A Texas Frontier: The Clear Fork Country and Fort Griffin, 1849-1887

by Ty Cashion

Book Overview

In a Texas Frontier: The Clear Fork Country and Fort Griffin, 1849-1887, Ty Cashion surveys the formative development of northwest Texas where the Clear Fork of the Brazos cuts a path between the timbered region and the treeless plains beyond. Despite the unfamiliar and often harsh environment, the first pioneers-mainly southern stock raisers-persisted through conflicts with Plains Indians, the Civil War, Reconstruction, outlawry, rapid settlement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806128550
• ISBN13: 9780806128559
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"