Lost Trails of the Cimarron

Lost Trails of the Cimarron
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0806130172
ISBN-13 : 9780806130170
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Book Synopsis Lost Trails of the Cimarron by : Harry E. Chrisman

Download or read book Lost Trails of the Cimarron written by Harry E. Chrisman and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Trails of the Cimarron is Harry Chrisman's folk history of nineteenth-century Cimarron country - southwestern Kansas, southeastern Colorado, and the neutral strip of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Buffalo hunters entered the area in violation of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, followed by cowboys and settlers who formed a vast economy based on grass and beef, the beginnings of prominent cattle ranches such as the Westmoreland-Hitch Outfit. Chrisman details the history of the outlaws and ruffians of "No Man's Land" and trail drives to Dodge City and beyond. Numerous illustrations accompany the anecdotes and stories of various frontier personalities. A new foreword by Jim Hoy also appears in this edition.


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