The wagonmasters : high plains freighting from the earliest days of the Santa Fe trail to 1880 /

The wagonmasters : high plains freighting from the earliest days of the Santa Fe trail to 1880 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Henry P. (Henry Pickering)
Other Authors: Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1966]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Transportation > United States > History.
Wagons > West (U.S)
Table of Contents:
  • "Stretch out! Stretch out!"
  • Trails and trials
  • Ports of the prairie sea
  • A diversity of creatures
  • Horns, hoofs, and wheels
  • Keep them rolling
  • To the land of romance
  • To the city of the saints
  • Slow freight to Denver
  • Montana gold
  • Uncle Sam : customer
  • Mr. Lo
  • The shortening haul
  • End of the trail.