Fowler, J. / THE JOURNAL OF JACOB FOWLER, edited, with notes by Elliott Coues, Minneapolis, 1965, cl, 183 pages, price clipped, - 2 -, $ 40 [Book is the narration of an adventure from Arkansas through Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico to the Sources of the Rio Grande Del Norte, 1821 - 22]

Frederick, J. V. / BEN HOLLADAY, THE STAGECOACH KING, Lincoln, 1968, pb, 334 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Goetzmann, W. H. and Williams, G. / THE ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION: From the Norse Voyages to the Race to the Pole, Norman, 1992, pb, 224 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Gowans, F. R. / ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS, Layton, 1985, pb, 239 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Hafen, L. R. / MOUNTAIN MEN & FUR TRADERS OF THE FAR WEST, 7^th Edition, Lincoln, 1982, 401 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 15

Hillerman, T. / THE GREAT TAOS BANK ROBBERY AND OTHER INDIAN COUNTRY AFFAIRS, Albuquerque, 1973, pb, 147 pages, - 1 -, $ 8

Hosmer, J. K. / HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK, TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI, THENCE ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND DOWN THE PACIFIC OCEAN PERFORMED DURING THE YEARS 1804-5-6, in two volumes with portraits and maps, 3^rd Edition, Reprinted from the Edition of 1814, Chicago, 1905, Volume 1 has 500 pages and volume 2 has 583 pages, - 3 -, $ 125

Hunter, J. M., et.al., Ed. / NINE YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS, 1870 - 1879, HERMAN LEHMANN, Albuquerque, 1999, pb, 235 pages, - 1 -, $ 12

Hutchinson, D. J. and Jones, L. R. / EMIGRANT TRAILS OF SOUTHERN IDAHO, 1993, spiral bound, 229 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Ingersoll, E. / KNOCKING ROUND THE ROCKIES, Norman, 1994, pb, 220 pages, - 1 -, $ 14 [Ingersoll was a member of the Hayden Geological Survey of the West in 1874; the book records what he saw and learned about the West]

Jackson, D. / VOYAGES OF THE STEAMBOAT YELLOW STONE, Norman, 1985, pb, 182 pages, $ 12 [The Life and Times of an Early-American Steamboat as it Pioneered on the Upper Missouri River and Played a major role in the War for Texas Independence]

Jackson, L. A. / THE MULE MEN: A History of Stock Packing in the Sierra Nevada, Missoula, 2004, pb, 256 pages, - 1 -, $ 12

Jackson, J. C. / SHADOW ON THE TETONS, Missoula, 1993, cl, 241 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

James, R. M. and Raymond, C.E. / COMSTOCK WOMEN: The Making of a Mining Community, Reno, 1998, 394 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 25 [This is the story of the role of women played in the development of Virginia City as mining continued on the Comstock Lode]

Jocknick, S. / EARLY DAYS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF COLORADO, Ouray, 1998, pb, 390 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Karamanski, R. J. / FUR TRADE AND EXPLORATION: Opening the Far Northwest, 1821 - 1852, Norman, 1983, pb, 330 pages, - 1 -, $ 18

Kellar, C. K. / SETH BULLOCK: Frontier Marshall - Deadwood, Aberdeen, 2004, pb, 191 pages, - 1 -, $ 15 [Seth Bullock, a Sheriff of Montana Territory, became the Marshall of Deadwood in 1876 (shortly after Wild Bill Hickok had been shot); his job was to bring law and or order to Deadwood]

Kelly, C. / THE OUTLAW TRAIL: Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, New York, 1959, cl, 374 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Koch, A. C. / JOURNEY THROUGH A PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1844 - 1846, Carbondale, 1972, cl, 177 pages, - 1 -, $ 12

Lavender, D. / BENT’S FORT, Lincoln, 1954, 479 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 15 [Book tells the story of a huge, private fort on the upper Arkansas River in present southeastern Colorado which was the center of the Indian trade on the central plains until 1849]

Ledbetter, S. / NELLIE CASHMAN: Prospector and Trailblazer, El Paso, 1993, 83 pages, vg, $ 10 [This is the story of an Irish women who came to American with "gold fever." The story is based in Tucson, Tombstone and Dawson (Yukon Territory)]

Levy, J. / THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT: Women in the California Gold Rush, Norman, 1992, pb, 265 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Neider, C., Ed. / THE GREAT WEST: A Treasury of Firsthand Accounts, New York, 1997, pb, 457 pages, - 3 -, $ 18

Marshall, M. / UNCOMPAHGRE: A GUIDE TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU, Ouray, 1998, pb, 220 pages, - 1 -, $ 16

Marshall, M. / RED HOLE IN TIME [Escalante Canyon of the Uncompahgre Plateau], College Station, 1988, cl, 299 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Mayer, M. J. / KLONDIKE WOMEN: True Tales of the 1897 - 1898 Gold Rush, Athens, 1989, cl, 267 pages, $ 35 [This is a collection of historical photographs and first hand accounts of the adventures, challenges, and disappointments of women on the trails to the Klondike Gold Fields]

