Indians, cowboys, and farmers and the battle for the Great Plains, 1865-1910

Name: Indians, cowboys, and farmers and the battle for the Great Plains, 1865-1910
Author: Christopher Collier

by Christopher Collier · 2000

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Discusses the settling of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains and the conflicting interests of the different groups involved--the Indians, cowboys, farmers, sheep herders, and railroad barons.

Social life and customsFrontier and pioneer lifeIndians of North AmericaWarsLand tenureJuvenile literatureHistoryGreat plains, juvenile literatureGreat plains