Storm and Stampede on the Chisholm

by Hubert E. Collins, Robert R. Dykstra (Introduction), Hamlin Garland (Foreword)

In 1883 young Hubert Collins traveled the Chisholm Trail to a ranch in Indian Territory. For the next fifteen months he lived at the Red Fork Ranch on the banks of the Cimarron River at present-day Dover, Oklahoma. It was the boy’s “great land of romance,” a dusty empire of cattle and rattlesnakes owned by his older brother, Ralph. With plenty to learn from rangy cowboys in residence and frontier characters passing through, Hubert enjoyed more adventure than he would ever know again. He befriended Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who stopped by the ranch, and he visited them at the Darlington Agency. In Storm and Stampede on the Chisholm , first published in 1928, he recorded his excitement at being exposed to an elemental way of life soon to be gone.

296 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 1998

About the author

Hubert E. Collins (1872-1932)

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a pretty good book. it was written by a man who grew up in the old Oklahoma/Indian Territory. He told of his relations with cowboys and other travelers along the Chisholm Trail, the main thoroughfare to drive cattle from Texas to Kansas. He also told of his friendly relations with Indians in the area. Much of his book was set within 50 miles or so of my home, so it was cool to read about local history.