Excerpt from The Pronghorn Antelope, and Its Management Where rolls the oregon. Since the first west ward surge of heavy tides of human migrations on the North American Continent, these words have stamped themselves indelibly in the memories of many. They imply vastness and far-reaching isolation. Traditionally, the word, Ore gon connotes a frontier. Today much of central and south eastern Oregon is as primitive as when the first vagaeros drifted up from the California ranges. An era of land settle ment began in Oregon in 1840 and extended to 1880, fol lowed by expansion from the nuclear areas first occupied. During this era of exploitation, the wildlife resources of the state were depleted and several forms are now gone, perhaps never to return. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Richard E. McCabe, Bart W. O'Gara and Henry M. Reeves explore the fascinating relationship of pronghorn with people in early America, from prehistoric evidence through the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. The only one of fourteen pronghorn-like genera to survive the great extinction brought on by human migration into North America, the pronghorn has a long and unique history of interaction with humans on the continent, a history that until now has largely remained unwritten. With nearly 150 black-and-white photographs, 16 pages of color illustrations, plus original artwork by Daniel P. Metz, Prairie Ghost: Pronghorn and Human Interaction in Early America tells the intriguing story of humans and these elusive big game mammals in an informative and entertaining fashion that will appeal to historians, biologists, sportsmen and the general reader alike.