| Historic Tales of the Llano Estacado Contributor(s): Murrah, David (Editor), Carlson, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1467146544 ISBN-13: 9781467146548 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| LCCN: 2020934343 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |