Ebook: Passing of the frontier: a chronicle of the old West

The frontier in history -- The range -- The cattle trails -- The cowboy -- The mines -- Pathways of the West -- The Indian wars -- The cattle kings -- The homesteader.;Midwesterner Emerson Hough nurtured a life-long interest in the Wild West, and after receiving his law degree, he set up shop as an attorney in a rural town in New Mexico. Based on his experiences in the region, he penned a series of histories of the Old West. This volume contains a series of insightful essays about the meaning of the frontier and the pioneer spirit.