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Author:

Williams, Rusty, 1948- author.

Title:

The Red River Bridge War : a Texas-Oklahoma border battle / Rusty Williams.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Red River Bridge Controversy, 1931.
Depressions--1929--Texas.
Depressions--1929--Oklahoma.
Transportation and state--Texas.
Transportation and state--Oklahoma.
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.).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-270) and index.

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 -- Readyto go killing -- Hold the fort -- If it takes all summer -- Cross another creek -- Put away the soldiers -- Epilogue: Historical markers.

Series:

Red River Valley books ; number four

ISBN:

1623494052
9781623494056

LCCN:

2016004932

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)