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WYOMING
LIFE OF TOM HORN
Government Scout and Interpreter
Written by Himself
Together with His Letters and Statements by His Friends
A Vindication
Thirteen Full Page Illustrations
Published (for John C. Coble) by
The Louthan Book Company: Denver, 1904, 1st edition
Original illustrated wrappers; 317 pages
Very good plus condition: slight crease in front cover; pages
lightly tanning; binding solid and tight; book clean and bright.
$350.00
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IRON MOUNTAIN RANCH COMPANY
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Wyoming
Issued December 21, 1900
Signed by John Coble as president and Frank Bosler as
secretary
A significant document related
to Tom Horn and the Johnson County War of Wyoming. Near fine condition.
Price: $950.00
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Johnson
County Cattle War, Wyoming
THE POWDER RIVER LIVE STOCK COMPANY Stock
certificate #178, issued December 13, 1884, uncancelled; two folds, near fine
condition. Company had ranges near old Forts Reno and McKinney, Powder
River, Johnson County, Wyoming. Incorporated in Colorado. In spring
of 1886, this Company had 24,000 head of cattle on the Powder River range.
This Company was impacted by the "Johnson County War," where Tom Horn
gained his notoriety. George Rex Buckman, a noted Colorado Springs
promoter, was secretary of the Company and signed this historical
document.
SOLD
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FORT LARAMIE AND THE PAGEANT OF THE WEST,
1834 - 1890
by LeRoy R. Hafen and Francis Marion Young
The Arthur H. Clark Company: Glendale, California, 1938, first
edition
Original blue cloth binding with gold print on spine; 429
pages, complete with all illustrations and maps
Fort Laramie as a Fur-Trading Post; and, as Military Post
First Fort on the Laramie; Fur-Traders and Missionaries; Rival
Posts - Fort Platte and Fort John; The Coming of the First Emigrants; Last Years
as a Private Trading-Post; Fort Laramie Becomes a Military Post; America on
Wheels; The Great Fort Laramie Treaty Council; The Emigrant Tide; The Grattan
and the Harney Massacres; From Handcart to Pony Express; The Cheyenne and the
Utah Expeditions; the Civil War and the Uprising of the Plains Indians; the
Fight for the Black Hills; etc.
Condition: near fine; slight remnants of collector's bookplate
on front endpaper
Price: $200.00
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GEYSERLAND AND
WONDERLAND, 1898
A VIEW AND
GUIDE BOOK OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
By. W.F. Hatfield, St. Anthony, Idaho
Containing forty-three superb
views and all information relating to roads, modes of travel, accommodations and
costs of the same.
Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 23 First
Street, San Francisco, California, 1899
Book description: original tan
cloth, black printed covers, with decorative tie-string binding; square-bound;
89 pages. Covers show some light wear and dusting; pages are clean and bright.
Overall condition: very good. Dimensions: 9-1/4 inches by 6 inches.
All half-tone photographs were
taken by W.F. Hatfield. Text written by W.F. Hatfield.
From PREFACE: УIn preparing the
СGEYSERLAND WONDERLANDТ View and Guide Book of the Yellowstone National Park
for use of tourists, the author has endeavored to furnish such reliable
up-to-date information as will enable them to act intelligently in selecting
their route of travel to the Park, their mode of transportation through it, and
living during the trip Ц hotel or camping accommodations. The cost of the trip
by the several transportation companies and routes, also the rates charged by
the hotels and the Wylie Camping Company for accommodations at their several
locations in the Park is given. The chief objects to be seen at the several
points are described, and a choice selection consisting of Forty-Four (sic)
Half-Tone Engravings of the most notable places and objects is furnished for
reference, and a souvenir for the trip through СGEYSERLAND AND
WONDERLAND.ТФ
Price:
$175.00
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FORT LARAMIE AND THE FORTY-NINERS
by Merrill J. Mattes
Published by Rocky Mountain Nature Association Estes Park,
Colorado, 1949. Original illustrated cream wrappers; 36 pages; illustrated
with half-tones. Condition: near fine.
"One of the most historic spots in the
Trans-Mississippi West lies on the tongue of land formed by the junction of the
Laramie and North Platte rivers, in eastern Wyoming ...."
Price:
$25.00
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Mokler,
Alfred James. FORT CASPAR (PLATTE
BRIDGE STATION), comprising a Description of the Killing of Lieutenant
Caspar W. Collins and the Massacre of Sergeant Amos J. Custard and Twenty-Four
of Their Comrades, July 26, 1865.
Casper
,
Wyoming
: The Prairie Publishing Company, 1939. Original
gray printed and illustrated wrappers; illustrated text, with maps; 75 pages;
near fine condition. A scarce history of Fort Casper. $95.00
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