Below the Escondido Rim: A History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big BendBelow the Escondido Rim details the evolution of a legendary Texas cattle ranch and the historic background in which it evolved. It is a story about dreams as big as the land itself, of hardship and success and failure, of long days in the saddle beneath a relentless sun, of booms and busts, boondoggles and burnouts, overextension and recoil. It is a story about trying to overcome adversity in an incredibly vast but difficult land. |
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The Persistent Frontier | 1 |
Historical Preludes | 31 |
Critical Antecedents to Settlement | 39 |
Copyright | |
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