T for Texas: Blasting the Heavens for Rain

A century ago this august C ranch experienced one of the largest scale rain making experiment ever conducted. since ancient times people have observed that rain followed great battles, it was believed to be caused by the explosion of Gunpowder. So Congress appropriated funds and in August of 1890 attempted to make rain.T for Texas is a short weekly History show, where Dr. T Lindsey Baker takes you on a journey throughout all of Texas’ history one local story at a time.tfortexas.org