Heading: (Texas - Oil)
Author:
Title: Briscoe County, Texas
Place Published: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:Standard Blue Print Map and Engineering Company
Date Published: c.1925
Description:

Blue line map. 84x79 cm (33x31"), folded.

Map showing the ownership of oil rights and production activity in Briscoe County, in north Texas. The legend shows symbols for Location; Rig Up; Drilling; Producing; Gas; Dry Hole, and Abandoned. With two rubberstamps of H.N. Harris of Ft. Worth. No copies are listed in OCLC.

Of note, immigrant farmers introduced various crops to the region before WWI, the most promising of which were wheat, sorghum, and cotton. Cotton was first grown in Briscoe County on an experimental basis but became one of the county's most important crops by 1930. Between 1900 and 1930 ranches gave way to farms.

Very good or better condition.