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|  | | A Last Hurrah in Texas?: W. P. Soash and Sough Plains Oil, 1936-1955
I discuss land promotion through the use of specialization in business practices by longtime West Texas land promoter W. P. Soash around the time of World War II.
| |  | | Accidental Resurgence?: The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in West
Through its relationship with petroleum and other industries, I show how the West Texas railroad industry found new ways to profit when challenges arose.
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What could the oil industry's relationship with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway teach us about finding new ways to profit when challenges arise?As I prepare to announce the release of Accidental Resurgence?, which is my fourth book, you might wonder why we should study the railroad industry in West Texas. Midway through the 20th century, the survival of the AT&SF relied heavily on its relationship with the petroleum and petrochemicals industry. In the process, the rail industry modeled a new business strategy that allowed it to survive well into the 20th cen | |  | | Frank Isett: and the Myth of the Wealthy Oilman
I explore the challenges and opportunities afforded to independent oilmen in Texas in the mid-20th century.
| |  | | Fueling Victory at Home: How the Mallet Ranch of Texas and Its Relationship
The less that government interfered with oil production, the more robustly that petroleum production helped fuel America's victory during World War II.
As we prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Mallet Ranch of Texas, perhaps no other topic in the world today elicits more controversy on both sides than oil. Certainly, as we look at the situation in Iran and Saudi Arabia (as of 2019), the question must be asked: How did we get to this point?In this book, I explore the dealings between oil companies and the Mallet Ranch of Texas. With limited exceptions, the book covers the 1940s. One might wonder: Why should the average person care about a ranch that lay to the southwe |
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Delaware Before the Railroads
by Dave Tabler
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 If you think you know Delaware, think again. Pirates? Quakers fighting with Pennsylvania? Towns so ugly no one would settle there? With stunning pictures and straightforward storytelling, Dave Tabler opens hidden passages and describes defining momen |
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