The Red River Bridge War

Released on by Rusty Williams
preview-18

  • The Red River Bridge War Book Detail

  • Author : Rusty Williams
  • Release Date : 2016-05-20
  • Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 285
  • ISBN 13 : 1623494060
  • File Size : 25,25 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Red River Bridge War by Rusty Williams PDF Summary

Book Description: Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society At the beginning of America’s Great Depression, Texas and Oklahoma armed up and went to war over a 75-cent toll bridge that connected their states across the Red River. It was a two-week affair marked by the presence of National Guardsmen with field artillery, Texas Rangers with itchy trigger fingers, angry mobs, Model T blockade runners, and even a costumed Native American peace delegation. Traffic backed up for miles, cutting off travel between the states. This conflict entertained newspaper readers nationwide during the summer of 1931, but the Red River Bridge War was a deadly serious affair for many rural Americans at a time when free bridges and passable roads could mean the difference between survival and starvation. The confrontation had national consequences, too: it marked an end to public acceptance of the privately owned ferries, toll bridges, and turnpikes that threatened to strangle American transportation in the automobile age. The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle documents the day-to-day skirmishes of this unlikely conflict between two sovereign states, each struggling to help citizens get goods to market at a time of reduced tax revenue and little federal assistance. It also serves as a cautionary tale, providing historical context to the current trend of re-privatizing our nation’s highway infrastructure.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Red River Bridge War books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Red River Bridge War

The Red River Bridge War

File Size : 50,50 MB
Total View : 5253 Views
DOWNLOAD

Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma His

The Red River Bridge War

The Red River Bridge War

File Size : 10,10 MB
Total View : 5399 Views
DOWNLOAD

Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma His

Planting the Union Flag in Texas

Planting the Union Flag in Texas

File Size : 75,75 MB
Total View : 7318 Views
DOWNLOAD

Appointed by President Lincoln to command the Gulf Department in November 1862, Nathaniel Prentice Banks was given three assignments, one of which was to occupy