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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... cattle shipper , " than a dance house in full blast in one of the many frontier towns . To say they dance wildly or in an abandoned manner is putting it mild . . . . ” And sometimes the cow boy , at large in town with his accumu- lated ...
... cattle shipper , " than a dance house in full blast in one of the many frontier towns . To say they dance wildly or in an abandoned manner is putting it mild . . . . ” And sometimes the cow boy , at large in town with his accumu- lated ...
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... 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 ...
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... Cattle no longer were driven to rivers but found their water in earth tanks supplied by dug wells , with still ... cattle industry had had its beginnings . The Missouri , Kansas and Texas Railroad was the great Texas cattle line . It ...
... Cattle no longer were driven to rivers but found their water in earth tanks supplied by dug wells , with still ... cattle industry had had its beginnings . The Missouri , Kansas and Texas Railroad was the great Texas cattle line . It ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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