The Francklyn Land and Cattle Company : a Panhandle enterprise, 1882-1957 / Lester Fields Sheffy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheffy, Lester Fields, author.

Series:

M. K. Brown Range Life Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cattle trade--Texas.

Cattle trade.

Land settlement--Texas.

Land settlement.

Francklyn Land & Cattle Company.

White Deer Corporation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [1963]

Summary:

An intensive study of a large Texas ranch, particularly of its business and financial aspects, in which the author has utilized many company records and firsthand accounts by the men who were engaged in the difficult task of establishing and maintaining a major cattle and land operation in wild, relatively isolated, semidesert country.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Bibliographical Note

Introduction : The Big Bonanza

1. A Kentuckian Visits Texas

2. Survey Difficulties in Northwest Texas

3. Fencing the Francklyn Range

4. Foundation Work on Francklyn Pasture

5. The Big Cattle Deal of 1883

6. The Francklyn Company Assumes Full Control

7. Colonel Groom Experiments with Cattle on the Texas Plains

8. One Hundred Miles of Indian Border

9. The Big Forgery of 1884

10. A Desperate Struggle for Cattle Markets

11. Headed for the Last Roundup

12. British Bondholders Take Over White Deer Properties

13. White Deer Lands Emerge from the Francklyn Wreckage

14. A New York Yankee Takes a Look at Texans and Texas

15. The Francklyn Foreclosure Suit

16. Cattle Controversies Ended by Foreclosure Sale

17. Ancient Grasslands and Modern Beef Production

18. Tyng Proves Agricultural Value of White Deer Lands

19. Boom Towns Boost Northwest Texas Lands

20. A Decade of Leasing White Deer Lands

21. More Water for White Deer Lands

22. Tyng Bids Farewell to White Deer Lands and the Panhandle

23. The White Deer Lands, 1903-1957: A Summation

Appendix: White Deer Lands Management (Tables of Organization)

Index

Illustrations.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780292767218

0292767218

OCLC:

1393309475