{"product_id":"killeen-annette-s-lucksinger-9780738596044","title":"Killeen","description":"The story of Killeen is aptly called \"a tale of two cities.\" Killeen was founded on May 15, 1882, when the first Gulf, Colorado \u0026amp; Santa Fe Railway Company (GC\u0026amp;SF) locomotive arrived from east Bell County. The original town contained 360 acres purchased from Susan Spofford for $960. GC\u0026amp;SF honored its assistant general manager, Frank Patrick Killeen, by naming the new town for him, although he probably never visited his namesake. During its first 60 years, Killeen developed into a busy agricultural center specializing in cotton and wool. It remained a town of approximately 1,200 until 1942, when a tank destroyer center was opened nearby and became Killeen's close neighbor--physically, economically, and socially--displacing farms and ranches and converting the town from an agricultural to a military-based economy. That conversion and Killeen's boomtown future were sealed in 1950, when Camp Hood, the tank destroyer center named for Confederate general John Bell Hood, became a permanent military installation and was renamed Fort Hood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annette S. Lucksinger, Gerald D. Skidmore Sr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738596043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738596044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Annette S. Lucksinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925815918847,"sku":"9780738596044","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_93b95af7-0514-489b-a0f7-0c93278dc129.jpg?v=1681079529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/killeen-annette-s-lucksinger-9780738596044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}