go-getters

In the Eastern parts of the United States the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant.

The YEARS After the Civil War when the continent was only partly explored were the halcyon days of the "Go-Cetters", They went in search of what others had never imagined was there to get.

The hero of the Western success saga was bright and enterprising, housing a strong character in a sturdy physique—the first American athletic idol.‘A hybrid of Davy Crockett and Horatio Alger, he could not have won his fortune without the agility to dodge Indian arrows, the stamina to ride for days, and the boldness to match fists with all comers.

The Western combination of desert, inedible forage, and unmarketable wild animals offered a puzzling, enticing opportunity to men in search of new wealth.

Like the railroad builders. they believed themselves the rightful beneficiaries of the government.

We read with incredulity how the buffalo dominated the life of the Plains Indians, yet the Texas Longhorn wielded a similar power over thousands of Western Americans, One consequence was, as ].

Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this God-given hay.

The moralism of Americans, even their high-minded desire to prohibit vice, itself became a resource, creating new enterprises, accumulating fortunes for those who satisfied illicit wants.

The hero of the Western success saga was bright and enterprising, housing a strong character in a sturdy physique—the first American athletic idol.‘A hybrid of Davy Crockett and Horatio Alger, he could not have won his fortune without the agility to dodge Indian arrows, the stamina to ride for days, and the boldness to match fists with all comers.

The hero of the Western success saga was bright and enterprising, housing a strong character in a sturdy physique—the first American athletic idol.‘A hybrid of Davy Crockett and Horatio Alger, he could not have won his fortune without the agility to dodge Indian arrows, the stamina to ride for days, and the boldness to match fists with all comers.

Then, after a region had been pacified and the local hunters were confined to the reservation, he did just as well by selling beef to the federal troops to feed the indians...

Lawyers, who in the Old World had been the staid props of tradition, became a Go-Getting profession, profiting from the hopes of others, from the successes and frustrations of boosters and transients.

Lawyers, who in the Old World had been the staid props of tradition, became a Go-Getting profession, profiting from the hopes of others, from the successes and frustrations of boosters and transients.

Frank Dohie has explained, that "America's Man on Horseback" was "not a helmeted soldier, but a booted cowboy" who had his own kind of pride and insolence and self-confidence.

The fortunes of cattlemen were creatures of the public domain.

Apart from the Indians, the great sudden peril was the stampede.