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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F. 1st Edition. x, 161 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm ; navy full cloth with gilt spine lettering ; price-clipped dj in mylar. The phenomenon of colonization by big land companies, common throughout the history of the United States, came late to the Panhandle-Plains of West Texas. Ranchers held sway there up into the 20th century. Then, realizing that the future followed the plow, they, joined by business owners and speculators, founded towns on their land, competed for railroad connections, provided irrigation wells and other improvements, and engaged in a variety of advertising activities to interest prospective settlers and to sell the land to farmers at a profit. Trainloads of such "prospectors" were brought in to tour the land; and salesmen of all kinds roamed all the more settled states painting enticing pictures of the fertile lands which their employers offered for sale. Major George W. Littlefield created the Littlefield Lands Company and founded the town of Littlefield, Texas, in 1912, in order to sell as farmland a part of his Yellow House Ranch. Because the role of the big land company in the settlement of the United States has not, on the whole, received the attention which it deserves, this detailed examination of the operations of one such company is of particular significance. Most of the book is devoted to the creation of the company, the steps taken to make the area attractive to potential settlers, and the problems which beset the building of the community.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 192 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F. 1st Edition. xv, 91 pages : portrait ; 24 cm. ; full rust cloth with black lettering ; dj.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 226 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.