WYOMING Cattle Trails - JOHN K ROLLINSON - illustrated - 1948 CAXTON hardback

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This auction is for a vintage illustrated hardback book:
History of the Migration of Oregon-Raised Herds
to Mid-Western Markets
WYOMING
Cattle Trails
By JOHN K. ROLLINSON
Author of Pony Trails in Wyoming
Edited and arranged by E.A. Brininstool
Illustrated with Photographs and Maps
The CAXTON PRINTERS, Ltd.
Caldwell, Idaho
1948
COPYRIGHT 1948 BY
JOHN K. ROLLINSON
366 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
Oregon Cattle on the Wyoming Rane
The Cowboy
His Garments and Equipment
The Cook and the Wagon Boss
The Cavvy
"The Dying Cowboy," a Favorite Cowboy Song
NARRATIVES ON THE TRAIL
Jack Porter's Story (1883)
Over the Northern Trail.  Jim Redfern's Cattle Drive (1885)
Over the Oregon Trail with Cattle in 1882.  Frank Abbott's Experience
A. D. Hosking Recounts Trail Days (1880-1890)
John W. Chapman - Pioneer Cattleman
Experiences of James C. Dahlman, Former Mayor of Omaha.  As related by    Fred Carey (1882)
Recollections of W. H. Harvey (1881 and 1887)
John Dyer's Early Cow Days in Wyoming (1880-81)
My First Trip Over the Oregon Trail.  By Frank Murphy (1882)
Sim Roberts, Cattleman and Gun Fighter
Hon. William G. ("Billy") Johnson, Old-Time Oregon Trail Driver.  Excerpts      from an interview with Mr. Johnson in 1937.  By Alice Mathews Shields)
A Letter Written on the Trail (1884)
IN RETROSPECT.  AN ACCOUNT OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY IN WYOMING, 1880-1910
APPENDICES
A.  Arthur Alvin Ellis (A Tribute)
B.  Letter from W.A. Carter
C.  Chairmen of Thirty-One Organized Wyoming Roundup Districts (1885)
D.  Excerpt from Letter of Russell Thorpe Regarding the Ell Seven Cattle Company
E.  Record of Cattle Purchased by John Clay, 1883-84
F.  Excerpt from the Minutes of the Board of Livestock Commissioners of Montana
G.  Montana Cattle Export
H.  Excerpt from a Speech by John Clay at the April, 1891, Meeting of the Wyoming Stock Growers' Association
I.  Excerpts from the Cheyenne Sun
J.  Excerpts from the Cheyenne Leader
First page has a square of discoloring and surface tear from removal of a label
Same age yellowing to binding area between front end pages - see images
Scuffs, rubs and dents to covers and edges
Spots of soiling to covers
I have found no pages to be loose or missing - weak areas within binding
Book weighs 1 pound 14.6 ounces - prior to packaging
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