Download or read book Texas Cattle Barons written by Elmer Kelton and published by CF Ranch Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Texas Cattle Barons, Their Families, Land and Legacy thirteen families discuss the reality of owning and working some of the largest land holdings in the state of Texas. Most have owned some or all of their land for generations, others bought into their properties over time, all have risen to the challenge of taking the cattle industry into the next millennium." "Learn firsthand from ranchers like Al and Mike Micailef, Jim and James McAllen, and Jon and Jackie Means about the hard work, discipline, and faith required to make a cattle ranch work in this age of big business. Join the owners of the Broseco, Moorhouse, and Williams ranches as they discuss breeding programs, grazing patterns, and the pursuit of the ultimate "beef animal." Listen as the Gibsons and the Ryans reveal their passion for the land and their hope for the future."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book Famous Old Texas Brands of Early and Present Day Cattle Barons written by Eugene Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Deep in the Heart of Texas written by and published by CF Ranch Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this companion volume to "Texas Cattle Barons, " Ryan invites readers to venture beyond the ranch gate to share ranchers' insights on their work and lifestyle. 100+ photos.

Download or read book Cattle Barons and the Mansions They Built in Texas 1870 1905 written by Charlotte Wren Pevoto and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Most Land the Best Cattle written by Judy Alter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 19th century, Daniel Waggoner and his son, W.T. (Tom), put together an empire in North Texas that became the largest ranch under one fence in the nation. The 520,000-plus acres or 800 square miles covers six counties and sits on a large oil field in the Red River Valley of North Texas. Over the years, the estate also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company. While the Waggoner men built the empire, their wives and daughters enjoyed the fruits of their labor. This dynasty’s love of the land was rivaled only by their love of money and celebrity, and the different family factions eventually clashed. Although Dan seems to have led a fairly low-profile life, W. T. moved to Fort Worth, became a bank director, built two office buildings, ran his cattle on the Big Pasture in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), hosted Teddy Roosevelt at a wolf hunt in the Big Pasture, and sent Quanah Parker to Washington, D.C., for Roosevelt’s inauguration. W. T. had two sons, Guy and E. Paul, and a daughter named Electra, the light of his life. W. T. built a mansion in Fort Worth for her—today the house, the last surviving cattle baron mansion on Fort Worth’s Silk Stocking Row, is open to the public for tours and events. Electra, an international celebrity and extravagant shopper (she once spent $10,000 in one day at Neiman Marcus), died at the age of forty-three. Guy had nine wives; his brother E. Paul, partier and horse breeder, was married to the same woman for fifty years and had one daughter, Electra II. Electra II was a both a celebrity and a talented sculptor, best known for a heroic-size statue of Will Rogers on his horse, Soapsuds, as well as busts of two presidents and various movie stars. After marriage to an executive she settled in a mansion at the ranch and raised two daughters. This colorful history of one of Texas’s most influential ranching families demonstrates that it took strength and determination to survive in the ranching world…and the society it spawned.

Download or read book Urban homes of the cattle barons of Texas 1873 1925 written by LeAnna Starr Biles and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dining with the Cattle Barons written by Sarah Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Barons of Texas written by Jory Sherman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of two fishermen in Texas who want to become ranchers. Attacked by Indians and exploited by crooks, they nevertheless find enough kind people to succeed.

Download or read book Return to Texas written by Al Boyd and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a gripping, fast action tale that takes place in the dangerous and exciting time of the Texas Territory during the late 1840's. A time of marauding Indians, cattle barons, rustlers, gun fighters and con men, all striving to survive. Jed Garrett is returning to this clash of cultures after serving in the Mexican-American War. It is guaranteed to hold your interest from beginning to end. "This is no time to be stupid," he reasoned as he ducked down lower, knowing he was obviously out manned. Even though his firepower was superior, it still would not be much help against all of those braves. And even with his repeating Colt, he knew he couldn't escape if they circled and attacked. It was definitely a losing situation. Cautiously he watched and saw they were tracking something ahead of them! With a start, he realized, "Oh, my God! It's me!"

Download or read book Buffalo Bill and the Cattle Barons Or Blocking a Game of Freeze out written by Prentiss Ingraham and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cattle Industry on the Northern Plains written by Corinne Winnifred Carlson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cattle Barons written by Jesse Edward Grinstead and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cattle Kings of Texas written by C. L. Douglas and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises a fascinating and authentic look into the lives of some of the richest and most private ranches in Texas. This is a book that will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in the historical singularity that is Texas, offering its readers a unique insight in to the ''real world'' of Texas ranch life and the ever-fading tradition of true ranching that made it what it is today. Many antique books such as this are increasingly rare and costly, and it is with this in mind that we are proud to be republishing this text here complete with a new introduction on the subject.

Download or read book Texas Wildcat written by Adrienne DeWolfe and published by eReads.com. This book was released on 1997-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bandera County is savaged by drought. The cattle country of Texas is about to explode into a range war. The beautiful but precocious cattlewoman Bailey McShane believes she is being swindled for her precious bounty of water. The all-powerful Bandera County Cattleman's association seems the would-be culprit but Zack Rawlins, the Association's young but prodigious president, has decided to get to the bottom of this well of deception. Zack must now fend off the feudal cattle barons that want to destroy the county and face the fiery passion of the woman who could destroy his heart.

Download or read book Texas Wildcat written by Adrienne Dewolf and published by E-Rights/E-Reads Limited. This book was released on 2002-02-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bandera County is savaged by drought. The cattle country of Texas is about to explode into a range war. The beautiful but precocious cattlewoman Bailey McShane believes she is being swindled for her precious bounty of water. The all-powerful Bandera County Cattleman's association seems the would-be culprit but Zack Rawlins, the Association's young but prodigious president, has decided to get to the bottom of this well of deception. Zack must now fend off the feudal cattle barons that want to destroy the county and face the fiery passion of the woman who could destroy his heart.

Download or read book The American West Cowboys written by Grayson Wyatt and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forged in dime novels, Wild West shows, and Hollywood films, the image of the American cowboy is largely a myth. But behind it were real men whose hard work and hard play, stoic toughness, and code of honor helped tame the American West. The epic cattle drives that were so much a part of the cowboys' heyday lasted only an astonishingly brief two decades. But the cowboy is still a basic part of the American character. Here, from historian Grayson Wyatt, is their surprising and little-told story.

Download or read book Letters to Alice written by Jane Clements Monday and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1881, Robert Justus Kleberg rode across the hot, dusty South Texas brush country to the palatial home of Capt. Richard King to consult with the cattle baron about attending to his legal affairs. On that same journey, the young lawyer also first laid eyes on Alice King, “Princess of the Wild Horse Desert.” Neither of their lives would ever be the same. Published for the first time in this book, the love letters written by Kleberg to Alice Gertrudis King provide a glimpse of the lives of two of the most influential people in Texas history. Editors Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick have also provided generous documentation and annotation of these important primary documents from the Special Collections at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, affording historians and interested readers an insider’s view of one of the world’s greatest ranching empires as it transitioned from its founders to the next generation. Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King-Ranch Dynasty represents the only existing collection of letters between any of the great Texas cattle barons and their wives. Although a great deal is already known about the ranch and its development, Monday and Vick present for the first time Robert Justus Kleberg’s personal perspective on his first meeting with Alice King, their early courtship, the difficulties obtaining her parents’ permission to marry, and the poignant time surrounding Captain King’s death.