Texas was known for years as the state with an outstanding highway system, and Dewitt C. Greer was known as the "King of the Highway Builders." From his debut as a resident engineer in 1927 to his retirement in 1967, Greer provided the organizational skill, integrity and professional ability, to get Texas "out of the mud" and onto a network of national and state highways and farm-to-market roads without equal. Author Richard Morehead makes his home in Austin, and is a long-time capitol correspondent with the "Dallas Morning News." He interviewed Mr. Greer at length, as well as his associates...