| Description |
xxi, 338 pages : illustrations, facsmiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Public lands history ; volume 3 |
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Public lands history ; v. 3.
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
McCoy, Joseph G. (Joseph Geiting), 1837-1915.
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Cattle trade -- United States -- History.
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Cattle trails -- United States -- History.
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Chisholm Trail -- History.
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McCoy, Joseph G. (Joseph Geiting), 1837-1915. (OCoLC)fst00163179
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Cattle trade. (OCoLC)fst00849732
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Cattle trails. (OCoLC)fst00849754
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Chisholm Trail.
(OCoLC)fst01245375
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Ronda, James P., 1943- writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Joseph McCoy's great gamble |
| ISBN |
9780806160535 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0806160535 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40028588689 |
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