TO CAPTAIN JOHN T. LYTLE SECRETARY OF THE TEXAS CATTLE RAISERS' ASSOCIATION
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

CONTENTS

  1. IN RETROSPECT
  2. MY APPRENTICESHIP
  3. A SECOND TRIP TO PORT SUMNER
  4. A FATAL TRIP
  5. SUMMER OF '68
  6. SOWING WILD OATS
  7. "THE ANGEL"
  8. THE "LAZY L"
  9. THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
  10. THE PANIC OF '73
  11. A PROSPEROUS YEAR
  12. CLEAR FORK AND SHENANDOAH
  13. THE CENTENNIAL YEAR
  14. ESTABLISHING A NEW RANCH
  15. HARVEST HOME
  16. AN ACTIVE SUMMER
  17. FORESHADOWS
  18. THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOM
  19. THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE CATTLE COMPANY
  20. HOLDING THE FORT
  21. THE FRUITS OF CONSPIRACY
  22. IN CONCLUSION