A-Saddle in the Wild West: A Glimpse of Travel Among the Mountains, Lava Beds, Sand Deserts, Adobe Towns, Indian Reservations, and Ancient Pueblos Of Southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona

This book includes observations of the Wild West, and it contains a vivid description of a stagecoach ride from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Las Animas, Colorado. Rideing acted as a newspaper correspondent, and he traveled with Lieutenant George M. Wheeler on his survey of the land, its people and their iniquities during a two year period. As the author observes, “I cannot begin to catalogue all the vices of Santa Fe, for it is probably the fastest little city in the world.