Rural Bust and Boom: Snyder County, 1880-1920

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Rural Bust and Boom: Snyder County, 1880-1920 Between 1880 and 1920 a dialectic of sorts operated in Snyder County. These were years of decline. This decline was both absolute, in population and the generation of wealth, and relative, when compared to the growth in numbers, wealth and cultural richness occuring elsewhere. The area did not have easily tilled fertile soil; its minerals were neither accessible nor rich; its population was...
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