A Double Mountain Books classic reissue, this is a story-book travelogue covering the big ranches of West and South Texas. Williams made informal excursions to study their history, founders and owners, picking up facts, folklore and range gossip along the way. Photographs and maps illustrate the text.
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Where the Big Ranches Begin That was Hoss Flesh, Neighbor! In the Kingdom of Burk Burnett Long Whiskers and Riches The Prince of Good Neighbors Post Toasties and Plowed Ground Thee had Better Come Out West The End of the World in 1877 Sixty Years from Scotland Cow Country Gossip Inside the Pitchfork Gate A Buffalo Hunter Camped Here Ranch Lore from the Pease to the Wichita Burk Burnett did not Own Boom Town The Greatest Ranches Today The Nation's Beefsteak Supply