1882-1957

An intensive study of a large Texas ranch, particularly of its business and financial aspects, in which the author has utilized many company records and firsthand accounts by the men who were engaged in the difficult task of establishing and maintaining a major cattle and land operation in wild, relatively isolated, semidesert country.

Lester Fields Sheffy (1887-1967) was a professor of history at West Texas State Normal College (now West Texas State University).