History along the Way : Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers /

Texans love stories, and the 15,000 roadside markers along the state's highways and byways testify to the abundance of tales to tell. This book recounts the narratives behind and beyond more than one hundred Texas roadside markers. Peopled with colorful characters - a national leader of Camp Fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Utley, Dan K.
Otros Autores: Beeman, Cynthia J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travel.
Historical markers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Plaques commemoratives > Texas.
Historical markers > Texas.
Texas.
Texas > Biographies.
Texas > Descriptions et voyages.
Texas > Biography.
Texas > Description and travel.
Texas > History > Anecdotes.
Texas > History.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A chance encounter of the great procession
  • Sidebar : Dr. Sellards and the Malakoff Men
  • Sidebar : A good place to hunt
  • John Ben's critters
  • Sidebar : Standing for health
  • A life in ragged time
  • Sidebar : Maple leaf rag
  • Sidebar : Oakwood's founder
  • Turn east to Texas
  • Sidebar : The Abert context in the Texas Panhandle
  • Sidebar : Replacing historical markers
  • Illumined by truthful artistic ideals
  • Sidebar : El Paso High School
  • Her lonely way back home
  • Sidebar : Rainbow Bridge
  • And the cars keep rolling by
  • Sidebar : East Mound Cemetery
  • Sidebar : Granbury's town square service station
  • "To have what we must"
  • Sidebar : Landmark schoolhouses of Gillespie County
  • A journey back to nature
  • Sidebar : The invasion of Lampasas County
  • Lift high the water
  • Sidebar : Dam, ditch, and aqueduct
  • The normal on Chautauqua Hill
  • Sidebar : Northcraft's San Marcos churches
  • Sidebar : Orlando Newton Hollingsworth
  • Sidebar : Remembering Old Main on Capitol Hill
  • History on the grounds
  • Sidebar : Capitol markers : the rest of the story
  • Sidebar : The littlest dreadnought
  • Justice is the corporate face of love
  • Sidebar : Christ Church Cathedral
  • A light on the path of wisdom
  • Sidebar : Fairly flying from Terrell to Dallas
  • Two generations striving for civil rights
  • Sidebar : Huston-Tillotson University
  • Sidebar : Wiley College
  • A citizen with work to do
  • Sidebar : Women first
  • Here I am in Palestine
  • Sidebar : From cotton field to factory
  • The three graves of Judge Baylor
  • Sidebar : A gift in the hour of need.

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