The Chickasaw Rancher
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-0-87081-635-2 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1960, Neil R. Johnson's The Chickasaw Rancher, Revised Edition, tells the story of Montford T. Johnson and the first white settlement of Oklahoma. Abandoned by his father after his mother's death and then left on his own following his grandmother's passing in 1868, Johnson became the owner of a piece of land in the northern part of the Chickasaw Nation in what is now Oklahoma.The Chickasaw Rancher follows Montford T. Johnson's family and friends for the next thirty-two years. Neil R. Johnson describes the work, the ranch parties, cattle rustling, gun fights, tornadoes, the run of 1889, the hard deaths of many along the way, and the rise, fall, and revival of the Chickasaw Nation.
This revised edition of The Chickasaw Rancher, edited by C. Neil Kingsley, Neil R. Johnson's grandson, is the perfect addition to any reader's collection of the history of the American West.
This revised edition of The Chickasaw Rancher, edited by C. Neil Kingsley, Neil R. Johnson's grandson, is the perfect addition to any reader's collection of the history of the American West.
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Edition
Revised Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Colorado
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87081-635-2 (9780870816352)
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Persons
Neil R. Johnson was born on one of his father's ranches in July of 1893. After World War II, he returned to Oklahoma to oversee his father's properties with his own family. He stayed active with the family business until his death in 1970. C. Neil Kingsley currently resides in Norman, Oklahoma. Dr. Arrell M. Gibson was George Lynn Cross Research Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.
Content
; Contents; Foreword; Gibson; Arrell M.; Preface to the Revised Edition; Kingsley; C. Neil; Preface 1960; Johnson; Neil R.; List of Cattle Brands; 1.; Chickasaws in Mississippi; 2.; Life in the Indian Territory; 3.; Treaty of 1866; 4.; Friends: Jesse Chisholm and Black Beaver; 5.; Wild Indian Raids; 6.; Jack Brown, Montford's First Partner; 7.; Walnut Creek Ranch Trip; 8.; Adelaide Marries Jim Bond; 9.; Chickasaw Renter; 10.; Charley Campbell Becomes Partner; 11.; Boggy Johnson Returns; 12.; Law and Order; 13.; Texas Trail Herds; 14.; Council Grove Ranch and the Boomers; 15.; School in New York; 16.; Snowstorm; 17.; Saving the Silver City Store; 18.; Changing Times in the Chickasaw Nation; 19.; Fort Reno Beef Contract and Chickasaw Politics; 20.; Oklahoma Run; 21.; Pond Creek Ranch, Newcastle; 22.; Wichita Indian Lease; 23.; Half Moon Ranch; 24.; Montford's Death; 25.; E. B. Moves His Family to Norman; 26.; Hat Brand Expands into Texas; Epilogue; Appendix; Index;