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Trail drive volume 1
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Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they'll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive...
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Trail drive volume 5
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An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier. Across the Pecos, the Rio Colorado and La Panza mountains, the Texans and their longhorns kept charging-all the way to California gold! Between The Bandera Range And California, They Faced All The Challenges Of Man And God, But Nothing Could Ever Make Them Quit. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million...
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Trail drive volume 7
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Nelson Story has a dream, but he and his war-weary band of cowboys have to deal with brutal outlaws, angry Indians, the Union army, and severe weather to make their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.
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Trail drive volume 3
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Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm-the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman-arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates.
Now that Ten has returned to the harsh Texas brakes with a team...
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Trail drive volume 2
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Benton McCaleb and his band of cowboys brave more than one thousand treacherous miles to drive 2,400 head of cattle into Wyoming's Sweetwater Valley, encountering a ruthless railroad baron along the way.
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Trail drive series) volume 8
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For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. But old enemies were the deadliest of all.
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million
maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them
north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives.
The Dodge City...
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Independance Rock is an historic shrine to which future generations will refer with veneration. The best authorities in historic research of the plains and Rockies agree that it ranks among the great historical monuments of America. Upon its massice granite face have been inscribed the names of thousands of the pioneers of the Oregon, Morman and California trail which lies along its path.
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Completely revised and updated after the fires of 1988 and 1994. Descriptions and mileages for over 100 trails, including 45 dayhikes. 30 pages of topograpic maps. Sections on Grizzly bears, backcountry geysers and hot springs, fossil forests, where to see wildlife, weather, equipment, backcountry camping, water treatment, and Continental Divide trail. -- back cover
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"Wyoming Backroads takes you off the pavement where you'll find beautiful landscapes, natural features, recreation areas, historical sites, and an abundance of wildlife. This statewide guidebook is packed with drives that traverse Wyoming's National Forests, National Parks, BLM lands, and State lands. With more than a hundred routes and off-road areas, you'll find trips for every driver. For those who prefer to stay on primary backroads, there are...
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Lured by tales of land, gold and a new life, more than 300,000 Americans migrated westward on the Oregon Trail system during the mid-nineteenth century. Stretching from Independence, Missouri, to the Willamette River Valley in Oregdon, the primitive route promised-and delivered-a difficult journey. 1993 marks the sesquicentennial of the first wagon train's arrival at the Oregon Trail's end. Many good books have been written about the trail, but few...
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"Hiking Wyoming features concise descriptions and detailed maps for 48 easy-to-follow trails throughout the state that allows hikers of all levels to enjoy adventurous views and experience the grandeur of Wyoming. Readers will explore hidden gems and popular hikes in the Laramie Range, Sherman Mountains, Big Horn Mountains, Wind River Range, the Washakie Wilderness, Bearooth Mountains, Grand Teton National Park, and epic trails in between. Discover...
