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Author Miller, Michael Mark, 1956- author.

Title XIT : a story of land, cattle, and capital in Texas and Montana / Michael M. Miller
Published Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cowboys and capitalists -- Crooked lines -- Capitol capital -- Cattle convention -- Changes in the wind -- The big open -- Empire -- Closeout
Summary Describing the Texas capitol project in its full scope and gritty detail, XIT cuts through the popular portrayal of great western ranches to reveal a more nuanced and far-reaching reality in the business and politics of the beef industry at the close of America's Gilded Age
Subject Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company -- History
SUBJECT Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company fast
Subject Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Land tenure -- Texas -- History
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Capitalists and financiers
Cattle trade
Land tenure
SUBJECT XIT Ranch (Tex.) -- History
Subject Texas
Texas -- XIT Ranch
United States
West United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780806167961
0806167963
Other Titles Story of land, cattle, and capital in Texas and Montana