A Stake in West Texas

In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked herto marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon,left home and began a life of adventure together on Conocoâ??s West Texas surveycrew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen yearson the roadâ??Bob D and Annâ??s travels along the highways of West Texas are aportrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering localhistory with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-centuryWest Texas through her grandparentsâ?? adventures as a young couple raisingchildren on the road.