Dolores answers “I just started "Cattle Kingdom," and on...”

Allen Best asked this question about Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West:

I just started "Cattle Kingdom," and on page 2 comes this statement: "The problem was compounded when a presidential order, signed by Grover Cleveland in July of the prior year (1886), forced the cattle herds off the giant Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation, which encompassed most of Colorado and the lower portion of Wyoming." A giant blooper. Can I trust any fact in this book?

Dolores Just started reading this book today and that sentence now reads, "The problem was compounded when a presidential order, signed by Grover Cleveland in…moreJust started reading this book today and that sentence now reads, "The problem was compounded when a presidential order, signed by Grover Cleveland in July of the prior year, forced the cattle herds off the giant Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Reservation in the Indian Territories, part of what today is Oklahoma."(less)

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