The Chisholm Trail Quotes

“He possessed the most stoical disposition that could be crowded into a human being. No exhibition of grandeur or beauty, or any scene of suffering or horror, ever changed the expression of his face.”
― Sam P. Ridings, The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail

“In the summer time this pond here raises skeeters as big as butterflies, with bills as long and sharp as a woman’s tongue after she has been married ten years.”
― Sam P. Ridings, The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail

“cattleman and cattle dealer. All cattlemen in the days of the Old West were prominent and important. If not, they were relegated to a position where they did not rank with that fraternity. The Chisholm Trail was a well broken thoroughfare, coming up from the”
― Sam P. Ridings, The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail