This is a goldmine of easily accessible information, chiefly in gay factual pictures by the author, double spreads and spot drawings -- with a text which gives in capsule form the outline facts about the mountain men, the early guides, the Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Fomy Express, Iron House, Deadwood Stagecoach, Custer's last stand, Range War, famous figures of the period, utensils and equipment used, wild life and so on. Color lithography.