Pencilings of an Early Western Pioneer

PORTER, HENRY M., Pencilings of an Early Western Pioneer. Denver: The World Press, Inc., 1929. 198pp. Original blue cloth boards with gilt. Inscribed by author. Near fine. 

First edition.   The development of the west which includes the building of the overland telegraph; the Maxwell Land Grant, Long's exploration of the West, control and use of water, caterpillar and locust scourges, early freighting by ox-teams, the D.& R.G. Railway, facts and reflections on war, money and banking and progress toward human welfare, etc. Adams Herd 1816. Adams Six-Guns 1747: "The author tells about some of Clay Allison's shooting scrapes. He is inaccurate and even misspells Allison's name as 'Alison.'"