Author: Joyce Gibson Roach
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9780898659726
Category : Cross Timbers (Okla. and Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Richard V. Francaviglia
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292789025
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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“A thoughtful, thorough, and updated account of this bio-region” from the author of From Sail to Steam: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900 (Great Plains Research). Winner, Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award, Texas Institute of Letters, 2001 A complex mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak forests interspersed with prairies, the Cross Timbers cover large portions of southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and north central Texas. Home to indigenous peoples over several thousand years, the Cross Timbers were considered a barrier to westward expansion in the nineteenth century, until roads and railroads opened up the region to farmers, ranchers, coal miners, and modern city developers, all of whom changed its character in far-reaching ways. This landmark book describes the natural environment of the Cross Timbers and interprets the role that people have played in transforming the region. Richard Francaviglia opens with a natural history that discusses the region’s geography, geology, vegetation, and climate. He then traces the interaction of people and the landscape, from the earliest indigenous inhabitants and European explorers to the developers and residents of today’s ever-expanding cities and suburbs. Many historical and contemporary maps and photographs illustrate the text. “This is the most important, original, and comprehensive regional study yet to appear of the amazing Cross Timbers region in North America . . . It will likely be the standard benchmark survey of the region for quite some time.” —John Miller Morris, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Texas at San Antonio

Author: J. M. Buchanan
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525527428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283

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In the fall of 1868, eighteen-year-old Aaron LaCroix leaves his family homestead on the Mississippi bound for adventure. At his Army post in the far northwest of Indian Territory as a part of the Seventh Cavalry, he makes the acquaintance of Reid McKinstry, a lanky teenage Texan whose outgoing personality provides a foil for LaCroix’s taciturn one. Over the course of their journeys, LaCroix and McKinstry encounter renegades and pursue wanted men; they drive cattle and work as bounty hunters. Eventually they are sent on a special mission that culminates with a heroic act for which they will always be remembered, and come into contact with someone they did not expect from LaCroix’s past.

Author: Edward Everett Dale
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292740697
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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The activities of a young boy on a small farm in the Texas Cross Timbers during the 1880s seem especially distant today. No one can remember the adventure of a sixteen-and-a-half-mile journey, which consumed the greater part of a day; or hurried predawn dressing in a frosty cold loft while the fragrance of a hearty breakfast wafted upward through the floor cracks; or a two-room schoolhouse, where the last half of Friday afternoon was given over to “speaking pieces” or to spelling and ciphering matches. Through the recollections of Edward Everett Dale we are able to view a pattern of life in rural America now gone forever. For The Cross Timbers is a story which, with but a few minor variations, could have been told about a vast number of small boys on farms cleared from the virgin forests in the timbered regions of many states. After presenting a brief introduction to the members of the Dale family and the plant, animal, and bird life of the Lower Cross Timbers countryside, the author describes his boyhood of a past century. He tells of his home, its furnishings, and the food served there, as well as the neighbors and relatives who come to visit. We learn of the superstitions, the humorous homespun expressions, the mores of early rural Texans. We hunt and fish with young Master Dale in the thick woods and along the clear creeks. Pioneer life demanded much hard work, but not to the exclusion of a diverting social life—both of which included the youngsters, as the author so graphically relates. Dale tells us also of the religious and secular education of the era, showing the significance of the home in supplementing these two influences. Anyone reading this volume must be impressed by the great differences in the lifeways of rural children today and of those of the end of the nineteenth century.

Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Account of an expedition in Oct. and Nov. 1832 through a part of the unorganized Indian country now the state of Oklahoma.

Author: Mary Dodson Wade
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781432911577
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts about the regions of Texas and their valuable resources. You'll find colorful maps that help you locate Texas' regions and understand their features. You will learn about the many natural and man-made resources of the state and how they affect its economy.

Author: Bob Perry
Publisher: Bob Perry
ISBN: 144010705X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Some men are born brothers; others become brothers through experiences. Arty, Lance, and Gill share an unbreakable bond tested by their common desire for a woman of charm and beauty, but with secrets that will test their camaraderie. Their friendship is forged in the Cross Timber, an ancient forest separating the vast plains of western Oklahoma from the wooded hills of the east. Set against the backdrop of the Great Railroad Strike of 1922, Brothers of the Cross Timber describes the challenges families faced in the mass migration from the farm to the cities in the early twentieth century. As the "brothers" find their place in a changing and uncertain world, they learn trust is the enduring element to friendship.

Author: Charles Gerard Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Contains currently available information about land as a resource for farming, ranching, forestry, engineering, recreation, and other uses.

Author: Leigh Macneil
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546209298
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 157

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From the hyperkinetic boy who was tossed in a dumpster to the man who found life-long love, Spaz: The True Story of my Life with ADHD takes you on a journey through inspirational highs and unthinkable lows. Dispersed between a series of true stories about one mans struggles with severe Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Spaz includes supporting material and research on what we know about ADHD today. Leighs unparalleled drive to prove his naysayers wrong and become a success because of, rather than in spite of, his ADHD will entertain and intrigue young and old alike. Additionally, the informational pieces presented before each memory will educate you on how to handle common ADHD concerns. Spaz presents a mix of humor and raw truth that promises to have you question everything you ever knew or thought you knew about ADHD.