Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Fischer, John

From The High Plains John Fischer; Drawings by Paul Laune - New York Harper & Row Publisher 1978 - 181 p

Mr. Baxter and the butchering --
Why the High Plains were settled so late --
Reluctant pioneer --
Colonel Goodnight and the British connection --
Legends: here today and gone today, too --
The misleading history of Old Tascosa --
Barbed wire and the art of stringing it --
Geronimo's magic blanket --
The sayings --
Growing up on the Salt Fork --
Oil --
Unsettled country.

An account of the history of the High Plains of Texas and Oklahoma, based on personal accounts of old-timers in the region.

0060112697

9780060112691


Miscellanea--Texas
Miscellanea--Oklahoma
Miscellanea--Great Plains

976.48 Fis 15