Caldwell: Kansas Border Cow Town
by Tom S. Coke
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0788435698
- ISBN 13
- 9780788435690
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Westminster, MD: Heritage Books , 2005 Heritage Books, Westminster, MD. 2005. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition? Near Fine; light bump to lower front corner. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 214 pp 8vo. The history of Caldwell, Kansas, between 1870 and 1885, reflects a piece of American history that has developed into legend. During this period, Caldwell went from one crisis to another, from killings to lynchings, shootouts to search parties, bank openings to bank busts. Seldom was it boring. Caldwell saw more lawmen killed in its short history than any other cow town. Gunfighters and gunfights were common. Charlie Stone made a name for himself in the cattle business before heading west. In 1871, he traveled to the southern border of Kansas. There, Stone and his friends staked out a plot of land overlooking Fall and Bluff Creeks, next to Indian Territory. It stood on the Chisholm Trail. They named the place after a railroad magnate and Kansas politician they admired-Alexander Caldwell. Within a decade Caldwell became a thriving cattle town, fulfilling Stone's dream for it. For one season it shipped more cattle east than Dodge City. Caldwell was within shouting distance of Indian Territory and all its dangers. The town's history is filled with Indian scares and fights; cattle thieves and killers; lawmen chasing outlaws; lynchings; financial schemes; and conflict among cattlemen, trail herders, merchants, farmers, and homesteaders. The railroad played a key role in the town's development and success. Caldwell attracted cowboys over a longer period than any other cow town. Between 1870 and 1885, its reputation as a rip snorting pleasure spot for boisterous trail drivers at the end of the trail beat all the competition. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014954
- Title
- Caldwell: Kansas Border Cow Town
- Author
- Tom S. Coke
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0788435698
- ISBN 13
- 9780788435690
- Publisher
- Heritage Books
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, MD
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Caldwell Kansas, cow town, shootings, lynchings, cattle drives, Abilene Kansas, cattle trails, Indian raids, cattle town, Alexander Caldwell, Indian Territory, gunfighters, outlaws, Kansas History, Sumner County History,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related;
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.