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SEDALIA DAILY DEMOCRAT. April 23, 1882.
1882
 

Elk Barbecue and Wildwest Show...$1,200 in Purses...[Caption title]. Large folio broadside, with image of rider & bucking horse.
1925
 

Photograph Album of Cross Country Rail Trips, ca. 1900. From Wing Family of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Photo album, 11.5” x 14.75”. Orig. roan. “Photographs” in gilt letters on cover. 188 photos, 3.5” x 4.5” gelatin silver sepia toned photos. Some fading but excellent.
1900
 

The Western Primer, or Introduction to Webster's Spelling Book, Illustrated with Seventy-Five Wood Cuts.
1835
 

BRIALMONT, LT. GENER Combat Tactics of Cavalry. Being the Second Part of His Work Entitled Combat Tactics of the Three Arms, Translated from the French, by Direction of Colonel E.F. Townsend, 12th Infantry...by Major Camillo C.C. Carr, 8th Cavalry, U.S. Army...
1893
 

CARYL, CHARLES W. New Era. Presenting the Plans for the New Era Union to Help Develop and Utilize the Best Resources of This Country...
1897
 

CARYL, CHARLES W. New Era. Presenting the Plans for the New Era Union to Help Develop and Utilize the Best Resources of This Country...
1897
 

CATLIN, GEO. Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Qritten During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America. Two Vols. in One.
1860
 

CHARLESTOWN MASS. FE The First Annual Report of the Charlestown Female Tract Society for Evangelizing the West, Presented at a meeting of the Society June 9, 1846. Colportage at the West, and Among Germans and Roman Catholics.
1846
 

COLLINS, MRS. ANNA M The Great Western Cook Book, or Table Receipts, Adapted to Western Housewifery.
1857
 

CRAWFORD, JOHN WALLA A wonderful, original double sided letter from Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout. Crawford first has signed a typed letter, dated 1910, to George Badders of the Commercial Club regarding his proposal for a night of entertainment providing (Albert T.) Reid can schedule his event with the Elks so they both don't conflict with each other. Signed at bottom right by Crawford. The other side of this sheet is a handwritten letter to Albert Reid hoping that Reid can schedule his event so as not to conflict with the other...signed at bottom by Crawford. Letter is 8x11, single sheet, corner bumps and a 2 inch tear in the text (see scan, near the words "this about" on handwritten letter, 4th line). An interesting dual signing.
1910
 

GERSTAECKER, FREDERI Wild Sports in the Far West, Translated from the German. With Eight Crayon Drawings, Executed in Oil Colors, from Designs by Harrison Weir.
1859
 

GRAY, FRANK S. "For Love of Bears." A Description of a Recent Hunting Trip with a romantic Finale--A True Story. By "James Daly." Profusely illustrated by pencil sketches...
1886
 

GRAY, FRANK S. "For Love of Bears." A Description of a Recent Hunting Trip with a romantic Finale--A True Story. By "James Daly." Profusely illustrated by pencil sketches...
1886
 

HALE, EDWARD E. Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants.
1854
 

HALE, EDWARD E. Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants.
1854
 

HILL, J.L. The End of the Cattle Trail.
1920
 

HOLLADAY, BEN. Printed and Holograph Check on the Oregon and California Rail Road Company, Dec. 10, 1870, at Portland Oregon, in the Amount of $800.00, signed in full by Holladay as President. With railroad vignette. The check printed in San Francisco. Fine.
1870
 

HOWE, S. FERDINAND. The Commerce of Kansas City in 1886 with a General Review of Its Business Progress.
1886
 

HUGHES, JOHN T. Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico: General Kearney's Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan's Campaign Against the Navahos; His Unparalleled March Upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operations of General Price at Santa Fe: with a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan. Illustrated with Plans of Battle-Fields and Fine Engravings.
1847
 

HUNTINGTON, GEORGE. Robber & Hero. The Story of the Raid on the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, by the James-Younger Band of Robbers, in 1876....Portraits, Illustrations and Biographical Sketches...
1895
 

JOHNSON, THEODORE. Sights in the Gold Region, and Scenes by the Way.
1850
 

JONES, LLOYD. Life and Adventures of Harry Tracy "The Modern Dick Turpin".
1902
 

KEATING, WILLIAM H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods...in Two Volumes.
1824
 

KEATING, WILLIAM H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods...in Two Volumes.
1824
 

KENDERDINE, THADDEUS A California Tramp and Later Footprints; Or, Life on the Plains and in the Golden State Thirty Years Ago. . .
1888
 

LANGWORTHY, FRANKLIN Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: a Diary Kept Upon the Overland Route to California, By Way of the Great Salt Lake...in the Years 1850, '51, '52 and '53.
1855
 

LONG, JOSEPH W. American Wild-Fowl Shooting. Describing the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of Shooting Wild Fowl, Particularly Those of the Western States of America. With Instructions Concerning Guns, Blinds, Boats, and Decoys; the Training of Water-Retrievers, etc.
1874
 

