The Red River Bridge War : A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle /

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At the beginning of America's Great Depression, Texas and Oklahoma armed up and went to war over a 75-cent toll bridge that connected their states across the Red River. It was a two-week affair marked by the presence of National Guardsmen with field artillery, Texas Rangers with itchy trigger f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Rusty, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Transportation and state.
Economic history.
Depressions.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale.
Crises economiques.
Crises economiques > 1929 > Texas.
Crises economiques > 1929 > Oklahoma.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > Texas.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > Oklahoma.
Red River Bridge Controversy, 1931 > 1929.
Depressions > 1929 > Texas.
Depressions > 1929 > Oklahoma.
Transportation and state > Texas.
Transportation and state > Oklahoma.
Red River Bridge Controversy, 1931.
United States > Red River.
Texas.
Oklahoma.
Texas > Histoire militaire > 20e siecle.
Oklahoma > Histoire militaire > 20e siecle.
Texas > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
Oklahoma > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
Texas > History, Military > 20th century.
Oklahoma > History, Military > 20th century.
Texas > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Oklahoma > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Toll bridges > Red River (Tex.-La.)
Military history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Coarse-looking men
  • Great sagacity and tact
  • Mud to the axles
  • An honest oilman
  • The first casualty
  • Cheese and sody crackers
  • So much legal gobbledygook
  • A layer of anger
  • Midnight bulldozers
  • Very much disturbed
  • Ready to go killing
  • Hold the fort
  • If it takes all summer
  • Cross another creek
  • Put away the soldiers
  • Epilogue: Historical markers.

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