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The Western Cattle Trail 1874-1897: Its Rise, Collapse, And Revival GARY AND MARGARET KRAISINGER

The Western Cattle Trail 1874-1897: Its Rise, Collapse, And Revival

GARY AND MARGARET KRAISINGER

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Publication: Mennonite Press, Inc, 2014, Newton, Kansas

First edition. 4to. Signed by the authors on the title page. Gray cloth, embossed design on front cover and titles on spine stamped in gilt, front and rear endpapers decorated with maps, xli [1], 516 pp., preface, foreward, appreciation, illustrated, maps, annotated bibliography, map index, index. Also includes 36" x 24" map poster entitled, "Texas - Montana Feeder Route to the Western Cattle Trail 1884-1897. This comprehensive history of the Western trail consists of three parts: Part I: An explanation of the four cattle trail systems that came north out of Texas from 1846 to 1897: The Shawnee, the Goodnight, the Eastern/Chisholm, and the Western. Part II: The Western Cattle Trail in its rise from 1874 to 1885, discussing and showing the trunk line and it’s feeder and splinter routes from south Texas to Canada. Fifty maps show routes in Texas, Indian Territory, Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana territories. Part III: The Western Cattle Trail in its collapse (1885-1886) and it’s revival to continue trailing cattle north until 1897.” Large foldout map laid-in. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. Note: [Not to be confused with "The Western: The Greatest Cattle Trail, 1874-1886," published in 2004].

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