The Frontier Of Northwest Texas 1846 To 1876. Advance And Defense By The Pioneer Settlers Of The Cross Timbers And Prairies

RUPERT NORVAL RICHARDSON

Publication: The Arthur H Clark Company, 1963, Glendale

First edition. Blue Cloth, 332 pp., frontispiece [map], preface, illustrated, bibliography, index. Outstanding account of the settlement of the North Texas area, from the Red River to the cities of Sherman, Dallas, Waco, Brownwood, San Angelo, Abilene, and Wichita Falls. Excellent coverage of Indian problems in the North Texas area, plus one chapter on cattlemen, discussion of stage line routes, Oliver Loving, the buffalo, and much more. Very light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Near fine with plain, unprinted dust jacket, as issued.