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Dailey, Martha LaCroix. "Dr. Michael Steck: A Prototype of Nineteenth Century American Individualism," University of New Mexico, May 1989. (2, 11, 23)
An exemplar of nineteenth century individualism, Michael Steck’s biography (1818-1880) was constructed from the manuscript collection of his papers at the University of New Mexico and several private collections utilizing an interdisciplinary frame- work of history and anthropology. Born on a farm in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1842. He practiced medicine for six years and then went to the Southwest over the Sante Fe Trail in 1849. He was appointed by Presidents Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, to be Indian Agent to the Apache. Appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of New Mexico by Lincoln, he distinguished himself by bringing the Lincoln Canes to nineteen Pueblos and is credited with pointing out the folly of General James H. Carleton’s plan to relocate the Navajo (The Long Walk). He was Superintendent of the New Mexico Mining Company and secured a small fortune; he returned to Pennsylvania and became a yeoman farmer, dedicating his final years to encouraging farmers in that state to organize collectively. His story exemplifies American individualism and the changing evolution of the notion of success in the nineteenth century.
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