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In addition to our periodical Corral Dust, now published on an annual basis, members of the Potomac Corral have written and sponsored a number of publications over the years. Between 1967 and the early 1990’s, the Corral published 17 volumes in its Great Western Series. These bound essays, on varied subjects, were written by and for the members of the Corral and, in many instances were presented originally at meetings of the Corral. The Series began with former resident member Senator Ralph Yarborough’s (Democrat from Texas, 1957-1971) essay on J. Frank Dobie and ended with founding member John Ewers’ memorial tribute to his wife Marge. These essays constitute an original and valuable contribution to the literature of the American West.
The works in the series include:
- Ralph W. Yarborough, Frank Dobie: Man and Friend.
- Frederick G. Renner, Charles Marion Russell: Greatest of All Western Artists.
- Roy E. Appleman, Charlie Siringo: Cowboy Detective.
- William Gardner Bell, The Snake: A Noble and Various River.
- Jeff C. Dykes, Law on the Wild Frontier: Four Sheriffs of Lincoln County.
- A. Frank Krause, Jr., Riding the Ghost Town Trail.
- Oliver W. Holmes, The Arkansas: Lifeline of Empire.
- David S. King, Mountain Meadow’s Massacre: A Search for Perspective.
- Virgil E. Baugh, A Pair of Texas Rangers: Bill McDonald and John Hughes.
- Verne F. Ray, Lewis and Clark and the Nez Perce Indians.
- B.W. Allred, The Life of a Horse and Buggy Stage Line Operator.
- Preston E. Amos, Above and Beyond in the West: Black Medal of Honor Winners.
- Frank Goodwyn, Poems About the West.
- William Gardner Bell, John Gregory Bourke: A Soldier-Scientist in the Frontier.
- Paul J. Scheips, Will Croft Barnes: A Westerner of Parts.
- Orlin Scoville, Remittance Men, Second Sons, and Other Gentlemen of the West.
- John C. Ewers, Companion and Colleague: Some Memories of Marge.
A few copies of these booklets are still available for purchase from the Corral. For information contact our Bookeroo Foreman at Dale_Anderson@potomac-corral.org.
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The Potomac Corral produced a collection of essays entitled Great Western Indian Fights, which was published in hardcover by Doubleday and Company of New York in 1960. Members B. W. Allred, Jeff C. Dykes, Frank Goodwyn, and D. Harper Simms edited this work.
Among the battles covered are the Pierre's Hole fight, the battle of Bandera Pass, the battle of Pyramid Lake, the battle of Wood Lake, the Canyon de Chelly rout, the battles of Adobe Walls, the Fetterman, Hayfield, and Wagon Box fights, the fight at Beecher Island, the battle of the Washita, the battles of Massacre Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon, the battle of the Rosebud, the battle of the Little Bighorn, the Dull Knife massacre, and the final, tragic encounter at Wounded Knee. The essay on the Little Bighorn was written by member Robert M. Utley, a leading authority on the battle and biographer of its two most famous participants, George A. Custer and Sitting Bull. The collection was described in the New York Times Book Review as containing "Two dozen of the most celebrated and hair-raising Indian fights on record. Good, solid reading, and a whole peck of it." Although this first edition is no longer in print, it may may be purchased from used book dealers via www.amazon.com.
In 1966, the University of Nebraska Press issued a paperback edition of this collection that is still in print. For information on this edition visit www.nebraskapress.unl.edu.
In 1997, MJF Books issued a new hardback edition. Copies of this edition may also be purchased through www.amazon.com or www.alibris.com.
In addition, an online edition of the collection is available for purchase through the Questia Online Library at www.questia.com.
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