War of 1862. During the ...