Author: Rusty Williams Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1623494060 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 285
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Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society At the beginning of America’s Great Depression, Texas and Oklahoma armed up and went to war over a 75-cent toll bridge that connected their states across the Red River. It was a two-week affair marked by the presence of National Guardsmen with field artillery, Texas Rangers with itchy trigger fingers, angry mobs, Model T blockade runners, and even a costumed Native American peace delegation. Traffic backed up for miles, cutting off travel between the states. This conflict entertained newspaper readers nationwide during the summer of 1931, but the Red River Bridge War was a deadly serious affair for many rural Americans at a time when free bridges and passable roads could mean the difference between survival and starvation. The confrontation had national consequences, too: it marked an end to public acceptance of the privately owned ferries, toll bridges, and turnpikes that threatened to strangle American transportation in the automobile age. The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle documents the day-to-day skirmishes of this unlikely conflict between two sovereign states, each struggling to help citizens get goods to market at a time of reduced tax revenue and little federal assistance. It also serves as a cautionary tale, providing historical context to the current trend of re-privatizing our nation’s highway infrastructure.
Author: Brian Hander Publisher: ISBN: 9781799272335 Category : Languages : en Pages : 479
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Denison, Texas has one of the most unique and historic downtowns of any city in Texas. For over a century, Main Street and the downtown core have been the civic and commercial center for the city. This work seeks to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Denison's induction into the Texas Main Street City program. The book traces the history of Denison's downtown structures and chronicles different efforts and improvements that have been made to downtown. Featuring memories from local citizens and business owners, with excerpts from all of Denison's former and current Main Street Directors, the book is sure to show how Main Street and Downtown Denison are the pride of North Texas. All proceeds from this project will got towards improvements and projects in the downtown core.
Author: Robert Thomas Kerlin Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 214
Book Description
"A compilation from the colored press of America for the four months immediately succeeding the Washington riot. It is designed to show the Negro's reaction to that and like events following, and to the World War and the Discussion of the Treaty." -- Preface.
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