The Trail Drivers of Texas

by Hunter, J. Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780292730762
• ISBN10: 0292730764
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas--those rugged men and, sometimes, women who drove cattle and horses up the trails from Texas to northern markets in the late 1800s. Gleaned from members of the Old Time Trail Drivers' Association, these hundreds of real-life stories--some humorous, some chilling, some rambling, all interesting--form an invaluable cornerstone to the literature, history, and folklore of Texas and the West. First published in the 1920s and reissued by the University of Texas Press in 1985, this classic work is now available in a handsome paperback edition that contains the full text, historical illustrations, and name index of the hardcover edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Foreword

Explanatory

Organization of The Old Time Trail Drivers'' Association

Minutes of The Annual Reunion of The Old Time Trail Drivers'' Association, Held in San Antonio, Texas, September 10th and 11th, 1919

Origin and Close of The Old-time Northern Trail

The Pumphrey Brothers'' Experience on the Trail. Taylor, Texas R. B. Pumphrey of San Antonio

Dodging Indians near Packsaddle Mountains. Lockhart, Texas

Fought Indians on the Trail. Sabinal, Texas

Location of The Old Chisholm Trail. San Angelo, Texas

What Has Become of The Old-fashioned Boy? San Angelo, Texas

Cyclones, Blizzards, High Water, Stampedes and Indians on the Trail. Lockhart, Texas

Mistaken for Cole Younger and Arrested. Karnes City, Texas

A Thorny Experience. Pleasanton, Texas

A Trip to California. Pleasanton, Texas

Raised on the Frontier. Del Rio, Texas

Drove a Herd over the Trail to California. Meridian, Texas

Parents Settled in the Republic of Texas. San Antonio, Texas

Coming up the Trail in 1882. Kenton, Oklahoma

When a Girl Masqueraded as a Cowboy and Spent Four Months on the Trail. San Antonio, Texas

A Trying Trip Alone through the Wilderness. San Antonio, Texas

First Camp Meeting in Grayson County

Seven Trips up the Trail. Fort Cobb, Oklahoma

The Old Trailers

Killing and Capturing Buffalo in Kansas. Lockhart, Texas

On the Trail to Nebraska. Bryan, Texas

Echoes of the Cattle Trail. Kyle, Texas

Reminiscences of Old Trail Driving. San Antonio, Texas

Got "Wild and Woolly" on the Chisholm Trail. Dallas, Texas

With Herds to Colorado and New Mexico. of Uvalde, Texas

Recollections of Old Trail Days. Del Rio, Texas

High-heeled Boots and Striped Breeches. Del Rio, Texas

Sixty Years in Texas. Pearsall, Texas

The Good Old Cowboy Days

Courage and Hardihood on the Old Cattle Trail. Sketch of Sal West

Lived on the Frontier during Indian Times. Rio Medina, Texas

Made a Long Trip to Wyoming. Goodwin, Texas

Played Pranks on the Tenderfoot. San Antonio, Texas

When a Man''s Word was as Good as a Gilt-edged Note. Bryan, Texas

My Experience on the Cow Trail. Luling, Texas

Punching Cattle on the Trail to Kansas. Devine, Texas

Exciting Experiences on the Frontier and on the Trail. San Antonio, Texas

Observations and Experiences of Bygone Days. Rio Medina, Texas

Met Quanah Parker on the Trail. Texas

Texas Cowboys at a Circus in Minneapolis. Alice, Texas

The Remarkable Career of Colonel

Habits and Customs of Early Texas. Seguin, Texas

Hit the Trail in High Places. Lockhart, Texas

The Men Who Made the Trail. San Antonio, Texas

A Few Thrilling Incidents in My Experience on the Trail. Seguin, Texas

Memories of the Old Cow Trail. San Angelo, Texas

Established the First Packing Plant in Texas. Sketch of Comfort, Texas

Trail Driving to Kansas and Elsewhere. San Antonio, Texas

When Lightning Set the Grass on Fire. Lockhart, Texas

"Big Cowboy Ball

Did You Ever Do the Square?

Experiences "Tenderfeet" Could Not Survive. Lockhart, Texas

Killing of "Billy the Kid." Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

His Father Made Fine "Bowie" Knives

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