David L. Payne: The Oklahoma Boomer

by Stan Hoig

David Lewis Payne came west to Kansas in 1858 when it was still raw frontier, and he lived through some of the most exciting days of Western history-the bloody struggle between the abolitionists and pro-slavers in Kansas; the war between North and South; the wild, rambunctious trailherd and gunfighter days of Wichita and Newton; frontier cavalry expeditions against the warring tribes of the Plains; days of buffalo hunting and exploring places new to civilized men; and the exciting period of railroad and city expansion onto the prairie.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

1924-2009