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Dancin' in Anson(1st Edition)
A History of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest)
by Paul Howard Carlson, Michael Martin Murphey
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2014 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-891-2, ISBN: 0-89672-891-9

"Celebrating the celebration of the Old West In the 1880s, there wasn't much in Anson, Texas, in the way of entertainment for the area’s cowhands. But Star Hotel operator M. G. Rhodes changed that when he hosted a Grand Ball the weekend before Christmas. A restless traveling salesman, rancher, and poet from New York named William Lawrence Chittenden, a guest at the Star Hotel, was so impressed with the soiree that he penned his observa ..."

Georgia O'Keeffe in Texas(Updated)
A Guide
by Paul Howard Carlson, John Taylor Becker, Georgia O'keeffe
Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2012 by State House Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-933337-49-4, ISBN: 1-933337-49-4

"Georgia O'Keeffe, a superbly gifted American artist usually associated with New Mexico, spent nearly four years in Texas, most of them in the Panhandle. She taught art in the public schools of Amarillo for two years, 1912-1914, and headed the art department at West Texas Normal College (now West Texas A & M University) in Canyon from the fall of 1916 to early 1918. She then went for a few months to Waring, Texas, northwest of San Antoni ..."

Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle
William Henry Bush (West Texas A&M University Series)
by Paul H. Carlson
Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2009 by Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-133-9, ISBN: 1-60344-133-6

"In "Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle," author Paul H. Carlson tells the story of Chicago-based William Henry Bush and his role in shaping development of the Texas Panhandle from the 1880s to the 1930s. In 1881, Bush secured interest in the sprawling Frying Pan Ranch -- a ranch that covered two counties and bordered what would later become Amarillo. The ranch's unlikely new owner from the north was a clothing wholesaler, real estate ..."

Deep Time and the Texas High Plains
History and Geology (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest)
by Paul Howard Carlson
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-553-9, ISBN: 0-89672-553-7

"'Carlson writes well in a style that lends itself to an understanding of how man got to the high plains, and what he did once he arrived. Highly recommended reading' - "New Mexico Historical Notebook". Humans have visited the Texas High Plains, and in particular the upper Brazos River region, for nearly twelve thousand years. At the site of the Lubbock Lake Landmark in the long Yellow House Draw, they camped, hunted game, and sought she ..."

Comanche Jack Stilwell(Illustrated)
Army Scout and Plainsman
by Clint E. Chambers, Paul H. Carlson
Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-6278-2, ISBN: 0-8061-6278-3

The Cowboy Way(1st Edition)
An Exploration of History and Culture (Paperback)
by Paul H. Carlson
Paperback, 236 Pages, Published 2006 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-583-6, ISBN: 0-89672-583-9

Myth, Memory, and Massacre(1st Edition)
The Pease River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest)
by Paul Howard Carlson, Tom Crum
Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2012 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-746-5, ISBN: 0-89672-746-7

"In December 1860, along a creek in northwest Texas, a group of U.S. Cavalry under Sgt. John Spangler and Texas Rangers led by Sul Ross raided a Comanche hunting camp, killed several Indians, and took three prisoners. One was the woman they would identify as Cynthia Ann Parker, taken captive from her white family as a child a quarter century before. The reports of these events had implications far and near. For Ross, they helped make ..."

The cowboy way
an exploration of history and culture
by Paul H. Carlson
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Tempus
ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-4032-3, ISBN: 0-7524-4032-2

The Plains Indians(1st Edition)
by Paul Howard Carlson
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1998 by Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89096-817-8, ISBN: 0-89096-817-9

The Centennial History of Lubbock Hub City of the Plains(1st Edition)
by Paul Howard Carlson, Donald R. Abbe, Monte L. Monroe
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2008 by The Donning Company
ISBN-13: 978-1-57864-511-4, ISBN: 1-57864-511-5

Hidden History of the Llano Estacado
(American Chronicles)
by Paul H. Carlson, David J. Murrah
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by The History Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-62585-886-3, ISBN: 1-62585-886-8

"The Llano Estacado, or "Staked Plain," of Texas and eastern New Mexico spreads two hundred miles across what early visitors called "an ocean of land." No other place on Earth is quite like it. Humans first inhabited the area more than twelve thousand years ago. Subsequently, settlers came to convert the grassland to ranches and then to sprawling farms. Every new generation performed its duty at this cultural crossroads, from the trade r ..."

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877(Reprint)
by Paul H. Carlson
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2018 by Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-62349-650-0, ISBN: 1-62349-650-0

Amarillo
The Story of a Western Town
by Paul Howard Carlson
Hardcover, 283 Pages, Published 2006 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-587-4, ISBN: 0-89672-587-1

"'Step into the Real Texas' - 'Amarillo Chamber of Commerce'. Amarillo, the Queen City of the Texas Panhandle, is known far beyond its immediate vicinity the high tableland called the Llano Estacado. The famous highway Route 66 ran through the very heart of Amarillo. Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Neil Sedaka, and James Durst each recorded a different song titled Amarillo. Named by "True West magazine" as one of the fifty most Western tow ..."

The Plains Indians(1st Edition)
(Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest)
by Paul Howard Carlson
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Tamu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89096-828-4, ISBN: 0-89096-828-4

Lubbock and the South Plains(2nd Edition)
by Paul Howard Carlson, Donald R. Abbe, Abbe Morrah, David J. Morrah, David J. Murrah
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1995 by American Historical Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89781-481-2, ISBN: 0-89781-481-9

Heaven's Harsh Tableland
A New History of the Llano Estacado (American Wests, sponsored by West Texas A&M University)
by Carlson, Paul H.
Hardcover, 408 Pages, Published 2023 by Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-64843-154-8, ISBN: 1-64843-154-2

Deep Time and the Texas High Plains(1st Edition)
History and Geology (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest)
by Paul Howard Carlson
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-552-2, ISBN: 0-89672-552-9

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877(1st Edition)
(Canseco-Keck History Series)
by Paul Howard Carlson
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2003 by Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58544-253-9, ISBN: 1-58544-253-4

The Cowboy Way
An Exploration of History and Culture
by Paul H. Carlson, Paul Howard Carlson
Hardcover, 236 Pages, Published 2000 by Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89672-425-9, ISBN: 0-89672-425-5

Heaven's Harsh Tableland
A New History of the Llano Estacado
by Paul H. Carlson
537 Pages, Published 2023 by Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-64843-155-5, ISBN: 1-64843-155-0

"Carlson, a veteran historian, aims to review “the Llano’s historic contours from its earliest foundations to its energetic present,” and in doing so, he skillfully narrates the story of the region up to the present time of modern ..."

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