Black cowboys and early cattle drives : on the trails from Texas to Montana / Nancy Williams.
| Author/creator |
Williams, Nancy author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023 |
| Copyright Notice | ©2023 |
| Description | 158 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Slaves become cowboys -- Early trail drives -- Goodnight and Loving make plans -- Goodnight and Loving blaze a trail -- Tragedy strikes in 1867 -- The Goodnight-Loving trail brings cattlemen west -- Preparing for a cattle drive -- Long days on the trail -- Dangers of the cattle drive -- Stampede! -- Cookie rules -- The trail drive ends in town -- Life on a ranch -- A trusted friend and right-hand man -- Success stories. |
| Abstract | "After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn't want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove two thousand longhorns across southern Texas blazing a trail to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1866, the new Goodnight-Loving Trail was crowded with cattle headed for a government market. By the 1870s, twenty-five percent of the over thirty-five thousand cowboys in the West were black. They were part of trail crews that drove more than twenty-seven million cattle on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, Western Trail, Chisholm Trail and Shawnee Trail. They were paid equally, and their skill and ability brought them earned respect and prestige. Author Nancy Williams recounts their lasting legacy." -- Publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158). |
| Genre/form | History |
| LCCN | 2022951607 |
| ISBN | 9781467153645 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1467153648 (paperback) |
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