Sure, Midland, Texas, has been practically synonymous with oil in recent years, but we must not forget that even the Permian Basin was cattle country before the petroleum era. Thanks to the legacy of the late, great J. Evetts Haley, a Western historian of the caliber of J. Frank Dobie and Walter P. Webb, Midland’s Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library continues to remind us of West Texas’ ranching roots by means of exhibits, scholarly get-togethers and publications like this one: a b
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