The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail - Softcover

Ridings, Sam

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9781505827156: The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail

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ISBN 10: 1505827159 ISBN 13: 9781505827156

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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The Chisholm Trail was the original "Cowboy Highway" stretching hundreds of miles from the ranches of Texas to the Cattle markets in Kansas. This classic work chronicles in vivid detail the entire journey of the trail and is complete with descriptions of actual incidents and events that occurred along the trail as well as stories of famous and infamous cowboys, outlaws, rustlers, Indians, and lawmen who made the journey. This story includes character studies and descriptions of many frontier characters from Jesse Chisholm, a western man and the trail's namesake, to the notorious gunslinger Billy the Kid, to countless other lawmen, Native Chiefs, and other western characters, this book leaves no detail uncovered as the author, who himself traveled the trail during its golden era, shares his story. The Chisholm Trail is a must read for anyone interested in discovering the true history of the American West so saddle up your horse and begin your journey on the World's Greatest Cattle Trail!

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Sam P. Ridings was a prominent Kansas attorney who spent six years studying the Chisholm Trail. He lived in Kansas.

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