The Story of Early Rice County.  By Horace Jones.  Softcover, this is 1959 printing go the original 1928 publication, 141 pages.  Condition: binding tight, some light soiling on covers, former owners bookplate on inside of front cover, no writing found, at least 8 pages with stains from old newspapers that had been inserted in the book.  Rice County history from Spanish exploration in the 1500s through Indian settlement to the late 1800s.  Some genealogical information but no index.  Chapters on Early Exploration, Indian Settlement, Buffalo, Santa Fe Trail, Treasure Legends, Phantom Towns (ghost towns), Origins of the county, Anecdotes of the Plains.  Some information on the Indian Wars of the 1800s.  FREE S&H