Author: Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890961889
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Before Terlingua achieved some notoriety as the site of the annual World Championship Chili Cookoff, the ghost town was the bustling center of the mercury mining industry in the United States. Quicksilver tells the story of the company town and its feudal lord, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, who built a hilltop mansion overlooking the dry domain. Based on many primary sources, this solidly researched and historically sound book tells of profit, power, and loss; of U.S. Army protection from the effects of revolution south of the border; of Depression-era maneuverings and labor unrest; and of a region that holds growing fascination for thousands of visitors each year. Color and authenticity come from the author's interviews with such individuals as Robert Cartledge, who for nearly three decades worked as store clerk, purchasing agent, and finally general manager of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua.
Quicksilver
Author: Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890961889
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Before Terlingua achieved some notoriety as the site of the annual World Championship Chili Cookoff, the ghost town was the bustling center of the mercury mining industry in the United States. Quicksilver tells the story of the company town and its feudal lord, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, who built a hilltop mansion overlooking the dry domain. Based on many primary sources, this solidly researched and historically sound book tells of profit, power, and loss; of U.S. Army protection from the effects of revolution south of the border; of Depression-era maneuverings and labor unrest; and of a region that holds growing fascination for thousands of visitors each year. Color and authenticity come from the author's interviews with such individuals as Robert Cartledge, who for nearly three decades worked as store clerk, purchasing agent, and finally general manager of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890961889
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Before Terlingua achieved some notoriety as the site of the annual World Championship Chili Cookoff, the ghost town was the bustling center of the mercury mining industry in the United States. Quicksilver tells the story of the company town and its feudal lord, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, who built a hilltop mansion overlooking the dry domain. Based on many primary sources, this solidly researched and historically sound book tells of profit, power, and loss; of U.S. Army protection from the effects of revolution south of the border; of Depression-era maneuverings and labor unrest; and of a region that holds growing fascination for thousands of visitors each year. Color and authenticity come from the author's interviews with such individuals as Robert Cartledge, who for nearly three decades worked as store clerk, purchasing agent, and finally general manager of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua.
The Auk
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Backpacker
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
The Big Bend
Author: Ronnie C. Tyler
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Category : Big Bend National Park (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Big Bend National Park (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Hiking and Backpacking Trails of Texas
Author: Mickey Little
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9781589792050
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The most comprehensive, map-packed guide available for Texas walkers, hikers, and backpackers.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9781589792050
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The most comprehensive, map-packed guide available for Texas walkers, hikers, and backpackers.
Culture Change and Shifting Populations in Central Northern Mexico
Author: William B. Griffen
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816543097
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Historical investigation of culture contact between raiding aboriginal Indian groups and Spanish colonists. Significant insights concerning conflicting concepts of ownership and property.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816543097
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Historical investigation of culture contact between raiding aboriginal Indian groups and Spanish colonists. Significant insights concerning conflicting concepts of ownership and property.
Information Circular
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska).
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Issue identified as 1935 covers names used through Dec. 1935.
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Issue identified as 1935 covers names used through Dec. 1935.
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1926
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1926
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