John C. Tate Recalls 1870s Cattle Drives Across the Frontier
John C. Tate of Waco recounts driving cattle to markets in Texas and across Indian Territory via Abilene, Fort Worth, Dodge City, and Nebraska. He describes trail camps, stampedes, encounters with Indians, storms, and notable figures in Abilene, including Wild Bill Hickok, with trips stretching from 1873 to 1884 and family details closing with milestones.
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John C. Tate
Waco
News-Tribune
Texas
Bune
Mr. Tate
Abilene
Ken
Ust
Nebraska City
Neo
Grote Alley
Abi
Wolf
Bell County
Jim Noble
Burnet
Brooksville
Florence
van Ness
Salado
Belton
Baggit
Ol Howard
Valley Mills
Bosque County
Hardy Bloodworth
Nesta
Brazos River
Old Fort Graham
Cleburne
Old Buchanan
Johnson County
Red River Station
Indian Territory
Head of Elm
Cary
Oice
Mort
Silal
Washata Sind Candiane
Winiskaw
Arkansas River
Wichita, Kansas
Jean
Myers
Wichita
Emits Creek
Cotton
Yun
Sie Gar
Doug
Mabry and Miller
Shang Iligh Pierce
Columbus Carrel
Wesley Hardin
Wild Bill Hickoc
Fort Worth
Red River
Kirkpatrick
Wild Horse Creek
Kansas
Balt Fork
Red Fork
Ninaskaw
Kakasky
Beatrice
Ned
Lot Peyton
Peyton
Miller
Lacy
Accross
Hamburg
Iowa
Austin
Corsicana
Minegla
Houston
Hempstead
Liana
Milana
Torus
Zelma May
Addie Lea
James W
Carl B
Benjamin S
Claude Wright
Emma
Martha
Malissa Clemens
George Christian
Clide McDonald
Temple
Kaneas
Lowe’ Grove
McCoy
Fall Creek Mountain
Him
Dode Latham
Jim Stegall
John Andrews
John Mason
Joe Evans
Bob
Sampson
Lone Grove
San Saba
Richland Springs
Soldier's Water Hole
Colorado
Walldrop
Coleman
Baird
Albany
Throckmorton
Brazos
Beaver Creek
Paradise Creek
Vernon
Peaze River
Dean
Quanah Parker
North Fork
John
Journeys Through the West with Stiff Drags and Trade
The narrator recounts leaving Lindsey Watson at Ogle Alley to guide a herd toward Fort Fetterman then riding to Texas with three companions. They endure long waterless drives with cattle dying feet and eventually trade lame yearlings for two large mules to continue the journey.
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Dune
Arkansas River
Big
Great Bend
Abilene
Big Bend
Texas
Miller
Jordan
Hudson Bros
Watson
John Christian
Louis Deats
Staté
Chrstian
Bill Week
Colorado
Hoover's Valley
Inks
Shore
Jim Inks
Fort Mason
George Cooper
Bill Millsap
Murchison
Champ Farms
Ash Springs
Catte
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Hapy Jack
Wild Bill Hickock
Phil Cole
J. R
Code) Phillips
M. FR
Gumn) Phillips
Jim
George Martin
Charley
J. J. Haynes
Eli Shelley
George Latham
Council Grove
Baxter Springs
Emporia
Parsons
Kans
New Chicago
Fort Smith
Ark
Nebraska
Arkansas
Smokey River
South Platte River
Lowell
Neb
Burnet County
Lampaais
San Saba County
Bill Riding
Lampasas
Gatesville
Kimball
Dode
Todge City
Ogle Alley
C. M. L’roy Nursery
Garman Ang Hersement
McDonald, Brazoria Happi
GaiMe B'Roy
Life of
F. Hackworth & Sons
Tinue
Alley
Allen Wood
Lee Hazelwood
Spencer-Sauer Lumber CO
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