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Table of Contents:

• List of tables
• Illustration
• Chapter I. Physical aspects. Introduction ; Boundaries of the region ; General description of the region ; Climate and soils ; Water resources
• Chapter II. Grazing. Grazing before 1860 ; Spanish rancheros ; Ranching after 1860 ; Recent developments
• Chapter III. Farming. Farming in the upper portion of the Rio Grande Plain ; Farming in the lower Rio Grande Valley
• Chapter IV. Transportation. Early means of transportation ; The coming of the railroads ; Highways ; Improvement of water transportation
• Chapter V. Growth of major urban cities
• Chapter VI Natural resources. Oil and natural gas ; Other natural resources
• Chapter VII. Present trends
• Bibliography.

Author/Creator:

Masters, Noble M.

Contributors:

Newton, Lewis William, 1881- , thesis advisor

Johson, Jack , thesis advisor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The economic development of the Rio Grande plain [by Masters, N.M.]

Related Series:

NT thesis, History; [volume] 1950

Subjects:

Texas — Economic conditions — History

Economic conditions

Texas

Genres:

History

Dissertation Notes:

Thesis. M.S. ― North Texas State College, 1950.

General Notes:

Thesis signed by: Lewis W. Newton, Major Professor; Harold Brenholtz, Minor Professor; Lewis W. Newton, Director of the Department of History; Jack Johnson, Dean of the Graduate School.
Includes bibliographic references (leaves 126-129).
(Texana Collection copy) Bound in green library buckram with gilt spine titles and North Texas State College seal on cover.
(Texana Collection copy) Former Call Number: 379 N81 no.1785 c.2

Physical Description:

v, 129 leaves ; 28 cm.

Call Numbers:

F392.R5 M37 1950
379 N81 no.1785
Electronic Thesis

OCLC Numbers:

1053063949
316862150 [Invalid]