Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

WHEN THE WILDWOOD WAS IN FLOWER
Published in 1910



A Narrative

Covering the fifteen years' experiences of
a former New Yorker on the Western Plains
[Woodbine, Iowa, early 1860s to about 1878]

By G. Smith Stanton


Woodbine



Dedication
To those men and women who endured the hardships and
braved the dangers of the frontier that their descendants
might enjog the comforts and benefits of
civilization, this volume is dedicated.



Preface
The object of this little volume is two-fold. First, the author was
one of the pioneers of the great West, and he thought his reminiscences
would be of some value from a historical standpoint, and, secondly, the recounting
of his experience with one of the gigantic trusts might help to arouse
public opinion to the necessity of crushing those great combinations
ere they become the absolute dictators of our government.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
New York to "The End of the Line"

CHAPTER II
Following the Trail

CHAPTER III
Life on the Frontier

CHAPTER IV
Reminders of By-gone Days

CHAPTER V
Winter on the Prairie

CHAPTER VI
Running a Stock Ranch

CHAPTER VII
Shipping Stock to Chicago

CHAPTER VIII
Atmospheric Disturbances

CHAPTER IX
Up Against the Red Man

CHAPTER X
The Plains and the Rockies

CHAPTER XI.
The Passing of the Stockman