Barbed Wire Shaped Texas Cattle Country and Legacy
Rediscovered relics on Frying Pan Ranch west of Amarillo and a Sherman house mark the rise of barbed wire after J F Glidden and J L Elwood patented the wire in 1874. Henry B Sanborn promoted its use. the drift fence near the Canadian River helped end the open range, defining the Texas cattle era and shaping Amarillo’s founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Amarillo
Sherman
J. F. Glidden
de Kalb
Glidden
West
J. L. Elwood
DeKalb
Henry B. Sanborn
Sanborn
Plains
Boothill
Old Tascoca
Coleman County
Jim Ned Creek
State of Texas
Capitol
Austin
J. M Shannon
San Angelo
King Ranch
Brownsville
Chicago
Oil Proration Hearings End as Texas Field Tensions Rise
Hearings on Humble Oil's request to raise East Texas field allowances close with experts debating pro rating methods for the world’s largest oilfield. Commissioners plan a September state hearing while independents push for broader field limits and price-cut tensions trigger talks of a special Illinois session amid stockpiling and a shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Humble
East Texas
Railroad Commission
Ernest Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact
Texas
Ilinois
Illinois
George B Terrell Visits Junction Friends
Hon George B Terrell of Alto Texas visits Junction accompanied by Mrs Terrell and their daughters Mrs Mary Brill of Austin visits friends in Junction on return from a vacation in Texas Terrell has been ill for three months but is improving He served as Agriculture Commissioner and U S Congressman and he private consideration of another run for office expresses uncertainty
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Gerald Mann
O’daniel
Life Insurance Commission
Commission
Board of Control
University of Texas
Mann
F. C. Branson
Building and Loan Association
Galveston
Branson
Mace Stewart
George B. Terrell
Alto
Texas
Terrel
Mary Brill
Austin
Junction
Terrell
U. S
Kimble County
Stratford
West Texas Utilities Company
Depaul Kane
Drewnt
Teeener Cal School
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Thompson
Ella Mae Murphy
Corpus Christi
Board of Cosmetology
P. A. Houston
Henderson
Murphy
Leon
Texas National Guard
Camp Mabry
Senate
Joe Hill
Lon Alsup
Carthage
Francis Quarles
Caleb C. Colton
Samuel T. Coleridge
Julian Capers, Je
Erty
Denman Ins
Agency
Solon
Ball
J. L. Ball Dairy
West Texas
Council
Abilene
Merkel
Utilities
Lay Ake Flay & Bart
Pigh Nm
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