cattle trade

A history of the American cowboy and how he changed with the coming of barbed wire, railroads, and homesteaders. Also describes modern cattle ranching.

Describes the cowboy culture of North America from its beginnings in fifteenth-century New Spain to the American West.

Describes life in the American West and the growth of the cattle industry, from the introduction of horses and cattle by the Spanish through the reign of the cattle barons in the late nineteenth century.

Discusses the significance of the early cattle ranchers to the development of the Wild West.