Download or read book Report on the Llano Estacado Or Staked Plains written by Geological Survey of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Llano Estacado Or Staked Plains written by William Fletcher Cummins and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Geography Topography and Geology of the Llano Estacado Or Staked Plains written by William Fletcher Cummins and published by . This book was released on 1892* with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Tales of the Llano Estacado written by Edited by Paul H. Carlson and David J. Murrah and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive high mesa straddling West Texas and Eastern New Mexico creates a vista that is equal parts sprawling lore and big blue sky. From Lubbock, the area's informal capital, to the farthest reaches of the staked plains known as the Llano Estacado, the land and its inhabitants trace a tradition of tenacity through numberless cycles of dust storms and drought. In 1887, a bison hunter observed antelope, sand crane and coyote alike crowding together to drink from the same wet-weather lake. A similarly odd assortment of characters shared and shaped the region's heritage, although neighborliness has occasionally been strained by incidents like the 1903 Fence Cutting War. David Murrah and Paul Carlson have collected some three dozen vignettes that stretch across the uncharted terrain of the tableland's past.
Download or read book El Llano Estacado written by John Miller Morris and published by Texas State Historical Assn. This book was released on 1997 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using historical writings of early explorers, the author captures the mystery and magic of the great Llano Estacado or "Staked Plains" that begin in West Texas and extend north and west. Particularly amusing is the effort of early railroad surveyors to find underground water at the edge of the Llano (aka the caprock) only to miss one of North America's largest aquifers (the Ogalla) by a matter of miles and in some cases yards.
Download or read book Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas written by Geological Survey of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hidden History of the Llano Estacado written by Paul H. Carlson and David J. Murrah and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Llano Estacado, or "Staked Plain," of Texas and eastern New Mexico spreads two hundred miles across what early visitors called "an ocean of land." No other place on Earth is quite like it. Humans first inhabited the area more than twelve thousand years ago. Subsequently, settlers came to convert the grassland to ranches and then to sprawling farms. Every new generation performed its duty at this cultural crossroads, from the trade routes established by the comancheros to the fateful meeting between Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley at Lubbock's Cotton Club. Noted West Texas historians Paul H. Carlson and David J. Murrah compiled and edited fifty-six brief stories presenting the Llano Estacado's heritage at its liveliest and most unfamiliar.
Download or read book Llano Estacado written by Steve Bogener and published by Voice in the American West. This book was released on 2011 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Essays and photography on the nature and culture of the Llano Estacado. Demonstrates multiple visions of the region and serves as a much-needed corrective to characterizations of the Llano Estacado as featureless, flat, and uninteresting"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book First fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1889 1892 written by Geological Survey of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heaven s Harsh Tableland written by Paul H. Carlson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Llano Estacado—dubbed by author Paul H. Carlson as “heaven’s harsh tableland”—covers some 48,000 square miles of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In this new survey of the region, the story begins during prehistoric times and with descendants of the Comanche, Apache, and other Native American tribal groups. Other groups have also left their marks on the area: Spanish explorers, Comancheros and other traders, European settlers, farmers and ranchers, artists, and even athletes. Carlson, a veteran historian, aims to review “the Llano’s historic contours from its earliest foundations to its energetic present,” and in doing so, he skillfully narrates the story of the region up to the present time of modern agribusiness and urbanization. Throughout the ten chronologically arranged chapters, concise sidebars support the narrative, highlighting important and interesting topics such as the enigmatic origins of the region’s name, fascinating geological and paleontological facts, the arrival of humans, the natural history of bison, colorful “characters” in the history of the region, and many others. The resulting broad synthesis captures the entirety of the Llano Estacado, summarizing and interpreting its natural and human history in a single, carefully researched and clearly written volume. Heaven’s Harsh Tableland: A New History of the Llano Estacado will provide a helpful, enjoyable, and authoritative guide to the history and development of this important region.
Download or read book On the Staked Plain written by Eric Philbrook Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 written by Paul Howard Carlson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1877 was a drought year in West Texas. That summer, some forty buffalo soldiers struck out into the Llano Estacado, pursuing a band of raiding Comanches. Several days later they were missing and presumed dead from thirst. Although most of the soldiers straggled back into camp, four died, and others faced court-martial for desertion. Here, Carlson provides insight into the interaction of soldiers, hunters, settlers, and Indians on the Staked Plains.
Download or read book A Report on Irrigation and the Cultivation of the Soil Thereby with Physical Data Conditions and Progress Within the United States for 1891 Accompanied by Maps Illustrations and Papers written by United States. Office of Irrigation Inquiry and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irrigation Report on Irrigation Final Report of Artesian and Underflow Investigation and of Irrigation Inquiry Conducted Under Acts Approved Apr 4 1890 Sept 30 1890 and Mar 3 1891 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of Progress written by Geological Survey of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on Irrigation 1893 written by United States. Office of Irrigation Inquiry and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
