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I. THE HONORABLE ANTIQUITY OF THE LIVE STOCK BUSINESS -- THE GRAZING REGION OF NORTH AMERICA -- TEXAS -- ITS NATURAL DIVISIONS -- CATTLE RANCHING -- HOW BEGUN -- BRANDING -- THE TENURE OF TITLE -- HOW SOLD -- ENERGETIC RANCHMEN SUCCEED BEST -- "COW PONEYS" -- " THE COW BOY" -- HIS LIFE AND LAB0R -- TEXAS THE WEST FOR SOUTHERN YOUNG MEN -- EXAMPLES OF Wm PERRYMAN --L.B. HARRIS -- J.F. ELLISON -- J.M. CHOATE. II. THE SITUATION IN TEXAS BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR -- THE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE CATTLE NORTH IN 1866 -- RECEPTION OF THE DROVERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI -- EXPERIENCE AND SKETCH OF J. M. DOUGHERTY -- ALSO OF R. D. HUNTER -- THE OUTLOOK AT THE CLOSE OF 1866 -- THE RESULTS OF THE YEAR. III. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER -- A YOUNG ILLINOISAN -- HIS PLAN TO ESTABLISH A CATTLE SHIPPING DEPOT -- HE TAKES A TRIP WEST -- VISITS RAILROAD OFFICES AT ST. LOUIS -- MEETS AN "IMMENSE" RAILROAD MAN -- RETURNS TO KANSAS -- SELECTS ABILENE AS THE POINT -- ABILENE IN 1867 -- A GREAT MERCHANT -- NUMBER OF CATTLE IN TEXAS IN 1860 -- SHIPMENT OF FIRST TRAIN -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DROVERS OF 1867 -- J. L. DRISKILL AND H. M. CHILDERS. IV. OPPOSITION OF SETTLERS -- HOW IT WAS OVERCOME -- CONTRACTORS FOR SUPPLYING INDIANS WITH BEEF -- FEEDING POOR LO AND FAMILY -- HOW IT IS DONE -- CAPT. E. B. MILLETT -- COL. J. J. MYERS. V. GATHERING CATTLE TO DRIVE TO MARKET -- CUTTING OUT -- ROAD BRANDING -- STARTING ON THE TRAIL -- A CAMP WAGON -- COW BOYS -- J. W. TUCKER -- WILLIS McCUTCHEON -- J. H. STEVENS. VI. HERD ON THE TRAIL -- SWIMMING A RIVER -- STORM AND STAMPEDE -- ARRIVAL IN KANSAS -- APPRECIATIVE FRIENDS OF ABILENE -- EX-GOVERNOR CRAWFORD AND OTHERS -- A CHICAGO SWINDLER -- A POPULAR SCOUNDREL -- NUMBER OF CATTLE DRIVEN 1867 -- WHAT WAS DONE WITH THEM -- BLACKMAILING RAILROAD OFFICIALS -- J. D. REED -- MAJ. SETH MABRY. VII. ADVERTISING ABILENE -- INDIAN SCARE -- HUNTING A LANDLORD MRS. LOU. GORE -- STRAIGHTENING THE CATTLE TRAIL -- CONTENDING FOR THE TRADE -- W. W. SUGG -- OPENING OF CATTLE TRADE IN SPRING OF 1868 -- F. TOMPKINS. -- E. H. GAYLARD -- J. M. DAY. VIII. LOCATING A HERD AND ESTABLISHING CAMP -- HERDING BY DAY AND GUARDING BY NIGHT -- SELLING ON THE PRAIRIE -- COUNTING ON THE RANGE -- COW-BOY ON THE WAR PATH -- LIFE AND LABORS OF THE COW-BOY -- THE BAD CHARACTERS THAT GATHER AT CATTLE TOWNS -- THE DANCE HOUSE -- "SHANGHAI PIERCE" -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXAN DROVERS. IX. SHIPPING EXTRA CHOICE CATTLE -- CATTLE DRIVEN TO MOUTH OF RED RIVER -- OUTBREAK OF SPANISH FEVER -- CONVENTION OF EXPERTS -- THEORIES OF THE CAUSE OF SPANISH FEVER -- " SPORULE THEORY" -- "TICK THEORY" --"SHIP FEVER THEORY" -- SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE -- PREVENTIVES -- J. T. ALEXANDER -- CORN FEEDING. X. THE EFFECT OF THE SPANISH FEVER EXCITEMENT ON THE ABILENE CATTLE MARKET -- AUCTION SALES -- LASSOING BUFFALO -- PROHIBITORY LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS -- RESISTING AND AMENDING THE BILL -- CERTIFICATES UNDER SEAL -- THE NOTARY PUBLIC -- CONTRACT WITH RAILWAY COMPANY -- OPENING OF CATTLE TRADE, 1869 -- THE