Books written by David Dary

Frontier Medicine

Legend has it that he named the drink after a friend, Dr. Pepper of Christianburg, Virginia (not a Dr. Charles T. Pepper of Rural Retreat, Virginia, as is sometimes reported), because Morrison was in love with the doctor's daughter.
Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma

The earliest forts are fort Gibson, located northeast of modern Muskogee, and fort towson, east of present-day Hugo in southeastern Oklahoma. about 130 miles apart, the forts were founded in 1824 to guard against intertribal warfare as ...
A Texas Cowboy's Journal: Up the Trail to Kansas in 1868

Mrs. Perrin of Decatur, Texas, may have been Mrs. L. W. Perrin, whose son Louis founded Perrin, Texas, in nearby Jack County about 1870. 104. Prairie Point was located in southeastern Wise County, Texas, near modern Rhome, Texas.
The Oregon Trail: An American Saga

Another Mormon ferry was located at the middle crossing of the Green River northeast of modern Kemmerer , Wyoming , in June 1847 and during the summer of 1848. The ferry is described as one boat attached to a rope with pulleys .
Seeking Pleasure in the Old West

This is a delightful look at a very neglected aspect of the story of westering Americans."-Richard H. Dillon, author of Meriwether Lewis, Fool's Gold, and The Legend of Grizzly Adams.
Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries

A nationwide bestseller—with more than 65,000 copies in print since publication by Alfred A. Knopf in 1981, this fascinating chronicle of cowboy life and legend is now available in a...
The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore

From 1610, when the Spanish founded the city of Santa Fe, to the 1860s, when the railroad brought unprecedented changes: here is the full, fascinating story of the great Santa...
True Tales of the Prairies and Plains

Ever wonder why cowboys sing? Or where Henry Starr's treasure is buried? Or what legend lies behind the origin of the word "rawhide"? The prairies and plains are bursting with...
More True Tales of Old-time Kansas

'Swift-moving tales, always readable, often captivating. Dary is ever the master of narrative. This is a contribution to the literary heritage of the state.' -Thomas Isern, coauthor of Plainsfolk
Frontier Medicine: From the ATlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941

In this intriguing narrative, David Dary charts how American medicine has evolved since 1492, when New World settlers first began combining European remedies with the traditional practices of the native populations.
The Buffalo Book: The Full Saga of the American Animal

The journals and memoirs of 19th century explorers and travelers in the American West often told of viewing buffalo massed together as far as the eye could see. This book...
Seeking Pleasure in the Old West

An immensely readable, fact-filled, and entertaining look at the ways our forebears amused themselves in the Old West. Portrayed in rich detail are the coming of radio in the 1900s,...
True Tales of Old-time Kansas

"Authentic history, delightfully told" is the way Ray A. Billington, renowned historian of the Old West, described this collection. David Dary, award-winning chronicler of life on the frontier plains, is...
The Oregon Trail: An American Saga

Isaac Chauncey Haight, one westbound Mormon who met Young's party returning east, noted that while following the Platte River those in authority tried to have the wagons travel live abreast to minimize the dust, but they found it ...
Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries

A colorful account of five centuries of cowboy culture details the life, history, customs, status, job, equipment, and more of the cowboy from sixteenth-century Spanish Mexico to the present.
The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore

Its History, Legends, and Lore David Dary. also by david dary and published by the university press of kansas Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries Entrepreneurs of the Old West More True Tales of Old-Time Kansas Red Blood and Black ...
How to Write News for Broadcast and Print Media

How to Write News for Broadcast and Print Media
True Tales of the Old-time Plains

True stories of people, animals, and events of long ago days in the vast American plains.
Stories of Old-time Oklahoma

Stories of Old-time Oklahoma
Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma

Most of the stories gathered here first appeared as newspaper articles during the state centennial in 2007. For this volume Dary has revised and expanded them—and added new ones.