Lost Trails of the Cimarron
Denver: Alan Swallow, Sage Books, 1961. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 313 pages. Cloth; dust jacket; acetate wrapper. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some modest wear. Item #408214
Second revised edition. "Lost Trails of the Cimarron is Harry Chrisman’s folk history of nineteenth-century Cimarron country - southwestern Kansas, southeastern Colorado, and the neutral strip of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Buffalo hunters entered the area in violation of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, followed by cowboys and settlers who formed a vast economy based on grass and beef, the beginnings of prominent cattle ranches such as Westmoreland-Hitch Outfit. Chrisman details the history of the outlaws and ruffians of "No Man’s Land" and trail drives to Dodge City and beyond. Numerous illustrations accompany the anecdotes and stories of various frontier personalities."
Price: $25.00