The Trail Driving Era |
Contents
The Beginning of the Exodus | 27 |
The First Wave | 61 |
A Log of the Trails | 93 |
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Abilene Arkansas River Baxter Springs beef boom branding buffalo buyers camping ground cattle in Texas cattle stealing Cattle Trails cattlemen cent Charles Goodnight Chicago Chisholm Trail Civil Colbert's Ferry Colorado cowboy Creek crossing Dodge City driv Drivers of Texas early eighties EARLY TEXAS CATTLE east Texas eastern established Fort Worth Galveston grass grazing head of cattle herds herds driven high rolling prairie horses Ibid important Indian Territory Kansas towns land large numbers later longhorns Louisiana McCoy meat Mexico miles missions Missouri Montana North Fork northern Northwest number of cattle Ogalalla Orleans Osgood packing plants period practically railroad ranch ranchmen range Red River Red River Station result road-branded route San Antonio shipment shipped sold source of demand south Texas Southwest stampede steers Texas cattle TEXAS CATTLE INDUSTRY Texas drovers Texas fever trail driving trail herds Wichita wood and water Wyoming