The Franco-Texan Land Company

by Virginia H. Taylor

Book Overview

The Franco-Texan Land Company was formed, ostensibly, by the French bondholders of the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad in an attempt to salvage their investments through sale of lands in the railroad's Texas land grant. Most of the land company's wealth, however, went into the pockets of unscrupulous local managers and directors, and another railroad eventually built a road across Texas along the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific right of way...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292781814
• ISBN13: 9780292781818
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"