Not So Wild, the Old West
A Collection of Facts, Fables and Fun
by Clara (Toombs) Harvey
published 1962, Golden Bell Press, Denver CO; 398 pages
This book is out of print but can be found through used book dealers with a little effort. Herman Weiland has provided the table of contents to provide a better of idea of what the book contains.
The Amarillo News-Globe published a story about the author in 1962. You can read the article here.
PART #1 |
DESCRIPTION |
Chapter 1 |
Talk of the Town - Early Ranches, cattle drives and the railroad |
Chapter 2 |
Little Dramas of the West - Gambling, pranks and painted ladies |
Chapter 3 |
Thumbnail Sketches - Jose Miguel Lujan, _ Knapp, A.C. Thompson, L. L. Layton, George Tinsley, John Howell and Rev. Chapin |
Chapter 4 |
Vignettes - J. C. Hill, Mayme Cavanaugh, ___ Van Ordt, Capital E. Fleming, Tom Kane, Willis Dorset and Bob Palmer |
Chapter 5 |
I Remember When - Social Life in Union County |
Chapter 6 |
Excerpts from the Clayton Enterprise - 1894-1895 |
Chapter 7 |
Old Court Cases and Killings |
Chapter 8 |
Blizzards and Smallpox |
Chapter 9 |
Sheepherders |
Chapter 10 |
Indians of Northern New Mexico |
Chapter 11 |
Wagon Trains |
Chapter 12 |
The Rise and Fall of Stephen W. Dorsey |
Chapter 13 |
Retrospection - Early Ranches and the Owners |
Chapter 14 |
Folsom Country - Sumpter, Emery, Hall, Newkirk, Summers, Drew, Kent, Hittson, Williams, Mellon, Jamison, Davis, Owen, Hardesty, Honey, Coots, Start, Cornay, Archuleta, Wilson, Preston, Highfill, Wight, Rook and Brown |
Chapter 15 |
Capulin Mountain |
Chapter 16 |
Pasamonte Country - Bangerter, Gilg, Gregg, Wenz, Gard and Hartley |
Chapter 17 |
Oklahoma, The Cimarron River Country - Drew, Wiggins, Wikoff, Guest,Green, Sizemore, McKinney, Wagner, Easley, Wilson,Davidson, Burnett, Benton, Labrier, Clelland, Murray,Brookhart, Baker and Lord |
Chapter 18 |
Amistad - Kelsey, Brams, Gill, Brosier, Childress, Magruder, Godlove, Jones and Cargil |
Chapter 19 |
Homesteaders |
Chapter 20 |
Tornado - October 18, 1908, The extreme damage to Clayton |
PART #2 |
DESCRIPTION |
Chapter 1 |
Early Settlers |
Chapter 2 |
Epilogue - New Mexicana - Formation of the State on January 6, 1912 |
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