Shackelford County / Shackelford County Historical Commission.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shackelford County Historical Commission.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shackelford County (Tex.)--History--Pictorial works.

Shackelford County (Tex.).

Shackelford County (Tex.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

One-hundred-fifty miles west of Dallas, on a gently rolling prairie that was once the predatory domain of the Plains Indians, lies Shackelford County. Anglo-American settlers began arriving in the 1850s to raise livestock and cultivate crops near the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. To protect the settlers from the Indians, the US Army established Fort Griffin in 1867. In true Wild West fashion, the raucous town of Fort Griffin sprang up nearby to service the soldiers, cattle drovers, and buffalo hunters. In 1874, Albany became the county seat, and with the arrival of the Texas Central Railroad in 1881, then the oil and gas boom in 1910, both Albany and Moran flourished while Fort Griffin folded. Today, Shackelford County's economy is based on cattle ranching, farming, petroleum, and hunting. Visitors enjoy shopping Albany's beautifully restored Main Street and taking in the Old Jail Art Center, the stately limestone courthouse, the Fort Griffin State Historic Site, and the Fort Griffin Fandangle.

Contents:

A prairie plain, a bright blue sky / by Jane Lenoir

Let's settle in this country / by John A. Matthews

Don't give up, keep working down / by A.V. Jones Jr. and Jon Rex Jones

There's a little town called Albany / by Wilma Jo Tucker Mitchell

Money in the bank / by Duston Brooks

Making a difference / by Lawrence Clayton, Handbook of Texas

Albany is modern, you can see a change / by Melinda Lucas.

OCLC:

900734245