Donald E. Green is a native of the Texas Panhandle, born at Wellington and reared on a Collingsworth County ranch. He received a BA degree from Abilene Christian College, an MA from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in history from the University of Oklahoma. His primary interest is primarily in the history of Southwestern agriculture. He is the author of Land of the Underground Rain (University of Texas Press, 1973), The Creek People (Indian Tribal Series, 1973), and Rural Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976). Land of the Underground Rain, a history of Texas High Plains irrigation, was awarded a Texas Institute of Letters prize in 1973.

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• Foreword by Ron TylerAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: That Troublesome Hundredth MeridianChapter 2: Cattleman's EmpireChapter 3: Search for the Promised LandChapter 4: Wellington: The Early YearsChapter 5: East of LutieChapter 6: Physicians, Hospitals and Public HealthChapter 7: Farm Life and Health SeekerChapter 8: Crime during the Great DepressionChapter 9: The New CourthouseChapter 10: Dust BowlChapter 11: Early Education: SamnorwoodChapter 12: When the Boys Marched off to WarChapter 13: Johnny Comes Marching HomeChapter 14: Leaving Collinsworth CountyEpilogueAppendix: The Klan in the CountyNotesA Note on SourcesIndex

Donald E. Green is a native of the Texas Panhandle, born at Wellington and reared on a Collingsworth County ranch. He received a BA degree from Abilene Christian College, an MA from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in history from the University of Oklahoma. His primary interest is primarily in the history of Southwestern agriculture. He is the author of Land of the Underground Rain (University of Texas Press, 1973), The Creek People (Indian Tribal Series, 1973), and Rural Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976). Land of the Underground Rain, a history of Texas High Plains irrigation, was awarded a Texas Institute of Letters prize in 1973.

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• Foreword by Ron TylerAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: That Troublesome Hundredth MeridianChapter 2: Cattleman's EmpireChapter 3: Search for the Promised LandChapter 4: Wellington: The Early YearsChapter 5: East of LutieChapter 6: Physicians, Hospitals and Public HealthChapter 7: Farm Life and Health SeekerChapter 8: Crime during the Great DepressionChapter 9: The New CourthouseChapter 10: Dust BowlChapter 11: Early Education: SamnorwoodChapter 12: When the Boys Marched off to WarChapter 13: Johnny Comes Marching HomeChapter 14: Leaving Collinsworth CountyEpilogueAppendix: The Klan in the CountyNotesA Note on SourcesIndex