Title: Back trailing in the heart of the short-grass country
Description: This is a collection of reminiscences, in no particular order, by an old-time cowboy about the Tri-State area where Montana, S. Dakota and Wyoming come together. It was written in the mid-1950's but covers the times mostly between 1880 and 1930. Included are excerpts from period newspapers, letters to the author, and information attributed to and about other old-timers.
Subjects: Cattle drives, Cattle trade, Frontier and pioneer life, Ranch life, S. Dakota history; Outlaws, Texas to Montana; cowboy life on the range: early pioneer life; Montana, Wyoming
Places: Alzada, Belle Fourche, Black Hills, Camp Crook, Deadwood, Ekalaka, Northwestern States
People: Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Theodore Roosevelt, names almost all early settlers
Time periods: Mostly covers the period 1880 to 1930