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El Llano Estacado
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Author : John Miller Morris
language : en
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn
Release Date : 1997
El Llano Estacado written by John Miller Morris and has been published by Texas State Historical Assn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Using historical writings of early explorers, the author captures the mystery and magic of the great Llano Estacado or "Staked Plains" that begin in West Texas and extend north and west. Particularly amusing is the effort of early railroad surveyors to find underground water at the edge of the Llano (aka the caprock) only to miss one of North America's largest aquifers (the Ogalla) by a matter of miles and in some cases yards.
Death On The Lonely Llano Estacado
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Author : Bill Neal
language : en
Publisher: A.C. Greene
Release Date : 2017
Death On The Lonely Llano Estacado written by Bill Neal and has been published by A.C. Greene this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Dedication -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Precipice -- Chapter 2: El Llano Estacado -- Chapter 3: Stepping Over the Threshold -- Chapter 4: J.W. and Mollie Jarrott -- Chapter 5: Isolation, Loneliness ... and Danger -- Chapter 6: Cowmen vs. Plowmen: Tensions Escalate -- Chapter 7: Death on the Lonely Llano Estacado -- Chapter 8: Trail of the Assassin -- Chapter 9: The Man Who Hired the Assassin -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index
Death On The Lonely Llano Estacado
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Author : Bill Neal
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2017-07-15
Death On The Lonely Llano Estacado written by Bill Neal and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-15 with History categories.
In the winter of 1901, James W. Jarrott led a band of twenty-five homesteader families toward the Llano Estacado in far West Texas, newly opened for settlement by a populist Texas legislature. But frontier cattlemen who had been pasturing their herds on the unfenced prairie land were enraged by the encroachment of these “nesters.” In August 1902 a famous hired assassin, Jim Miller, ambushed and murdered J. W. Jarrott. Who hired Miller? This crime has never been solved, until now. Award-winning author Bill Neal investigates this cold case and successfully pieces together all the threads of circumstantial evidence to fit the noose snugly around the neck of Jim Miller’s employer. What emerges from these pages is the strength of intriguing characters in an engrossing narrative: Jim Jarrott, the diminutive advocate who fearlessly champions the cause of the little guy. The ruthless and slippery assassin, Deacon Jim Miller. And finally Jarrott’s young widow Mollie, who perseveres and prospers against great odds and tells the settlers to “Stay put!”
Historic Tales Of The Llano Estacado
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Author : Paul H. Carlson
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020-07-20
Historic Tales Of The Llano Estacado written by Paul H. Carlson and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-20 with History categories.
The distinctive high mesa straddling West Texas and Eastern New Mexico creates a vista that is equal parts sprawling lore and big blue sky. From Lubbock, the area's informal capital, to the farthest reaches of the staked plains known as the Llano Estacado, the land and its inhabitants trace a tradition of tenacity through numberless cycles of dust storms and drought. In 1887, a bison hunter observed antelope, sand crane and coyote alike crowding together to drink from the same wet-weather lake. A similarly odd assortment of characters shared and shaped the region's heritage, although neighborliness has occasionally been strained by incidents like the 1903 Fence Cutting War. David Murrah and Paul Carlson have collected some three dozen vignettes that stretch across the uncharted terrain of the tableland's past.
Commerce Of The Prairies
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Author : Josiah Gregg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850
Commerce Of The Prairies written by Josiah Gregg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1850 with Indians of North America categories.
Riding For The Brand
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Author : Michael Pettit
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-11-27
Riding For The Brand written by Michael Pettit and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Folks all over West Texas and eastern New Mexico will tell you: Cowdens have been ranching here for as long as anyone can remember. The Cowdens, in fact, have been at the forefront of the cattle business for 150 years. Arriving in Texas in the 1850s, Cowden men and women raised and trailed cattle, sought out water and better grazing land, tangled with Comanches—and helped extend the western line of Anglo settlement as they raised their families. They eventually moved to New Mexico, where they established the renowned JAL Ranch. Award-winning writer Michael Pettit, a Cowden descendant and former rancher, offers a compelling portrait of this genuine American ranching family. Riding for the Brand spans six generations and two states to serve up a real slice of the Old West, complete with cowboys and Indians, cattle and buffalo, open range and barbed wire. Pettit skillfully blends family saga with an urbanite’s firsthand look at life on today’s 50,000-acre Cowden Ranch, where the one dependable factor is the constant wind. Riding for the Brand traces the evolution of the Texas and New Mexico cattle business from the era of intimate ranching communities to today’s oil-enriched or corporate operations. But it’s also the story of one man’s search for identity through his connections to a family, a place, and a way of life.
One Vast Winter Count
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Author : Colin Gordon Calloway
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2020-06-18
One Vast Winter Count written by Colin Gordon Calloway and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-18 with History categories.
This magnificent, sweeping work traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Emphasizing conflict and change, One Vast Winter Count offers a new look at the early history of the region by blending ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. Drawing on a wide range of oral and archival sources from across the West, Colin G. Calloway offers an unparalleled glimpse at the lives of generations of Native peoples in a western land soon to be overrun.
Horizontal Yellow
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Author : Dan Louie Flores
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 1999
Horizontal Yellow written by Dan Louie Flores and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Personal and historical meditations explore the human and natural history of the large expanse of land the Navajos once named the Horizontal Yellow.
First Fourth Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Texas 1889 1892
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Author : Geological Survey of Texas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
First Fourth Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Texas 1889 1892 written by Geological Survey of Texas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Geology categories.
Beyond Texas Through Time
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Author : Walter L. Buenger
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-27
Beyond Texas Through Time written by Walter L. Buenger and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-27 with History categories.
In 1991 Walter L. Buenger and the late Robert A. Calvert compiled a pioneering work in Texas historiography: Texas Through Time, a seminal survey and critique of the field of Texas history from its inception through the end of the 1980s. Now, Buenger and Arnoldo De León have assembled an important new collection that assesses the current state of Texas historiography, building on the many changes in understanding and interpretation that have developed in the nearly twenty years since the publication of the original volume. This new work, Beyond Texas Through Time, departs from the earlier volume’s emphasis on the dichotomy between traditionalism and revisionism as they applied to various eras. Instead, the studies in this book consider the topical and thematic understandings of Texas historiography embraced by a new generation of Texas historians as they reflect analytically on the work of the past two decades. The resulting approaches thus offer the potential of informing the study of themes and topics other than those specifically introduced in this volume, extending its usefulness well beyond a review of the literature. In addition, the volume editors’ introduction proposes the application of cultural constructionism as an important third perspective on the thematic and topical analyses provided by the other contributors. Beyond Texas Through Time offers both a vantage point and a benchmark, serving as an important reference for scholars and advanced students of history and historiography, even beyond the borders of Texas.