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Item Land settlement in West Texas: Tom Green County, a case study, 1874-1903(Texas Tech University, 1981-08) Green, William EltonThis dissertation aeeks to exploire land settlement in fle#t Texaa uaing the extensive Tom Green County created in 1874 aa a caae study. This analysis will concentrate primarily on the period from the Civil War until about 1900. The topic evolved out of this researcher's interest in local history and a conviction that trained historians caui utilize local history in writing sophisticated studies which will add significantly to an understanding of the process of settlement throughout the United States. Unfortunately, in the past trained historians frequently have shunned local history as the domain of amateurs. As a result, most accounts of local history have reraained narrative in form, pedestrian in approach, and provincial in interpretation.