A Survey of Texas Cattle Drives to the North, 1866-1895

Résumé du livre

Typescript carbon of thesis manuscript. J. Evetts Haley wrote this thesis to fulfill a requirement for the master's degree at the University of Texas. Dr. Eugene C. Barker was his thesis advisor. The following description of the text is taken from his preface: "This treatment of the cattle trail movement from Texas is by no means a definite study. An attempt has been made to designate, in a rather general treatment, the development of the cattle industry of Texas, the development of the 'Trail, ' the place of the pastoral frontier in Texas history, and the connection of the 'Trail' with the cow country of the Great Plains area."