Sibley Nature Center, Midland, Texas: People of the Llano Estacado

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The Nature Center Home Page About the Center How You Can Help Newsletter Calendar The Llano Estacado Recommended Day Trips People of the Region Xeriscaping Best Regional Books Animal Behavior El Llanero Blog Essays Habitats Useful Links Search our website:	People of the Llano Estacado The Llano Estacado is more than farmers, ranchers, and oilmen. Hispanics, Indians, Blacks, and Asians have also played a role in West Texas. The stories of everyone who has interacted with this unique landscape are important. We will continue to add to these essays, and if a reader wants to know more about a certain group we would love suggestions for topics for new essays. There are many features of modern life on the Llano Estacado are common to all residents. Stories of the oilfield are a separate subset of this section. What do we see as we go about our daily lives as Llaneros? This grouping of essays strive to give any reader anywhere in the world a “feel” for life today in our home bioregion. Stories and contributions of African Americans Many early day ranches in west Texas had black cowboys Many blacks joined the Seminole Indians in Florida and then became soldiers in Texas for the U.S. Army Stories and contributions of Asian Americans When Chinese railroad workers left railroad work they became entrepeneurs and worked on ranches Stories and contributions of Mexican-Americans Historical stories Indians and Hispanic relations Blue Nun of the Concho River Introductions by the Spanish to southwestern horticulture West Texas when it was part of Northern New Spain Spanish fought Apaches near Pecos Manuel Musquiz of the Davis Mountains Mexican Americans in the Confederate Army in the Civil War Lagunas Sabinas and the Ciboleros Charlie Goodnight and Jose Piedad Tafoya The role of traders as news carriers Lagunas de los lobos locos part 1 Lagunas de los lobos locos part 2 A meeting 129 years ago Torres Brothers of Fort Stockton The Women of the Mexican Revolution Mexican Immigration to the Llano Estacado Mexican Immigration due to the Green Revolution The stories of El Bulto Tacinques The greatest frontiersman of all time – Don Pedro Vial The history of one playa -- from Comanchero days to today Los Comanches – A Genizaro Christmas tradition on the upper Pecos River According to the folktale “la lechuza” a barn owl can be a witch The story of an adobe structure mentioned in an archaeological report Fleteros and arrieros helped settle the Southwestern United States Cabeza de Vaca led thousands of Indians across west Texas Mexican American Cultural Aspects of the modern Llano Estacado The two best novels of the Llano Estacado (Anaya and Kelton) Descansos Cultural Conflict on the Llano Estacado Rasquache La Virgen Dia de los Muertos Curanderismo On a cold winter day, the ghosts of tlatoleros are on the wind Everybody is from somewhere – the story of an immigrant couple Stories and Contributions of American Indians Hunting Mammoths Ice Age Woman Maljamar pithouse Hispanics and Indians Sabeata, a famous Jumano The Blue Nun of the Concho River Jumano Apaches Ipa of the Lipan Apache Bull Creek and Comanche Daily Life On a cold winter day, the ghosts of tlatoleros are on the wind Comanche Burrowing Owl Story Buffalo Ecology (and Comanche buffalo medicine) Pictographs at Paint Rock A meeting 129 years ago Herman Lehmann and the Comanches and Apaches Lone Wolf Mountain Lipan Apache captive Magoosh, the Lipan Apache Magoosh’s dilemma #1 Magoosh’s dilemma #2 Magoosh and the Mountain Lion Magoosh in the Guadalupe Mountains Meeting at Willow Springs (version 1) Meeting at Willow Springs (version 2) Meeting at Willow Springs (version 3) Lost shaman in Carlsbad Caverns Mescalero 4th of July Modern Sweat Lodge Council of the Animals Sabeata was the most influential man of West Texas in the late 1600s Bats give purpose to a Wild Kiowa-Apache Woman The Comanche War Trail was the result of the politics of Mexico Indians of the Jornada-Mogollon culture on the Llano Estacado – 1100-1300 A.D. The 1953 exhumation of the Midland Woman in the Monahans Draw sanddunes The camp of the seven Comanche women in the 1850s Jumano of the Sands - A poem by Mark Pelham Kiowa Indians were important on the Llano Estacado in the 1800s Did the mustangers of the early 1800s and late 1700s come to West Texas? Mescalero Apaches visit an overnight campsite at a playa The ranching and farming life Women in ranching Ranching is more than cows Big spreads Old time lingo Charlie Goodnight Charlie Goodnight and Tafoya Charlie Goodnight and the Prairie Chickens Cowboy folktales Early day farming and ranching along the Colorado River Cotton farmers Sheepranching Ozona Barnhart Trap High lonesome draw and teaching history Ranching at Stiles Best Novels of the Llano Estacado (Kelton and Anaya) Brush Control Windmills Termites Pronghorns Winter storms Hailstorm near Ozona Camping on a ranch near Ozona Lone Wolf Mountain Ranchers and Quail Ranchers and Drought Africanized bees Nickel Creek Café Goldsmith ranching Nature tourism and the x-bar ranch Nature