Robert Elliott Flickinger

Robert Elliott Flickinger
Robert Elliott Flickinger was an American writer and historian, best known for documenting the history of education and early pioneer life. He authored several works, including "The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy," which detailed the experiences of African American freedmen in the Choctaw Nation. Flickinger also wrote "The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa," a comprehensive account of the early settlers and development of the region. His works are valuable sources of information about the social and educational history of 19th-century America.

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INTRODUCTION  "The pleasant books, that silently amongOur household treasures take familiar places,Are to us, as if a living tongueSpake from the printed leaves, or pictured faces!" The aim of the Author in preparing this volume has been to put in a form, convenient for preservation and future reference, a brief historical sketch of the work and workers connected with the founding and... more...