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A Ranching Saga

The Lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell

By: William Curry Holden

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A Ranching Saga

The Lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell

By: William Curry Holden

A Ranching Saga tells the story of father and son pioneer ranchers in the Southwest. Around the turn of the century, William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell were integral to the growing ranching industry in Texas and Oklahoma. Through newspaper accounts, legal documents, personal correspondence, and interviews with family members, friends, and acquaintances, A Ranching Saga recounts the lives of these two keen businessmen, proud civic leaders, and philanthropists. What is revealed is a legacy of hard work, moral character, and compassion, as well as a close relationship with the land. Texas historian William Curry Holden sifts through correspondence, reports and statistics, and extensive research to tell of three generations of the Halsell family, from their arrival in Texas in 1854 to the mid-twentieth century. Holden enriches the family narrative with personal accounts of the places, geology, flora, fauna, weather, economics, and history of the region. He interviewed more than 150 people to understand the characters and personalities of the two men whose cultural influence on Texas and the Southwest region spans more than a century. Illustrated with nearly two dozen drawings by José Cisneros , A Ranching Saga is the biography of family whose destiny was realized in the cattle they nurtured, the land they loved, and the people they encouraged along the way.

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Trinity University Press

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1595348271

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Alkali Trails, Or, Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier, 1846-1900

By: William Curry Holden

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Alkali Trails, Or, Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier, 1846-1900

By: William Curry Holden

For much of the first half century after statehood, West Texas remained a frontier wilderness and—unlike the expanding cities in East and Central Texas—sparsely populated with Anglo-American settlements. The scarce rainfalls, freezing blue northers, dusty winds, and scorching heat waves dissuaded many Texans from homesteading west of the U.S. Army's frontier fort system. For decades, only the hardiest attempted to forge their brand of civilization on the West Texas plains. Those who endured faced considerable difficulties in providing for themselves and their families. Many abandoned their homesteads in favor of larger, eastern towns where livelihoods were not so tenuous and the environment not so daunting. Yet as the nineteenth century advanced, so did the westward line of settlement. Cattle ranching ensured the rise of schools, churches, and towns as the great ranches of West Texas fed the nation's ever-growing demand for beef."Indispensable to students of Texas history and invaluable to those interested in the general social aspects of the vast subhumid region of the United States."—Walter Prescott Webb

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Texas Tech University Press

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0896723941

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9780896723948

A Ranching Saga

The Lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell

By: William Curry Holden

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The Lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell

By: William Curry Holden

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The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia

The Most Compreshensive Single-Volume UFO Reference in Print

By: William J. Birnes

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The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia

The Most Compreshensive Single-Volume UFO Reference in Print

By: William J. Birnes

This is the most comprehensive UFO book in print, covering time travel, cloning and the raelians, antigravity propulsion, psychokinesis, astral projection and teleportation, and more.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743466748

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9780743466745

Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

By: William Stewart

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Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

By: William Stewart

This biographical dictionary provides information on 322 men and women who have made or are making significant contributions in the field of anthropology. A short biography highlights each person's professional and private background and detailed analysis of the theories or approaches that each contributed to his or her individual field and a guide to their major published works are provided. A chronological appendix lists each person's date of birth, full name, and primary field of study, guiding readers to entries covering 1681 to 2006. An extensive glossary explains technical terms used throughout the work.

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McFarland

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1476615284

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A Ranching Saga

A Ranching Saga

Alkali Trails, Or, Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier, 1846-1900

Alkali Trails, Or, Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier, 1846-1900

A Ranching Saga

A Ranching Saga

The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia

The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia

Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

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