Author: Steve Wilson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.

Author: W. C. Jameson
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Collects legends of buried treasure in Texas, including the gold of Haystack Mountain, a missing Incan hoard, and the Deer Island shipwrecks

Author: Russell Gold
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501163590
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Meet Michael Skelly, the man boldly harnessing wind energy that could power America’s future and break its fossil fuel dependence in this “essential, compelling look into the future of the nation’s power grid” (Bryan Burrough, author of The Big Rich). The United States is in the midst of an energy transition. We have fallen out of love with dirty fossil fuels and want to embrace renewable energy sources like wind and solar. A transition from a North American power grid that is powered mostly by fossil fuels to one that is predominantly clean is feasible, but it would require a massive building spree—wind turbines, solar panels, wires, and billions of dollars would be needed. Enter Michael Skelly, an infrastructure builder who began working on wind energy in 2000 when many considered the industry a joke. Eight years later, Skelly helped build the second largest wind power company in the United States—and sold it for $2 billion. Wind energy was no longer funny—it was well on its way to powering more than 6% of electricity in the United States. Award-winning journalist, Russel Gold tells Skelly’s story, which in many ways is the story of our nation’s evolving relationship with renewable energy. Gold illustrates how Skelly’s company, Clean Line Energy, conceived the idea for a new power grid that would allow sunlight where abundant to light up homes in the cloudy states thousands of miles away, and take wind from the Great Plains to keep air conditioners running in Atlanta. Thrilling, provocative, and important, Superpower is a fascinating look at America’s future.

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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Author: Palomino horse breeders of America, inc
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Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Horace Jared Stevens
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1950

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Author: Margaret A. Bickers
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1625110286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Red Water, Black Gold: The Canadian River in Texas 1920–1999 tells the story of the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle. It is a tale of grand designs, high hopes, deep holes, politics, fishing, follies, foibles, and environmental change. Although efforts had been made to tap the Canadian River’s waters before 1920, the discovery of oil in the Panhandle gave new urgency to the search for permanent water supplies. Additionally, the spread of groundwater irrigation amid the discovery of the limits of Ogallala Aquifer spurred regional interests to tap the Canadian. But overestimates of the river’s flow and unfamiliarity with the critical role groundwater played in maintaining that flow led to complications and frustrations, culminating in a lawsuit over the location of the banks of a seemingly waterless river. This book is a valuable addition to the water history of Texas and the American West and to the growing body of worldwide regional water histories. Combining traditional historical sources with hydrology, climatology, and geology, Red Water, Black Gold complicates the traditional story of top-down water management as well as telling the thus-far untold story of the Canadian River in Texas.

Author: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 610

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Author: Brett Cogburn
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786030267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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The Texas Frontier comes to life in this Spur Award–winning Western by the acclaimed author and great-grandson of True Grit legend Rooster Cogburn. Texas, 1880s. Into the wild unknown country of the Texas Panhandle ride two young cowboys. Nate Reynolds is the scion of a well-to-do family who lit out in search of adventure—and gold. Billy Champion is a devil-may-care ne’er-do-well with a stubborn streak and an eye for the ladies. Together they aim to rid this violent territory full of rustlers, horse thieves, and the rest of the devils who slaughter innocents with no remorse. But when these friends fall for the same green-eyed beauty, their brotherhood will be put to the ultimate test. For in a land where your fortunes can change at the cock of a hammer, a man can never be too careful.