Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
Men and Women of America
Waxahachie
Author: Kelly McMichael StottPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439630542
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The people of Waxahachie, Texas, have always been at the heart of a thriving community that was once the largest cotton-producing county in the nation. As county seat, Waxahachie burgeoned into a bustling center for business and education and carved out a unique niche in the growing landscape. But its citizens overcame significant obstacles as well, facing such challenges as a massive slave revolt during the Civil War and the economic bust of the 1930s. Reflecting both the glory and hardship of these struggles, Waxahachie today stands as a testament to Southern determination and how a town came to be defined by a crop on which America still relies-cotton. Always with an eye on their future, the people of Waxahachie, in 1912, supported the development of an interurban electric railway system linking them to Dallas and Waco. Each July between 1900 and 1930, Texans from all over the state came to Waxahachie by covered wagon, on horseback, and later by automobile to participate in the national Chautauqua phenomenon and hear such great orators as William Jennings Bryan and Will Rogers. Waxahachie's Chautauqua Auditorium, still in use today, is one of the few national survivors of this educational movement. This tradition of community and culture survives to the present day in such events as the Scarborough Fair, the National Polka Festival, and the Gingerbread Trail of Homes. In this new historical account, Waxahachie, Texas: Where Cotton Reigned King, the town springs to life in a blend of more than 100 vintage photographs and stories that chronicle the perseverance and love of a people for their town.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Searchers & Researchers of Ellis County, Texas
Author: Southern Weekly
Author: American Law and Lawyers
Author: A History of Texas and Texans
Author: Frank White JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 8
Author: Laura Wayland-Smith HatchPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312620420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Volume 8 of 8. Sources & Index to a genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.
History of Stanislaus County California
Author: George Henry TinkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stanislaus County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
Book Description
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."