East of the Line
Description
Introduction: In 1867 the only thing standing between the prized stock of westward-marching settlers and droves of disease-carrying longhorns was an imaginary straight line. The Sixth Principal Meridian was the boundary between east and west, settled and unsettled, tallgrass and shortgrass.
Recommended Citation
(2017). "East of the Line," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2017/east/1
Jun 10th, 12:00 AM
East of the Line
Introduction: In 1867 the only thing standing between the prized stock of westward-marching settlers and droves of disease-carrying longhorns was an imaginary straight line. The Sixth Principal Meridian was the boundary between east and west, settled and unsettled, tallgrass and shortgrass.
