Author: Dawn Youngblood PhD
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126837
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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"Few images captivate the Western imagination more than the Texas cowboy at home on the range, herding, corralling, throwing and branding cattle, bronc busting, dining from chuck wagons, and sleeping under the stars. The SMS Ranch in the early 1900s was exactly such a place. Spanning hundreds of thousands of acres and holding land in 12 Northwest Texas counties, the SMS was formed by early Swedish immigrant to the Republic of Texas Swante Magnus Swenson. Swenson, a good friend of Sam Houston, had a penchant for wise financial decisions and, by the late 1800s, lived in New York with offices on Wall Street. Swenson sent his two sons to manage his vast Texas landholdings. In 1902, they hired legendary cattleman Frank Hastings to manage the SMS Ranch, headquartered in Stamford, Texas, north of Abilene and west of Fort Worth. Hastings's wife, Laura, and daughter Ruth photographed life on the ranch, and many professional photographers visited the SMS as well, leaving a rich visual legacy."--provided by publisher.
Author: Lawrence Clayton
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292711891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Traces the history and present-day operation of twelve prominent Texas ranches.
Author: Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496231333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Walter Prescott Webb identifies the revolver, barbed wire, and the windmill as technological adaptations that facilitated Anglo conquest of the arid, treeless region of the Great Plains.
Author: Texas Folklore Society
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9781574410556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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A representative anthology of Texas folklore from the first half of the twentieth century, including legends, ghost stories, songs, proverbs, and other writings.
Author: Frances Mayhugh Holden
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890961223
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The history of Lambshead Ranch which is located in Throckmorton and Shackelford counties, Texas. The Lambshead Ranch area was occupied by several persons, including Randolph March, Robert Neighbors, and Jesse Stem, an Indian agent, who established an Indian agency there. Stem was killed by Indians, and his wife oversaw expansion of the ranch. The ranch is named for Thomas Lambshead, born in 1805 in England, who emigrated to Texas around 1847. Thomas bought land in the nearby Round Mountain Creek area. Whether Thomas ever lived on Lambshead is not known. John A. Matthews located on Lambshead in 1897, and brought his family to the ranch in 1915.
Author: Arthur Robert Himbert
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Category : Hereford cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
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Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Author: Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers
