Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas (Paperback)

"Home of the Last Frontier" is how the local radio station aptly describes the Big Bend and Davis Mountains region of West Texas, the sparsely populated area of desert and mountain close to the Mexican border. After 1848, the first settlers started to move in. They came to make a living, and a few made a fortune. Mysterious cattle baron Milton Faver ran 10,000 cattle in the 1870s. Others came for their health, like J.O. Langford, his wife, and young daughters who, seeking a dry climate, came to homestead on the Rio Grande. Today's newcomers are equally pioneering in their own way. Donald Judd was the catalyst that changed Marfa from a moribund cow town to an internationally recognized art center. Edie Elfring, an immigrant from a small island in the Baltic Sea, has picked up trash and tended Alpine's public gardens--unasked and unpaid--for years. They were drawn to what their predecessors found: a boundless landscape peopled by a few hardy, independent souls.

General

Imprint:	Legendary Locals
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Legendary Locals
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Authors:	Jim Glendinning
Dimensions:	231 x 165 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	125
ISBN-13:	978-1-4671-0054-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-4671-0054-4
Barcode:	9781467100540

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