Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail

Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail
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Publisher : Swallow Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39076005596940
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail by : Jim Herron

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
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Lost Trails of the Cimarron by : Harry E. Chrisman

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.

Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail

Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail
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Publisher : Ohio University Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0804006148
ISBN-13 : 9780804006149
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail by : Harry E. Chrisman

Ballots and Bullets

Ballots and Bullets
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 0806137843
ISBN-13 : 9780806137841
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Ballots and Bullets by : Robert K. DeArment

The complete story of the controversial county seat wars that raged in Kansas from 1885 to 1892 is told in this narrative that relives the violence that only avarice can breed and offers detailed portraits of such notorious participants as Sam Wood, Bat Masterson, Theodosius Botkin, and Bill Tilghman.

Life of the Marlows

Life of the Marlows
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Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9781574411799
ISBN-13 : 1574411799
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Life of the Marlows by : William Rathmell

Rathmell's book, biased in favor of the five Marlow brothers, has long been out of print. Robert K. DeArment has sifted through the evidence and presents an objective, annotated edition. Readers can judge for themselves: were the Marlows as law-abiding as Rathmell claims?

Gunfighter Nation

Gunfighter Nation
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 868
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ISBN-10 : 0806130318
ISBN-13 : 9780806130316
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Gunfighter Nation by : Richard Slotkin

Examines the ways in which the frontier myth influences American culture and politics, drawing on fiction, western films, and political writing

Trails South

Trails South
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Publisher : Prairie Books
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780974622224
ISBN-13 : 0974622222
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Trails South by : C. Robert Haywood

History of the trails from Dodge City Kansas to points in Oklahoma and Texas used primarily for trade from 1880 through the turn of the century.

Last of the Old-Time Outlaws

Last of the Old-Time Outlaws
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9780806147246
ISBN-13 : 0806147245
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Last of the Old-Time Outlaws by : Karen Holliday Tanner

Soft-spoken, cheerful, handsome, and well dressed, George West Musgrave “looked more like a senator than a cattle rustler.” Yet he was a cattle rustler as well as a bandit, robber, and killer, “guilty of more crimes than Billy the Kid was ever accused of.” In Last of the Old-Time Outlaws, Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner, Jr., recount the colorful life of Musgrave (1877-1947), enduring badman of the American Southwest. Musgrave was a charter member of the High Five/Black Jack gang, which was responsible for Arizona’s first bank hold-up, numerous post office and stagecoach robberies, and the largest Santa Fe Railroad heist in history. Following a decade-long hunt, he was captured and acquitted of killing a former Texas Ranger. After this near brush with prison or execution, he headed for South America, where he gained fame as the leading Gringo rustler. It wasn’t until the 1940s that Musgrave’s age and poor health brought an end to a criminal career that had spanned two continents and two centuries. Incorporating previously unknown facts about the career of this frontier outlaw, the Tanners thoroughly document Musgrave’s half-century of crime, from his childhood in the Texas brush country to his final days in Paraguay.

Six-Guns and Saddle Leather

Six-Guns and Saddle Leather
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 846
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ISBN-10 : 0486400352
ISBN-13 : 9780486400358
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Six-Guns and Saddle Leather by : Ramon Frederick Adams

Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.