Mayer, M. J. / KLONDIKE WOMEN: True Tales of the 1897 - 1898 Gold Rush, Athens, 1989, pb, 267 pages, $ 19 [This is a collection of historical photographs and first hand accounts of the adventures, challenges, and disappointments of women on the trails to the Klondike Gold Fields]

McCallum, H. D. and McCallum, F. T. / THE WIRE THAT FENCED THE WEST, Norman, 1965, pb, 285 pages, $ 25 [Discusses the consequences after barbed wire was introduced into the West during the 1870's]

Moody, R. / STAGECOACH WEST, 2^nd Edition, Lincoln, 1998, 341 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 15 [Book is a comprehensive history of stagecoaching during the 20 years between the California Gold Rush and the completion of the transcontinental railroad]

Moorhead, M. L. / THE PRESIDIO: Bastion of the Spanish Borderlands, Norman, 1975, pb, 288 pages, - 1 -, $ 16

Moynihan, B. / AUGUSTA TABOR, Evergreen, 1988, pb, 145 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Moynihan, R. B., et.al. Editors / SO MUCH TO BE DONE: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier, Lincoln, 1990, 1^st Edition, pb, 325 pages, - 1 -, $ 12

Moynihan, R. B., Armitage, S., and Dichamp, C. F., Ed. / SO MUCH TO BE DONE: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier, Lincoln, 1990, 2^nd Edition, pb, 353 pages, - 1 -, $ 17

Moynihan, R. B., Armitage, S., and Dichamp, C. F., Ed. / SO MUCH TO BE DONE: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier, Lincoln, 1990, 323 pages, cl, - 1 -, $ 45

Murray, E. / GHOSTS OF THE OLD WEST, New York, 1998, pb, 201 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Myers, S. L. / WESTERING WOMEN AND THE FRONTIER EXPERIENCE, 1800 - 1915, Albuquerque, 1982, pb, 365 pages, - 2 -, $ 16

Nichols, R. L. and Halley, P. L. / STEPHEN LONG AND AMERICAN FRONTIER EXPLORATION, Norman, 1995, pb, 276 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Parkman, F. / THE OREGON TRAIL: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, 1993, cl, - 1 -, $ 20 [A Reprint by the National Historical Society of an 1892 original]

Pender, R. / A LADY’S EXPERIENCES IN THE WILD WEST IN 1883, Lincoln, 1978, pb, 134 pages, - 1 -, $ 8

Peterson, W. J. / STEAMBOATING ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI, Iowa City, 1968, cl, 575 pages, - 2 -, $ 50

Pike, A. [Edited by D. J. Weber] / PROSE SKETCHES AND POEMS WRITTEN IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY, College Station, 1987, - 3 -, $ 10

Pomeroy, E. / IN SEARCH OF THE GOLDEN WEST: The Tourist in Western America, Lincoln, 1957, pb, 233 pages, - 2 -, $ 8 [collection of photographs and descriptions of nabobs, hucksters, naturists, dudes, realtors, and motorists in the American West]

Roberts, D. / A NEWER WORLD: Kit Carson, John C. Fremont, and the Claiming of the American West, New York, 2000, cl, 320 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Rockwell, W. / UNCOMPAHGRE COUNTRY, Ouray, 1999, pb, 310 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 [Book covers the towns, people, and the events in the vicinity of the Uncompahgre River]

Rollinson, J. K. / PONY TRAILS IN WYOMING: Hoofprints of a Cowboy and U.S. Ranger, Lincoln, pb, 425 pages, - 1 -, $ 12

Russel, C. P. / FIREARMS, TRAPS, AND TOOLS OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN, Albuquerque, 1967, pb, 448 pages, index, - 1 -, $ 19

Russell, O. /  Haines, A. L., Ed. / JOURNAL OF A TRAPPER, 1834 - 1843, Lincoln, 1965, pb, 191 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Seagraves, A. / SOILED DOVES: PROSTITUTION IN THE EARLY WEST, Hayden, 1994, 175 pages, - 1 -, $ 18

Shirley, G. / BUCKSKIN JOE, Lincoln, 1966, 194 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 7 [Book is the story of Edward J. Hoyt, a hunter-trapper, scout, soldier, showman, frontiersman, and friend of the Indians, 1840 - 1918]

Simmons, M., et.al. / THE SANTA FE TRAIL: New Perspectives, Niwot, 1987, pb, 120 pages, - 1 -, $ 15 [Book is from a symposium held in Trinidad, Colorado during 1986 sponsored by the Colorado Historical Society]

Simmons, M. / THE OLD TRAIL TO SANTA FE, Albuquerque, 1996, pb, 200 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Siringo, C. A. / BILLY THE KID, Albuquerque, 2000, pb, 142 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Skaggs, J. M. / THE CATTLE-TRAILING INDUSTRY, Norman, 1991, pb, 173 pages, - 1 -, $ 9

