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End of the Wild and Woolly West A Cowboy’s Tales
An elderly teller reflects on the vanished open range and the rise of barbed wire and schoolteachers, recalling cattle drives, cowpunchers, and aging legends. He notes how railroads and reforms ended the true cowboy era, sharing colorful anecdotes of early ranch life and humorous escapades.
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Kansas City
Jack Baker
Joe Glidden
Fiddler Jack
Texas
Great Plains
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
New Orleans
Mississippi
Mr. Ziegfeld
McCoy
Abilene
West
Every Week
Pennsylvania
Gleason
Pueblo Grand Opera House
White House