cattle drives

Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.

Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African-Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War.

An account based on the experiences of historical cowhands follows the experiences of a 15-year-old rider on the famous Chisholm Trail, who good-naturedly describes his fortune-seeking efforts to drive cattle despite numerous dangerous obstacles.

When the cattle trade moved west, herds took over vast expanses of land, discover the cowboys that rode the range and herded cattle along the trails from the southwest to the railheads.

Fictional diary of a fourteen-year-old girl accompanying a cattle drive along the Chisolm Trail in 1878.

Text and historical photographs trace the history of cowboys and longhorns in the United States, discussing how their image and place in American culture have changed throughout the years.

Follows a young cattle herder as he makes a living for himself working in the American West, eventually honing his skills enough to entertain audiences in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Features full-color illustrations throughout.

Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.

Presents the history of the route which became the "Main Street" of the Texas cattle trade after the Civil War and remained until its closing in 1884.