Smith, D. A. and Brown, R. C. / No One Ailing Except a Physician: Medicine in the Mining West, 1848 -1919, Boulder, 2001, cl, 160 pages, - 1 -, $ 35

Spence, M. L. and Spence, C. C. / TEN YEARS IN NEVADA or Life on the Pacific Coast, Lincoln, 1985, 343 pages, pb, [Contains reminiscences of life in Nevada and California mining towns including Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City, Sutro, You Bet, Nevada City, and Red Dog], - 1 -, $ 8, or one copy free with any $25 order from this website

State Historical Society of Colorado / BENT’S OLD FORT, 2^nd Printing, 1990, pb, 180 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Stoddard, J. L. / JOHN L. STODDARD’S LECTURES, Volume 10, Southern California, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Chicago, 1989, cl[3], 304 pages, 58 page explanatory index and list of illustrations, - 3 -, $ 195

Stone, I. / MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS: The Opening of the Far West, 1840 - 1900, 2nd Edition, Garden City, 2001, cl, 459 pages, - 1 -, regular price $ 25, or one copy free with any $ 150 order

Sunder, J. E. / THE FUR TRADE ON THE UPPER MISSOURI, 1840 - 1865, Norman, 1965, pb, 295 pages, - 1 -, $ 19

Taylor, B. / ELDORADO or Adventures in the Path of Empire [comprising a voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region; experiences of Mexican Travel, Lincoln, 1988, pb, (original copyright 1949), 375 pages, - 1 -, one copy free with any order

Taylor, M. F. / FIRST MAIL WEST: Stagecoach Lines on the Sante Fe Trail, Albuquerque, 2000, pb, 253 pages, - 1 -, $ 18

Vestal, S. / JIM BRIDGER MOUNTAIN MAN, Lincoln, 1970, pb, 333 pages, - 2 -, $ 5

Ward, H. M. / COLONIAL AMERICA, 1607 - 1763, Englewood Cliffs, 1991, pb, 436 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Weber, D. J. / THE TAOS TRAPPERS: The Fur Trade in the Far Southwest, 1540 - 1846, Norman, 1982, pb, 263 pages, - 1 -, $ 17 [Describes the Taos trade and early penetration of the area by French and American trappers]

West, E. / THE CONTESTED PLAINS: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado, Lawrence, 1998, cl, 422 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

West, E. / THE SALOON ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINING FRONTIER, Lincoln, 1979, pb, 197 pages, - 1 -, $ 12

Wetmore, H. C. / LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill," Chicago, 1994, cl, 296 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 [A Reprint by the National Historical Society of a 1899 original]

White, J. I. / AMERICAN VIGNETTES: A Collection of Footnotes to History, Convent Station, NJ, pb, 192 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Wishart, D. J. / THE FUR TRADE of the American West, 1807 - 1840, Lincoln, 1979, 237 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 15 [Traces the fur trade system from the Green River rendezvous and the Fort Union Post to the trading houses of St. Louis and the auctions in New York and in Europe]

Woznicki, R. / THE HISTORY OF YUMA AND THE TERRITORIAL PRISON, Tempe, 1995, pb, 212 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Zanjani, S. / SARAH WINNEMUCCA, Lincoln, 2001, cl, 366 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Zanjani, S. / A MINE OF HER OWN: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850 - 1950, Lincoln, 1999, cl, 387 pages, - 1 -, $ 35

Zanjani, S. / A MINE OF HER OWN: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850 - 1950, Lincoln, 2000, pb, 387 pages, - 1 -, $ 18

Journalism, Studying, Research and Writing about the American West

Anderson, W. R. / OWNING WESTERN HISTORY: A Guide to Collecting Rare Documents, Historical Letters, and Valuable Autographs from the Old West, Missoula, 1993, cl, 118 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Adams, R. F. / BURS UNDER THE SADDLE: A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West, Norman, 1964, pb, 610 pages, - 1 -, $ 24 [This book replaces rumors, myths, and falsehoods of the West with documented historical facts]

Karolevitz, R. F. / NEWSPAPERING IN THE OLD WEST: A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier, Seattle, 1965, cl, 191 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Kraus, M. and Joyce, D. D. / THE WRITING OF AMERICAN HISTORY, Revised Edition, Norman, 1985, cl, 445 pages, - 1 -, $ 24

Nash, G. D. andEtulain, R. W. / RESEARCHING WESTERN HISTORY: Topics in the Twentieth Century, Albuquerque, 1997, pb, 220 pages, $ 16

Poulton, H. J. / THE HISTORIAN’S HANDBOOK: A Descriptive Guide to Reference Works, Norman, 1986, pb, 304 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Steffen, J. O. / COMPARATIVE FRONTIERS: A Proposal for Studying the American West, Norman, 1980, cl, 139 pages, - 1 -, $ 16

Zarbin, E. / ALL THE TIME A NEWSPAPER, The First 100 Years of The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, 1990, cl, 422 pages, - 2 -, $ 50