Black Gold and Red Lights: Oil Blood and Money Flowed Freely in the Boomtown of

Description: Black Gold and Red Lights by Jerry Sinise Some towns are born casual and calm-like. Borger had a streetwalker for a midwife and an oil boom for a birth announcement. Oil, blood, and money flowed freely when this Texas Panhandle town burst upon the scene in the 1920s like a stampede of rawhide Texas Longhorns hell-bent for water. Author Jerry Sinise, noted Amarillo author and travel writer, interviewed "survivors" of the High Plains boomtown and dug through musty police records and old newspaper files to write this Texas saga. Borger - better known to 1920 and 30 contemporaries as "Booger Town" - sowed its wild oats and reaped a wild harvest of death and destruction before Texas Rangers joined local officers to expel the criminal element and bring law and order. Today Borger is a progressive agricultural and industrial city with no hint of its riotous beginnings. Few want to talk about the past of "Black Gold and Red Lights." FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Some towns are born casual and calm-like. Borger had a streetwalker for a midwife and an oil boom for a birth announcement. Oil, blood, and money flowed freely when this Texas Panhandle town burst upon the scene in the 1920s like a stampede of rawhide Texas Longhorns hell-bent for water. Author Jerry Sinise, noted Amarillo author and travel writer, interviewed "survivors" of the High Plains boomtown and dug through musty police records and old newspaper files to write this Texas saga. Borger - better known to 1920 and 30 contemporaries as "Booger Town" - sowed its wild oats and reaped a wild harvest of death and destruction before Texas Rangers joined local officers to expel the criminal element and bring law and order. Today Borger is a progressive agricultural and industrial city with no hint of its riotous beginnings. Few want to talk about the past of "Black Gold and Red Lights." Details ISBN0890153388 Author Jerry Sinise Pages 168 Publisher Eakin Press Language English ISBN-10 0890153388 ISBN-13 9780890153383 Media Book Short Title BLACK GOLD & RED LIGHTS Year 1982 Publication Date 1982-06-01 Imprint Eakin Press Subtitle Oil Blood and Money Flowed Freely in the Boomtown of Borger Country of Publication United States Format Paperback Illustrations Illustrations, black and white DOI 10.1604/9780890153383 UK Release Date 1982-06-01 AU Release Date 1982-06-01 NZ Release Date 1982-06-01 US Release Date 1982-06-01 DEWEY 976.4821 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:76975425;

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