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Description:Trails of Yesterday, first published in 1921, is ranked with the best firsthand accounts of ranching on the northern Great Plains in the 1870s and 1880s. This classic of cow-country literature is rich in authentic frontier history. Born in England in 1842, John Bratt came to America when he was twenty-two, and in 1866 he joined a wagon train traveling from Nebraska City to Fort Phil Kearny. Bratt gives a vivid view of the country along the Great Platte River Road, reporting on the condition of the trail, meetings with Indians such as Dull Knife, and encounters with buffalo herds. There are splendid descriptions of the few forts then protecting the long trail-Forts Kearny, McPherson, Mitchell, and Sedgwick-and of the road ranches of John Burke and the notorious Jack Morrow, among others. Bratt was a cattle rancher for more than two decades and was instrumental in the settlement of North Platte, Nebraska.Excerpt:Wishes to publish his autobiography, so that his friends and relatives may read the story of his very eventful life correctly told. Often when urged by his family to publish this he would remark, Some day when I have more time I will rewrite it and put on the finishing touches. But this time never came. Being in comparatively good health, he enjoyed his business activities, in Which he con tinned until three days before his sudden and unexpected death.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trails of Yesterday. To get started finding Trails of Yesterday, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Trails of Yesterday, first published in 1921, is ranked with the best firsthand accounts of ranching on the northern Great Plains in the 1870s and 1880s. This classic of cow-country literature is rich in authentic frontier history. Born in England in 1842, John Bratt came to America when he was twenty-two, and in 1866 he joined a wagon train traveling from Nebraska City to Fort Phil Kearny. Bratt gives a vivid view of the country along the Great Platte River Road, reporting on the condition of the trail, meetings with Indians such as Dull Knife, and encounters with buffalo herds. There are splendid descriptions of the few forts then protecting the long trail-Forts Kearny, McPherson, Mitchell, and Sedgwick-and of the road ranches of John Burke and the notorious Jack Morrow, among others. Bratt was a cattle rancher for more than two decades and was instrumental in the settlement of North Platte, Nebraska.Excerpt:Wishes to publish his autobiography, so that his friends and relatives may read the story of his very eventful life correctly told. Often when urged by his family to publish this he would remark, Some day when I have more time I will rewrite it and put on the finishing touches. But this time never came. Being in comparatively good health, he enjoyed his business activities, in Which he con tinned until three days before his sudden and unexpected death.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trails of Yesterday. To get started finding Trails of Yesterday, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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