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Don’t Make Me Go to Town
Ranchwomen of the Texas Hill Country
University of Texas Press
Beautifully illustrated with rich black-and-white photographs of ranchwomen at work, Don’t Make Me Go to Town is a remarkable record of women of strength and determination who are striving to preserve an increasingly rare way of life.
Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull
Inventing the Wild West
University of Texas Press
This biography of William Cody focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story that, surprisingly, has been seldom told.
Vaqueros, Cowboys, and Buckaroos
University of Texas Press
This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations.
Land of Bright Promise
Advertising the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, 1870-1917
By Jan Blodgett
University of Texas Press
Land of Bright Promise is a fascinating exploration of the multitude of land promotions and types of advertising that attracted more than 175,000 settlers to the Panhandle–South Plains area of Texas from the late years of the nineteenth century to the early years of the twentieth.
Facts as I Remember Them
The Autobiography of Rufe LeFors
By Rufe LeFors; Edited by John Allen Peterson
University of Texas Press
LeFors's life story, set down near the end of his long and adventurous life, is the best sort of insider's history, the chronicle of a life lived fully amid the exciting events and rough landscape of the frontier's final years.
Twilight on the Range
Recollections of a Latterday Cowboy
University of Texas Press
Recollections of eighteen years of range-riding in Texas and North Dakota.
The Texas Land and Development Company
A Panhandle Promotion, 1912-1956
By B.R. Brunson
University of Texas Press
The history of the influential Texas Land and Development Company from its inception in 1912 to its final dissolution in January 1956.
The Franco-Texan Land Company
University of Texas Press
The history of a land company, its railroad parent, and its role in the development of Northwest Texas.
The LS Brand
The Story of a Texas Panhandle Ranch
By Dulcie Sullivan; Introduction by Loula Grace Erdman
University of Texas Press
This book is the story of W. M. D. Lee and Lucien B. Scott's LS Ranch, from the tempestuous years of the open range to the era of "bob wire."
Littlefield Lands
Colonization on the Texas Plains, 1912–1920
University of Texas Press
A detailed examination of the operations of a land company in the early twentieth century.
The Taft Ranch
A Texas Principality
By A. Ray Stephens; Introduction by Joe B. Frantz
University of Texas Press
The complete story of the Taft Ranch from its inception in 1880 to its dissolution in 1930.
The Francklyn Land & Cattle Company
A Panhandle Enterprise, 1882-1957
University of Texas Press
An intensive study of a large Texas ranch, particularly of its business and financial aspects, in which the author has utilized many company records and firsthand accounts by the men who were engaged in the difficult task of establishing and maintaining a
If I Can Do It Horseback
A Cow-Country Sketchbook
By John Hendrix; Illustrated by Malcolm Thurgood
University of Texas Press
John Hendrix drew upon his own varied experiences for this panoramic view of West Texas ranch life, presented here in an integral compilation of flavorful articles written originally for The Cattleman.
6000 Miles of Fence
By Cordia Sloan Duke and Joe B. Frantz
University of Texas Press
This book of reminiscences of old XIT Ranch cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run.
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