Illustrates what life was like for cowboys, including information about their Spanish origins, the rise of America's cattle industry, as well as cattle drives and the famous trails ridden by cowboys.
A history of the long struggle for land between the homesteaders and American Indians which resulted in bloody battles, broken treaties, and confinement of the Indians on reservations.
Explores various details of frontier and pioneer life in connection with the Oregon National Historic Trail, covering topics such as the growth of fur trapping and the contest between different nations for control of Oregon, and who helped discover the best routes.
In 1870 Dakota Territory, "Bloody" Chester Kates is in for some surprises when he agrees to burn down the town of Whale, believed to be inhabited by something wicked, in order for the Union Pacific to continue construction of the railroad.
Describes what it was like to live in the West during the last half of the nineteenth century, covering outlaws, cowboys and ranch life, Native Americans, and more.
In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Perce? girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender.
