Land of Bright Promise: Advertising the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, 1870-1917 - Paperbackby Jan Blodgett (Author) "It shall be the chosen land, perpetual sunshine shall kiss its trees and vines, and, being storied in luscious fruits and compressed into ruddy wine, will be sent to the four points of the compass to gladden the hearts of all mankind . . . They will breathe the pure and bracing air, bask in the healing sunshine, drink the invigorating wine, and eat the life prolonging fruit." from a brochure advertising the Staked Plains from