The Chisholm Trail : Joseph McCoy's great gamble / James E. Sherow ; foreword by James P. Ronda

Author: Sherow, James Earl
Additional Titles: Joseph McCoy's great gamble
Published: Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
Copyright Date: ©2018
Physical Description: xxi, 338 pages : illustrations, facsmiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators: Ronda, James P., 1943-

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Public lands history ; v. 3.

Contents

The smell of money: Texas cattle down Fifth Avenue, New York City, in 1866 -- Trails' ends -- Why Abilene, Kansas? -- A trail is formed -- The seasonal round -- Tick, tick, tick -- Confronting fire and ice -- Indian cattle travails -- The end of the trail -- Conclusion: Shifting trails -- Appendix: Explanation of weather statistics.

Summary

The Chisholm Trail follows McCoy's vision and the effects of the Chisholm Trail from post-Civil War Texas and Kansas to the multimillion-dollar beef industry that remade the Great Plains, the American diet, and the national and international beef trade.

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ISBN

9780806160535 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0806160535 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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