Author: John P. JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borger (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Borger, the Little Oklahoma
Author: John P. JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borger (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Borger
Author: Jane Snyder AgeePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738585416
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
When A.P. "Ace" Borger came from Oklahoma to the Texas Panhandle's high plains in 1926, he saw what others had seen: a barren landscape, populated sparsely, with cattle and wildlife. However, through the experienced eyes of a town builder, Ace envisioned a booming, growing, all-American city. They laughed when he bought 240 acres thinking the attraction of black gold would bring enough people to make a profit. Borger was a true boomtown with all the appendages--fugitives, drug dealers, gaming houses, dance halls, prostitutes, and dishonest officers--though one could say boomtown hysteria ended with the assassination of Ace. Virtuous people, each with a vision, came to Borger to start churches, hospitals, and schools, raise families, profit from honest businesses, and restrain criminals. As citizens worked together, Borger became a 1970 All-America City. Now in its 86th year, Borger is a quiet, conservative Texas city towering above its epitaph of "the wildest town in America."
Oilfield Trash
Author: Bobby D. WeaverPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603442057
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"Oilfield Trash is written in a charming, flowing style that any reader will enjoy....In Weaver's capable hands, the gypsy lives of a generation of young men unfold on the rigorous stage of drilling fields...."---Paul Spellman, author of Spindletop Boom Days --
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather
Author: Ramon Frederick AdamsPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid to the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries, taken from newspapers, court records, and more.
Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Texas Ranger Tales
Author: Mike CoxPublisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1556225377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A collection of stories about Texas Rangers in which the author attempts to separate the myths surrounding these frontier lawmen from actual events.
Panhandle-plains Historical Review
Author: Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 2398
Book Description
Part 1, Books, Group 1, v. 24 : Nos. 1-148 (March, 1927 - March, 1928)
Oil Booms
Author: Roger M. OlienPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Big Empty
Author: R. Douglas HurtPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081654462X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The Great Plains, known for grasslands that stretch to the horizon, is a difficult region to define. Some classify it as the region beginning in the east at the ninety-eighth or one-hundredth meridian. Others identify the eastern boundary with annual precipitation lines, soil composition, or length of the grass. In The Big Empty, leading historian R. Douglas Hurt defines this region using the towns and cities—Denver, Lincoln, and Fort Worth—that made a difference in the history of the environment, politics, and agriculture of the Great Plains. Using the voices of women homesteaders, agrarian socialists, Jewish farmers, Mexican meatpackers, New Dealers, and Native Americans, this book creates a sweeping survey of contested race relations, radical politics, and agricultural prosperity and decline during the twentieth century. This narrative shows that even though Great Plains history is fraught with personal and group tensions, violence, and distress, the twentieth century also brought about compelling social, economic, and political change. The only book of its kind, this account will be of interest to historians studying the region and to anyone inspired by the story of the men and women who found an opportunity for a better life in the Great Plains.