Don't Fence Me In
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Introduction: In the late nineteenth century, thousands sought adventure and fortune on the cattle trails. Unfortunately, few committed their experiences to writing. The journal of Jack Bailey, which records the activities of a Texas cowboy from August 5 to November 8, 1868, is the earliest known daily account of life on the trail in the years following the Civil War. [Note: materially originally published by David Dary (ed.) in A Texas Cowboy's Journal: Up the Trail to Kansas in 1868.
Recommended Citation
Dary, David and Bailey, Jack (2017). "Jack Bailey: A Texas Drover's Diary, 1868," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2017/fence/8
Jack Bailey: A Texas Drover's Diary, 1868
Introduction: In the late nineteenth century, thousands sought adventure and fortune on the cattle trails. Unfortunately, few committed their experiences to writing. The journal of Jack Bailey, which records the activities of a Texas cowboy from August 5 to November 8, 1868, is the earliest known daily account of life on the trail in the years following the Civil War. [Note: materially originally published by David Dary (ed.) in A Texas Cowboy's Journal: Up the Trail to Kansas in 1868.
