James F. Curtis, Vigilante

San Francisco: San Francisco Corral of Westerners, 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. One of 500 copies. 38pp. 3 photographic illustrations including frontispiece portrait. Notes, index. Red cloth. Spine very slightly faded, else a fine copy. Curtis was with the first Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, 1851. In the late 1850's he participated in the Paiute War in Nevada, held the rank of Major during the Civil War, and later was involved with the Union Pacific Railroad and the Idaho North and South Railroad in Boise..