CONDUCT AND CHARACTER OF JUNTA, WHICH BUILT, AND FIRST OPERATED THE K. P. RAILWAY -- CHARLEY STRAUSENBACH -- T. J. ALLEN -- J. B. HUNTER. XI. ABILENE IN ITS GLORY -- EFFECTS OF THE CATTLE TRADE UPON THE FARMERS -- THE RAILWAY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGAIN REPUDIATE THEIR CONTRACT -- THE EFFECT -- FRIENDS REAL, AND SPURIOUS -- LESSONS OF ADVERSITY -- REFLECTIONS UPON A LOST FORTUNE -- WINTERING CATTLE IN KANSAS -- STILLHOUSE FEEDING -- MAJOR J. S. SMITH. XII. THE YEARS OF 1870 AND 1871 -- WINTERING CATTLE ON THE RANGE -- OPENING A CATTLE DEPOT AT NEWTON, KANSAS -- ABOLISHING CATTLE TRADE AT ABILENE -- WHO DID IT AND THE EFFECT THEREOF -- THE EDITOR AND STATE SENATOR -- HIS DUPLICITY AND DOWNFALL -- YE LOCAL EDITOR -- OPENING A CATTLE TRADE AT WICHITA -- DURHAM STOCK -- ANDREW WILSON -- "ROUGHING THROUGH." XIII. THE DRIVES 1872-73 -- THE GREAT PANIC -- EFFECTS ON WESTERN CATTLE MARKETS -- STOCK-MEN'S MASS MEETING AND BANQUET -- THE NATIONAL LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION -- COL. O. W. WHEELER -- WINTERING CATTLE ON THE RANGE. XIV. DEVELOPMENT OF LIVE STOCK MARTS -- THE MOST ELIGIBLE POINT ON THE MISSOURI RIVER -- KANSAS STOCKYARDS -- JEROME D. SMITH -- GEO. N. ALTMAN -- RECEIVING, YARDING AND FEEDING LIVE STOCK -- COMMISSION MERCHANTS -- W. A. ROGERS -- J. L. MITCHENER -- GEO. R. BARSE -- JOHN SALISBURY -- CAPT. W. H. KINGSBERY -- R. NICHOLS -- SCALPING -- HUNTER, EVANS & CO. --- R. C. WHITE -- BOOKKEEPERS AND CASHIERS -- SHIPPING CATTLE -- L. M. HUNTER. XV. THE PACKING INTEREST AT KANSAS CITY -- ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANKINTON & ARMOUR -- PIG KILLING -- CATTLE KILLING -- DRESSING AND SAWING BEEF -- T. J. BIGGER -- E. W. PATTISON. XVI. FlNANCES AND THE CATTLE TRADE -- THE BANKING HOUSES THAT DO THE CATTLE BUSINESS OF THE WEST -- THE FIRST NATIONAL OF KANSAS CITY -- THE MASTIN BANK -- THE GREAT PANIC OF 1873 -- SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION -- HOWARD M. HOLDEN -- THE FIRST NATIONAL AND SAVINGS BANKS, WICHITA -- NOAH EBY & CO., OF COFFEYVILLE -- D. W. POWERS & CO., ELLSWORTH. XVII. STOCK RANCHING IN THE WEST -- WYOMING, NORTHEASTERN COLORADO, AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS -- SELECTING A LOCATION AND ESTABLISHING A STOCK RANCH -- J. P. FARMER -- JOHN HITTSON -- A GRAND "ROUNDUP" -- COLORADO STOCK-GROWERS' ASSOCIATION -- J. L. BAILY -- THE NARROW GAUGE -- THE K. P. RAILWAY -- TEXAN CATTLE DEPOT -- VICTORIA COLONY -- W. K. SHAEFFER. XVIII. STOCK AND WOOL GROWING IN NEW MEXICO -- ALSO IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO -- PEDRO C. ARMEJO -- CHARLES GOODNIGHT -- WINTERING CATTLE ON THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER -- DENNIS SHEEDY. XIX. THE PRINCIPAL WESTERN RAILROAD LINES ENGAGED IN THE LIVE STOCK TRAFFIC -- THE H. & ST. JOE -- THE ST. L, K. C. & N. -- THE C. & A. -- K. P. -- THE N. R., FT. S. & G. -- THE L. L. G. -- THE A. T. & S. FE -- SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS -- WICHITA AND GREAT BEND. XX. THE MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY -- ITS CONSTRUCTION, LOCATION AND TERMINI -- THE CHARACTER AND ADAPTABILITY OF THE DISTRICTS THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES -- SHIPPING FAT CATTLE FROM TEXAS VS. DRIVING THEM. |
