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There were hard times in Texas in 1875. It seemed to the ranchmen that the whole world had stopped eating Texas beef -- and to add to their troubles, a gang of rustlers was killing cattle at night and skinning them on the spot, taking away the only part that would bring cash on the market.

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Excerpt from Lots of LandThe land was here, and lots of it. In the course of time all manner of men were to reach toward it.It was a new country, a fabled country. Its challenge spread out to all corners of the earth, and white man and yellow man crossed every sea to reach it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importa...

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Excerpt from Lots of Land I've thought about this book a long time. The subject is one naturally very dear to me, for I have spent all of my adult life in the study of land history, in the interpretation of land laws, and in the direction of the states land business. It has been a happy and interesting existence. Seldom a day has passed in these thirty years in which I have not experienced a new thrill as the files of the General Land Office...