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Date of Award
1954
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Education
Abstract
This is the saga of WIlliam Cochran and his parents-wire-recorded interviews of his experiences told to his daughter, who has arranged the material in orderly sequence, but kept his language.
He came west where the buffalo were, in the wild, rough 70’s, and on farther west to the cattle range in the 80’s. These were days when families moved to take up homesteads in the face of hardship and disappointments.
Bill followed civilization west and learned the cattle business. He tells of his experiences. He paints a huge canvas of people he knew - Indians, murderers, robbers, horse thieves, and cattlemen.
The West was in Bill’s blood, inherited from his forefathers. He rubbed against its heroism and fury, and learned to protect himself.
He has a memory richly stored with an account of the exciting days of our western frontier where for forty years he rode over the Southwestern United States, first as a farmer boy, and later as cowboy, rancher, and deputy sheriff. The picture and preserving for the future before all of the old settlers were gone. This is the result - an effort to picture that life truly and realistically.
Pages
193
Recommended Citation
Kidd, Alma Cochran. (1954). The West That's Gone. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1236
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