Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 872
... cattle roved at large over the uninhabited land on both sides of the border , and constituted its prevailing form of ... cattle traders drove herds east to New Orleans , north to Missouri , and west even as far as Cali- fornia , before ...
... cattle roved at large over the uninhabited land on both sides of the border , and constituted its prevailing form of ... cattle traders drove herds east to New Orleans , north to Missouri , and west even as far as Cali- fornia , before ...
Page 883
... cattle were wild , and were easily stampeded by attacks , or by thunderstorms , or by hail . If the weather was wet , rivers rose , and to take thousands of cattle across swollen waters was at best a tedious job , and often a perilous ...
... cattle were wild , and were easily stampeded by attacks , or by thunderstorms , or by hail . If the weather was wet , rivers rose , and to take thousands of cattle across swollen waters was at best a tedious job , and often a perilous ...
Page 885
... cattle . A young Illinois cattle shipper who was the first to establish a livestock market in Kansas was astonished to have his new idea rejected by two railroad presidents and the leading busi- nessmen of several Kansas towns to whom ...
... cattle . A young Illinois cattle shipper who was the first to establish a livestock market in Kansas was astonished to have his new idea rejected by two railroad presidents and the leading busi- nessmen of several Kansas towns to whom ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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