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Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn did its part to win fame for the Big Horn Basin, and much has been written about the famous characters of Wyoming. But until now the region which is Wyoming's last frontier has not received comprehensive treatment. This new study examines the Big Horn Basin during its frontier period.

The largest among Alex Swan's many corporate creations, The Swan Land and Cattle Company, Ltd., was one of the larger livestock companies to operate in the American West. This work for the first time relates the life of Alex Swan, and offers a complete history of the Swan companies.

This important new work, the first book-length study of the subject, provides a complete history of hydraulic mining, its background and eventual demise. Mining techniques prior to the hydraulic period are described, as are the inventions which followed.

In the continent-wide search for bonanzas, Cornish miners played a vital part in the opening-up of the American West, and in the shaping of modern industrial America. In this volume, the author follows them across the Atlantic and then across America. Originally published in 1967, this new edition includes an updated introduction.