Hidden History of the Llano Estacado

by Paul Carlson

Book Overview

The Llano Estacado, or "Staked Plain," of Texas and eastern New Mexico spreads two hundred miles across what early visitors called "an ocean of land." No other place on Earth is quite like it. Humans first inhabited the area more than twelve thousand years ago. Subsequently, settlers came to convert the grassland to ranches and then to sprawling farms. Every new generation performed its duty at this cultural crossroads, from the trade routes established...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625858868
• ISBN13: 9781625858863
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"