M'CLUNG, JOHN. Sketches of Western Adventure: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with theSettlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794: Together with an Appendix.
1832
 

M'CLUNG, JOHN. Sketches of Western Adventure: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794: With an Appendix. Revised and Corrected, with Engraving.
1847
 

McCONNEL. J.L. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States. With Illustrations by Darley.
1853
 

McGOWAN, EDWARD. Narrative...Including a Full Account of the Author's Adventures andPerils While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856.
1857
 

MEEKER, EZRA. The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail, 1852-1906. An Account of the Author's Trip Across the Plains, from the Missouri River to Puget Sound...
1906
 

MUIR, JOHN. Prevent the Destruction of the Yosemite Park. To the Members of Congress: A question of national importance has arisen...[Caption title & partial text].
1909
 

OSLER, E.B. Catalogue: Pictures of Indians and Indian Life. By Paul Kane....[Cover title].
1904
 

PHILLIPS, CATHERINE Jessie Benton Fremont.
1935
 

PILGRIM, THOMAS. Live Boys in the Black Hills or the Young Texan Gold Hunters...Given in Letters to Arthur Morecamp [pseud.].
1880
 

PLUMBE, JOHN. Memorial Against Mr. Asa Whitney's Railroad Scheme. [Caption title].
1851
 

POST, C.C. Ten Years a Cowboy. Addenda by Tex Bender, the Cowboy Fiddler.
1898
 

PRIEST, JOSIAH. American Antiquities, and Discoveries in the West: Being an Exhibition of the Evidence that an Ancient Population of Partially Civilized Nations...Peopled America...and Inquiries into Their Origin, with a Copious Description of many of their stupendous Works, now in ruins...Second Edition, Revised.
1833
 

REMINGTON, FREDERIC. Pony Tracks.
1895
 

REMINGTON, FREDERIC. Remington's Frontier Sketches.
1898
 

REMINGTON, FREDERIC. Remington's Frontier Sketches.
1898
 

ROBERTS, EDWARDS. With the Invader: Glimpses of the New Southwest. A Brief Account of Travels in Spanish America.
1885
 

RUSSELL, CHARLES M. Studies of Western Life. With Descriptions by Granville Stuart.
1890
 

SAVORY, BENJAMIN L. Savory & Co. Account Books of Merchant and Hotelier Benjamin L. Savory. Three Volumes. Vol. 1. 1855-1859. Ledger 10 x 13 inches. 350 pp (first 26 pp. missing). Contemp. calf, with morocco accents. Well worn, front cover separated. Some pages cut and some scribbled with child’s drawings. A few pages torn. Vol. II 1859-1862. 180 pp. Ledger 8.5 x 13 inches. Contemp. calf with morocco & gilt accents. Marbled endpapers taped repair. Alpha index. Pages stained from pressed flowers. Vol. III Ledger, lined. 1867-1887. 80 pp. About 20 pp. torn out.  8 x 12.5 inches. Contemp. calf backed marbled boards, large piece of marbled paper lacking. Water stained, rubbed.
1855
 

SIRINGO, CHARLES A. Riata and Spurs. The Story of a Lifetime spent in the Saddle as Cowboy and Detective. With an Introduction by Gifford Pinchot. And with Illustrations.
1927
 

SMITH, SOL. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years. Interspersed with Anecdotal Sketches...
1868
 

SMITH, SOL. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years. Interspersed with Anecdotal Sketches...
1868
 

SMITH, SOL. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years. Interspersed with Anecdotal Sketches...
1868
 

STEVANS sic, C.M. Lucky Ten Bar. Of Paradise Valley. His Humorous, Pathetic and Tragic Adventures. The Story Copiously Illustrated by H.S. DeLay. His Travels by Reproductions from Photographs Constituting Almost a Pictorial America
1900
 

WEBBER, CHARLES W. Old Hicks the Guide; or Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine.
1848
 

WENTWORTH, MAY Edito Poetry of the Pacific: Selections and Original Poems from the Poets of the Pacific States.
1869
 

WILLIAMS, JOSEPH. Narrative of a Tour from the State of Indiana to the Oregon Territory in the Years 1841-2. With an Introduction by James C. Bell, Jr.
1921
 

WILSON, F. M. Diary of an "Ax Man" for the Northern Pacific Railroad. January 1, 1873. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Flyleaf: "Fourth Street between Helen and Minnetonka". Leather bound pocket book with flap, 4.5 x 7 inches. 160 pp. Cover slightly frayed. Pencil, some fading, overall very good. With 52 pp. typed transcription and pages of copied associated research.
1873
 

WISTER, OWEN. A Journey in Search of Christmas.
1904
 

YOUNG, HARRY. Hard Knocks. A Life Story of the Vanishing West.
1915
 

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