Author: Brazos County Historical CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brazos County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Survey of Texas Historical Markers in Brazos County, Texas
Author: Brazos County Historical CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brazos County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Survey of Texas Historical Markers in Bastrop County
Author: Bastrop County Historical CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bastrop County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Newton County, Texas, Historical Marker Survey
Author: Historic Brazos County
Author: Historical Publishing NetworkPublisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 1893619419
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
A Survey of Texas Historical Markers in Bastrop County
Author: History Ahead
Author: Dan K. UtleyPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603441514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
More than 13,000 historical markers line the roadsides of Texas, giving drivers a way to sample the stories of the past. But these markers tell only part of the story. In History Ahead, Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman introduce readers to the rich, colorful, and sometimes action-packed and humorous history behind the famous (Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, The Big Bopper, and jazz great Charlie Christian) and the not-so-famous (Elmer "Lumpy" Kleb, Don Pedro Jaramillo, and Carl Morene, the "music man of Schulenburg") who have left their marks on the history of Texas. They visit cotton gins, abandoned airfields, forgotten cemeteries, and former World War II alien detention camps to dig up the little-known and unsuspected narratives behind the text emblazoned on these markers. Written in an anecdotal style that presents the cultural uniqueness and rich diversity of Texas history, History Ahead includes nineteen main stories, dozens of complementary sidebars, and many never-before-published historical and contemporary photographs. History Ahead offers a rich array of local stories that interweave with the broader regional and national context, touching on themes of culture, art, music, technology, the environment, oil, aviation, and folklore, among other topics. Utley and Beeman have located these forgotten gems, polished them up to a high shine, and offered them along with convenient maps and directions to the marker sites.
Why Stop?
Author: Betty Dooley AwbreyPublisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1589797906
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. With the most up-to-date records available, this sixth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. Handy and simple to use, it lists alphabetically the hundreds of cities and towns nearest the markers and pinpoints each marker with specific highway and mileage information. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.
Guide to Official Texas Historical Markers
Author: Texas Historical CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Guide to Official Texas Historical Markers
Author: Texas State Historical Survey CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Official Texas Historical Markers of Freestone County, Texas
Author: Freestone County Historical Survey CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description