Littlefield Lands: Colonization on the Texas Plains, 1912–1920: M. K. Brown Range Life Series
Autor David B. Gracyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 1967
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. His sales manager, Arthur P. Duggan (his nephew by marriage, and grandfather of the author of this study), used many of the techniques then current to attract buyers for the Lamb County land in and around Littlefield. He dug wells and operated a demonstration farm; he planted trees, planned a park, and otherwise beautified the town; he helped to create and maintain a school, a bank, and a number of businesses; and he negotiated contracts and coordinated the activities of innumerable independent land agents.
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. One chapter discusses the techniques and the difficulties of selling land through independent agents. The final chapter considers the people who moved onto the Littlefield tracts—where they came from, why they came, what their reactions were to the plains country, and how they learned to cope with their new environment. An appendix gives pertinent information about all land transactions conducted by the company between 1912 and 1920, and about each buyer.
For this study the author made use of previously unknown records discovered while he was gathering information for a biography of Major Littlefield.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781477302637
ISBN-10: 1477302638
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria M. K. Brown Range Life Series
ISBN-10: 1477302638
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria M. K. Brown Range Life Series
Notă biografică
David B. Gracy II is the Governor Bill Daniel Professor in Archival Enterprise, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin; a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association; and a Certified Archivist. Eighteen years after beginning his archival career in the Texas State Archives, Gracy returned as Texas State Archivist (1977–1986).
Cuprins
- Preface
- 1. Genesis of a Land Company
- 2. Building a Community, 1912–1914
- 3. Agents and Prospectors, 1912–1914
- 4. Settlement Means Success, 1915–1916
- 5. An End to Colonization, 1917–1920
- 6. The Settlers
- Appendix. Purchasers of Littlefield Lands
- Bibliography
- Index
Descriere
A detailed examination of the operations of a land company in the early twentieth century.