| Borger Contributor(s): Agee, Jane Snyder (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738585416 ISBN-13: 9780738585413 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 976.4 |
| LCCN: 2012936586 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When A.P. Ace Borger came from Oklahoma to the Texas Panhandle s high plains in 1926, he saw what others had seen: a barren landscape, populated sparsely, with cattle and wildlife. However, through the experienced eyes of a town builder, Ace envisioned a booming, growing, all-American city. They laughed when he bought 240 acres thinking the attraction of black gold would bring enough people to make a profit. Borger was a true boomtown with all the appendages fugitives, drug dealers, gaming houses, dance halls, prostitutes, and dishonest officers though one could say boomtown hysteria ended with the assassination of Ace. Virtuous people, each with a vision, came to Borger to start churches, hospitals, and schools, raise families, profit from honest businesses, and restrain criminals. As citizens worked together, Borger became a 1970 All-America City. Now in its 86th year, Borger is a quiet, conservative Texas city towering above its epitaph of the wildest town in America. " |
Contributor Bio(s): Agee, Jane Snyder: - Jane Snyder Agee, a reference librarian and bibliographer, retired from Duke University after 23 years and moved to Borger in 2006. With an avid interest in local history, she volunteers at the Hutchinson County Historical Museum. |