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While almost no white person set foot in the panhandle for three centuries, politicians, generals, and diplomats debated who the territory belonged to.

The big draw in any settlement in No Man's Land was alcohol and moonshine. Virtually any place with more than two houses had a saloon or a general store where ranchers could spend their paychecks on booze. It's not hard to see why spirits became so popular; aside from working the fields or pasture lands, there was very little to do but drink, and get into fights.

Hello, High Plains Public Radio listeners. This is Andrea Elise coming to you from Amarillo, Texas. Have you ever read a book that considers the dilemmas and questions we encounter almost every day while, at the same time, delivers the promises of a generation?

This is Linda Allen for HPPR Summer Reads. In keeping with my background in psychology, I gravitate to relationship stories. My first read this summer was Dream State by Eric Puchner which is about relationships and so much more.

This is Shelley Armitage for Radio Readers Book Bytes Summer Reading wishing you a good day. In my latest book of poems, From a Sandstone Ledge, I explore the ways in which landscape draws us into a greater understanding of ourselves and others by experiencing a deeper connection with the places we inhabit.

Frontier justice was the only justice in No Man's Land, and a culture of vigilantism developed. In one case, when an inebriated man started firing wildly in the middle of Beaver City, the residents promptly shot him, and quietly buried him, without incident.

For High Plains Public Radio Readers Book Club, I'm Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas.I'm talking about the book When the News Broke by Heather Hindershot. This book talks about the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

There are many stories of outrageous things that happened in No Man's Land, and almost all of them begin with a cowboy drinking too much. One man who couldn't seem to catch a break was Bill Williams of Gate City.

Hi, I’m Tara Shaw from Edina, Minnesota—although I grew up in Kansas and am a longtime HPPR listener. I’ve got a summer reading pick for you that might sound a little hefty, but I promise it’s a page-turner. It actually just hit #1 on the New York Times nonfiction list. The book is Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.