Richens Lacey Wootton

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Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (1816 - 1893), often referred to as "Uncle Dick" Wooton, was an American frontiersman born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in Colorado.

In his early life Wootton was a mountain man and trapper, then a hunter at Bent's Fort. In 1866 he built a toll road through Raton Pass. He hired a tribe of Utes under Chief Conniache to build it. He later sold the road to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.^[1]

He appears as a character in Flashman and the Redskins when Flashman employs him as a guide. Flashman and his caravan are forced to abandon him when he catches cholera.

References

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online biography of Wootton

Persondata
Name	Wootton, Richens Lacy
Alternative names	Uncle Dick Wooton
Short description	American frontiersman
Date of birth	1816
Place of birth
Date of death	1893
Place of death

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