The Crooked Trail To Holbrook. An Arizona Cattle Trail

HANCHETT, JR., LELAND J

Publication: Arrowhead Press, 1993, Phoenix

First Edition. First Printing. Stiff Pictorial Wrappers. xi, 228pp. Profusely illustrated, mainly from old photographs. A detailed documentary of the Arizona cattle trail that started in Pleasant Valley and ended in Holbrook. The stories are packed with vivid accounts of gunfights, barroom brawls, hangings, claim jumping, horse stealing, and cattle stampedes. It spans the life of the trail from 1883 to 1943 and the people who settled nearby ranches and struggling towns along the way. Over 100 vintage photographs add visual insights into early Arizona history. Twenty pages of color photographs illustrate the trail as it appears today. An excellent work. As new. Signed.

Inventory Number: 48145