The Stark Ranch of Cooke County Texas

<p>The Stark Ranch lies in the <strong>Cross Timbers </strong>belt directly at the tip of the Deep Bend of the <strong>Red River of Cooke County Texas</strong>. This location has influenced and shaped its history with a <strong>spring</strong> two <strong>ferry</strong> crossings two public <strong>roads</strong> a railroad <strong>bridge</strong> <strong>a toll bridge</strong> a free <strong>bridge</strong> and finally an important <strong>water pumping station </strong>that linked the Red River to Dallas. Thousands of people have crossed this <strong>borderland </strong>in search of homes and opportunities from Texans and <strong>Chickasaws </strong>to business people and engineers. By tracing the history of this land from its inhabitants to the infrastructure projects that have defined it authors John Schmitz and Robin Cole-Jett deftly weave the geography of space with the history of place.</p>