The Frontier World Of Fort Griffin. The Life And Death Of A Western Town

CHARLES III ROBINSON

Publication: The Arthur H Clark Co, 1992, Spokane

First edition. Cloth, 234pp. Illustrated, prologue, appendix, bibliography, index. "The Flat" was the civilian settlement below the military post named Fort Griffin. It was a rough and ready town through which the famous and infamous passed. Placed in an area subject to Comanche raids, it was a center for buffalo hunting and trail drives. This careful study of town life provides an unromantic portrayal of the Wild West."---Clark/Brunet. "Vigilantes, lynchings, ladies of easy virtue, buffalo hunting, gambling, posses, more lynchings, and lawmen as bad as the outlaws they jailed - Fort Griffin had it all, bustling with a raw life not for the faint-of-heart. Commonly known as the Flat, Fort Griffin grew from a military post rife with Indian trouble to a spirited, rough-hewn frontier community, only to burn out in a matter of decades. Within that time it helped mold characters equal to any of legend." As New in dust jacket.

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