Ranger
eBook - ePub

Ranger

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ranger

About this book

Ranger began in the 1870s near a Texas Ranger camp in northeastern Eastland County. It remained a farming community of about 700 people until October 17, 1917, when an oil well on the McCleskey farm, south of town, ushered in one of the best-known oil discoveries. Within months, Rangers population had surged to approximately 30, 000, including investors, speculators, wildcatters, oil field workers, curious onlookers, and the usual criminal element attracted to oil boomtowns. Crime became so rampant that the Texas Rangers eventually were called in to intercede. Oil production peaked in 1919 before tapering off. Images of America: Ranger covers a period of about 75 years from the towns beginnings to 1950.

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Information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780738584591
eBook ISBN
9781439641248
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. One - PRE-BOOM YEARS 1870s–1917
  8. Two - OIL BOOM YEARS 1917–1920
  9. Three - POST-BOOM YEARS 1920S–1940S
  10. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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