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Title: The Passing of the Frontier, A Chronicle of the Old West
Author: Emerson Hough

This Book, Volume 26 In The Chronicles Of America Series, Allen
Johnson, Editor, Was Donated To Project Gutenberg By The James J.
Kelly Library Of St. Gregory's University; Thanks To Alev Akman.
THE PASSING OF THE FRONTIER, A CHRONICLE OF THE OLD
WEST
BY EMERSON HOUGH
New Haven: Yale University Press Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.
London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1918
CONTENTS
I. THE FRONTIER IN HISTORY II. THE RANGE III. THE CATTLE
TRAILS IV. THE COWBOY V. THE MINES VI. PATHWAYS OF
THE WEST VII. THE INDIAN WARS VIII. THE CATTLE KINGS
IX. THE HOMESTEADER BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

THE PASSING OF THE FRONTIER

Chapter I.
The Frontier In History
The frontier! There is no word in the English language more stirring,
more intimate, or more beloved. It has in it all the elan of the old
French phrase, En avant! It carries all of the old Saxon command,
Forward!! It means all that America ever meant. It means the old hope
of a real personal liberty, and yet a real human advance in character and
achievement. To a genuine American it is the dearest word in all the
world.
What is, or was, the frontier? Where was it? Under what stars did it lie?
Because, as the vague Iliads of ancient heroes or the nebulous records
of the savage gentlemen of the Middle Ages make small specific
impingement on our consciousness today, so also even now begin the
tales of our own old frontier to assume a haziness, an unreality, which
makes them seem less history than folklore. Now the truth is that the
American frontier of history has many a local habitation and many a
name. And this is why it lies somewhat indefinite under the blue haze
of the years, all the more alluring for its lack of definition, like some
old mountain range, the softer and more beautiful for its own shadows.
The fascination of the frontier is and has ever been an undying thing.

Adventure is the meat of the strong men who