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Author : James Richard Mead
Release : 1986
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 949/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hunting and Trading on the Great Plains, 1859-1875 by : James Richard Mead
Download or read book Hunting and Trading on the Great Plains, 1859-1875 written by James Richard Mead. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James R. Mead
Release : 2015-12
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Book Rating : 251/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hunting and Trading in Kansas, 1859-1875 by : James R. Mead
Download or read book Hunting and Trading in Kansas, 1859-1875 written by James R. Mead. This book was released on 2015-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an abridgment by Abby Miller of the memoir of James R. Mead, Kansas pioneer, trader, and hunter: Hunting and Trading on the Great Plains 1859-1875. It is a school text for primary students in Kansas history. Only the original text is included in this abridgment--there are no additions"--Provided by publisher.
Author : James Richard Mead
Release : 2008
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Hunting and Trading on the Great Plains, 1859-1875 by : James Richard Mead
Download or read book Hunting and Trading on the Great Plains, 1859-1875 written by James Richard Mead. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James R. Mead, explorer, naturalist, and plainsman, came to Kansas Territory in 1859. He hunted buffalo, built trading posts in Towanda, on the Ninnescah River near Clearwater, and came to Wichita in 1870. He was responsible for bringing the cattle drives to Wichita, and was a good friend of Jesse Chisholm, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Mathewson, and Chief Satanta. Mead was a state senator and president of the Kansas State Historical Society. His writings encompass the territorial days through the march of civilization, and give a firsthand account of buffalo, Native Americans, and the honor of the early settlers.
Author : Dan O'Brien
Release : 2017-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 046/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Great Plains Bison by : Dan O'Brien
Download or read book Great Plains Bison written by Dan O'Brien. This book was released on 2017-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska Great Plains Bison traces the history and ecology of this American symbol from the origins of the great herds that once dominated the prairie to its near extinction in the late nineteenth century and the subsequent efforts to restore the bison population. A longtime wildlife biologist and one of the most powerful literary voices on the Great Plains, Dan O’Brien has managed his own ethically run buffalo ranch since 1997. Drawing on both extensive research and decades of personal experience, he details not only the natural history of the bison but also its prominent symbolism in Native American culture and its rise as an icon of the Great Plains. Great Plains Bison is a tribute to the bison’s essential place at the heart of the North American prairie and its ability to inspire naturalists and wildlife advocates in the fight to preserve American biodiversity.
Author : Eugene D. Fleharty
Release : 1995
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 095/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wild Animals and Settlers on the Great Plains by : Eugene D. Fleharty
Download or read book Wild Animals and Settlers on the Great Plains written by Eugene D. Fleharty. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique history chronicles reciprocal relations between settlers and the native fauna of Kansas from the end of the Civil War until 1880. While including the development of early-day conservation and game laws, zoologist Eugene D. Fleharty tells of wanton wastefulness on the frontier, but also curiosity, concern, and creativity on the part of individual settlers, who hunted and fished for food and recreation or simply wondered at the animals’ antics. Using only primary accounts from newspapers and diaries, Fleharty vividly portrays frontier life before such species as the bison, beaver, antelope, bear, mountain lion, gray wolf, rattlesnake, and black-footed ferret were more or less extirpated by steel plows, reapers, barbed wire, and firearms. As the author shows the impact of civilization on the prairie ecosystem, readers will share in the lives of the early settlers, experiencing their successes and hardships much as their neighbors did. This historical account of a typical plains state’s ecology during the traumatic homesteading era will interest professionals concerned with biodiversity and global warming as well as frontier-history buffs.
