Author: Edwin Robert BoguschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Hoofbeats Along the Llano
Author: Edwin Robert BoguschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Author: Eugene Campbell BarkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Author: The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado
Author: J. Evetts HaleyPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080615005X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Among the famous ranch brands of Texas are the T Anchor, JA, Diamond Tail, 777, Bar C, and XIT. And the greatest of these was XIT—The XIT Ranch of Texas. It was not the first ranch in West Texas, but after its formation in the eighteen-eighties it became the largest single operation in the cow country of the Old West and covered more than three million acres, all fenced. The state of Texas patented this huge rectangle of land, at the time considered by many to be part of "the great American desert," to the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company of Chicago, in exchange for funds to erect the state capitol building in Austin. This "desert" became a legend in the cattle business, and it remains today a memory to thousands who recall the era when mustangs and longhorns grazed beneath the brand of the XIT. The development and operation of this pastoral enterprise and its relation to the history of Texas is the subject of this great and widely discussed book by J. Evetts Haley, now made available to readers every· where. It is the story of a wild prairie, roamed by Indians, buffalo, mustangs, and antelope, that became a country of railroads, oil fields, prosperous farms, and carefully bred herds of cattle. The XIT Ranch of Texas is the epic account of a ranching operation about which many know a little but only a few very much. It is the one volume that, more than any other, portrays the early-day cattle business of the West.
Children's Books in Print
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Southern Observer
Author: Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Current List of Recent Acquisitions
Author: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2820
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