TRANS-MISSOURI STOCK RAISING; The Pasture Lands of North America: Winter Grazing
Denver, CO: The Old West Publishing Comany, 1962. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 94 pgs, introduction by Jeff C. Dykes. Originally published in 1871, this was the first book about a major segment of our range country. It was a survey about the early cattle industry. Latham quit the UPS hospital at Laramie to raise cows in Wyoming. The UP gave away thousands of copies of the 88 page booklet to encourage settlement along its lines. Today only a dozen copies are known. A facsimile of the original cover is on the ffep and the rfep has copy of the map that was the back cover of the original booklet. Carl Hertzog was the designer of this edition, Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. Item #27738
Price: $40.00