History of Armstrong County, Volume 1 Page: 12
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Armstrong County
reptiles, and amorg birds, the mud swallow, roadrunner, the little
prairie owl, and the desert song sparrow. flora most characteristic
would include yucca, sage, prickly pear, loco, tumble weed, and
of course the varieties of gre sses which carpet the expanses,
buffalo gr.ss, blue stem grama, and mesquite agrss, and trees in-
cludini the cottonwood, juniper, mesquite, hackberry, mulberry,
wild plum bushes, "shinnery", and dwarf mesquite. There are myriads
of wild flowers, most of which have been classified. Conspicuous
among these is the little yellow flower that bloom so prolivically
in spring, making vast beds of pure yellow over much of the prairie.
Along streams and breaks of this territory are found many animals
more often considered as belonging to woods and streams of an
entirely different type of country. Raccoons, rossums, skunks,
civets, and squirrels are numerous, and they thrive almost unmolested.
BITBLIT O:-RA
Commerce of the Prairies, Josiah Gregg, The Southwest Press,
Dlas, Texas. ublished 1844, revised 1933 . . .
Charles Goodnight Cowman and airman, J. Evetts haley,
Houghton Mifliin, ew York, 1936 . . .
Interview, Floyd V. Studer, Amarillo uilding, Amo..rillo, Texas.
Archives of Panhandle-Plains istorical Society, Canyon, Texas.
Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, published by Russell
Stationery Company. Amarillo, Texas, articles on archeology,
Indians, and general history.
Files of the Globe-News, kmarillo, Texas.
Files of the Potter County Library, Amarillo, Texas.
Statistical figures from Texas Almanac for 1936 and 1937
supplement.
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The Woman's Development Club. History of Armstrong County, Volume 1, book, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182365/m1/21/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Armstrong County Museum.