The Trail Drivers of Texas

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.

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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