Hardcover. The Texas Experience, Books made possible by Sarah ’84 and Mark ’77 Philpy.
By David W. Keller. Published by Texas A&M University Press, 2019.
In the Shadow of the Chinatis combines the rich narratives of history, natural history, and archeology to tell the story of the landscape as well as the people who once inhabited it. Settling the land was difficult, staying on it even more so, but one family proved especially resilient. Rising above their meager origins, the Prietos eventually amassed a 12,000-acre ranch in the shadow of the Chinati Mountains to become the most successful of Pinto Canyon’s early settlers.
