first edition, 12mo, frontis. portrait, 344, [1] pp.,   plates, original red embossed and gilt stamped cloth, some minor insect damage to covers, book slightly shaken, else a very good copy.

Milam's narrative is a rare and interesting account of a trip to Oklahoma and through the west at the beginning of the twentieth century, written in a series of letters from Milam to his wife Mollie. Milam traveled to Fort Sill, Indian Territory, in July of 1901, in an effort to secure a claim to some of the homestead lands being handed out. Milam was dissatisfied with the area and continued his through the west visiting Texas, Corpus Christi, Galveston, San Antonio, Boise, Idaho, which Milam spells "Boyce," Oregon and the Northwest, Vancouver, Wyoming and other points.  Milam records his interactions with fellow travelers, and residents of areas visited, incidents of travel, impressions of the regions visited and Native Americans encountered. The plates appear to be snapshots taken by the author himself and include many views of Native Americans, scenes of the Oklahoma land rush, Green River, Wyoming, Texas, etc. 

Rare, not in Decker, Eberstadt, Howes, Graff, Streeter Sale