tourism and the Mott Creek Ranch Nature tourism and the Windmill Ranch preserve Education and the Mott Creek Ranch West Texas’s first energy boom – prairie coal Feral hogs are a part of the modern West Texas landscape Cochran County was the last frontier of Texas The Flache-White Ranch \| Photoessay Tipis, wickiups, chozas, pithouses, and jacales – the primitive architecture of West Texas Ranching the Holistic Resource Management way is good for the land \| Related Photo Essay Charles Goodnight saved an incompetent commander on the Llano Estacado in 1862 When did Jesus Perea bring 30,000 sheep to Tahoka Lake? Joe McCombs and the last buffalo hunt in Midland County Cotton farmers deserve recognition and a museum Kerosene and castor oil - Home cures were once universal health care The cold fronts of winter reminds Llaneros of a story of loyalty Hobbs’ Western Heritage Museum to build new Archaeological Center Oilfield Stories Goldsmith Goldsmith revisited Oilwell pad ecology Oilcamp memories Penwell The oilfield’s changing landscape Modern life on the Llano Estacado Music styles originated on the Llano Estacado Murals in West Texas West Texas Architecture Metal Art Boom and bust cycle of West Texas economy Changes at MaryNeal Trends in the Exurban Landscape The Ecology of Development Midland and Odessa need Greenbelt parks Bringing back a brother Roadrunners are a Llanero icon Buffalo are a Llanero icon Rattlesnakes (another Llanero icon) are not Evil Mojave Rattlers are not on the Llano Estacado #1 Mojave Rattlers are not on the Llano Estacado #2 Town Life – Geckos and Anoles Town Life – Tree Squirrels Box turtles in the yard Water features in the landscape The Oaks of the urban forest Birdwatching the urban forest Peregrine falcon downtown Ecology of the edge of town on the way to work Trash Ecoystem County dogs Caliche pits Windbreaks Windmills Graveyards and decoration day Consolidated schools Arrowhead hunting Nature Tourism On the road in West Texas #1 Midland to Patricia On the road in West Texas #2 Patricia to Andrews On the road in West Texas #3 Shafter Lake On the road in West Texas #4 Coke County On the road in West Texas #5 Gyppy Soil On the road in West Texas #6 4th of July in Andrews On the road in West Texas #7 Lizard Races in Lovington, New Mexico On the road in West Texas #8 The ghost town of Fort Chadbourne On the road in West Texas #9 The fort of Fort Chadbourne On the road in West Texas #10 Fort Concho Living History Days On the road in West Texas #11 The importance of Fort Lancaster On the road in West Texas #12 Camping in the Sanddunes On the road in West Texas #13 Paint Rock pictographs On the road in West Texas #14 Paint Rock pictographs revisited Small town schools are great places for students to learn A fine young male, fresh and brightly colored and very handsome Pioneering in the city – adventures in urban ecology Open Preserve Day at Independence Creek Preserve Gone Native Photo Diaries – The Sibley Nature Center promotes water conservation. This set of photoessays takes you through a year of a garden that was watered twice in 2006. Early February, 2006 scenes Early March scenes Scenes from March 29-30 and April 2 Scenes from April 7-8 Scenes from April 15 Scenes from April 19 and April 21 Scenes from April 23 Scenes from April 26 Scenes from May 4 Scenes from May 23 Scenes from June 11 Scenes from June 21 Scenes from Scenes from August Scenes from September Scenes from October Scenes from November Scenes from December January 2007 Icestorm Easter 2007 Snowstorm To navigate the present, look back at the other times the world changed Midland’s Urban Forest – a dynamic ecosystem always changing Stalking the wild – daytripping with a digital camera West Texans work together to promote Heritage Tourism The passalong plant Winter Jasmine is more than the first bloom of spring 2008 – the worst year ever for wildfires Finding Wildflowers during a droughty spring can be exciting Along with the Amber alert, there should be a “Silver Alert” Volunteers needed to pick thousands of Seeds for Lady Bird Johnson Center project A free deer hunting pasture can come with a price The Sibley Nature Center helps conservation groups in Whiteface, Rankin, Colorado City Ethnobotany Program at Sibley – the art of living off the land When and why do critters take night trips to town? Pecos County mesa country is rough and wild Feel the gaze of a raptor this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sibley Nature Center! Camels in West Texas -- Fort Stockton Sesquicentennial In memory of Ed Dwyer, the Sibley Nature Center looks forward Facebook and digital photography for citizen scientists Schoolchildren can walk the Sibley Nature Center Trails and win prizes! Rescue of a bald eagle resonates with symbolism West Texans are great observers of the out-of-doors From the country to you – the Downtown Farmer's Market The perfect model for life in the summer -- the box turtle Stories of Growing Up in the Llano Estacado Growing Up in Rotan, Texas - by Jodie Baugh Top of Page
	Sibley Nature Center 1307 E. Wadley, Midland, Texas 79705 phone 432.684.6827 email bwilliams@sibleynaturecenter.org