Download or read book A pictorial history of Texas written by Homer S. Thrall and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Texas possesses a peculiar interest. The contests for the possession of the country; the grand old mission structures erected for the conversion of the natives; the numerous changes of government, give to our history an air of romance. In the summary of events in this volume, all these interesting topics are not only briefly noticed;, but part of a thorough investigation into the heroic period of the history of Texas. In ten chapters Thrall tells the reader everything about the country, Spanish and Mexican domination, the Revolution, the Indians, noted personalities and many details more.
Download or read book Rockdale written by Lucile Estell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rockdale was first established as a railroad town in Milam County in 1874. Milam County was carved from the extensive Robertson's Colony in 1852, and it flourished with immigrants eager to move on after the Civil War severed the nation. For many, Rockdale was an easy choice for a new home because it was the end of the line. The fertile land, pleasant climate, and ample water attracted settlers, many of whom were of German, Czech, and Wendish descent. The presence of large deposits of lignite brought mining onto the scene in the early 1900s. From 1954 until 2009, the Aluminum Company of America operated a large plant that was six miles from Rockdale, which further changed the economy. The settlers were by no means the first humans to inhabit this land.
Download or read book Waco Texas William Cameron Park written by Mark E. Firmin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010 Cameron Park will celebrate its Centennial year as Waco's pleasure ground. Cameron Park is an outdoor escape within the Waco city limits, comfortably tucked away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Through this pictoral history, understand how Cameron Park came to be, how it evolved, and what its future might hold. This book fosters an even deeper appreciation for Waco's most valuable public asset and reminds us of its legacy - the gift of those who went before us and the gift we leave for future generations.
Download or read book 101 Battalion A Stone s Throw From Tokyo A Pictorial History of the 101st Seabees written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Pictorial History of Robins Air Force Base Georgia written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictorial History of the 447 Bombardment Group H written by Estley K. Surridge and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictorial history of the United States from the earliest period to the present time written by Benson J. LOSSING and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Pictorial History of the New World written by John Ledyard Denison and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictorial History of Remarkable Events in America written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.
Download or read book Springs of Texas written by Gunnar M. Brune and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Download or read book Above Mexico City written by Robert Cameron and published by Cameron Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book by Robert Cameron and Herb Lingl, taken from unusual angles and heights, with broad perspectives and close-ups, there is a unique vision of a unique city.Unbelievably expansive,deep in history, Mexico City is at the same time , one of the worlds most important urban centers, and also one of the worlds most misunderstood.The purpose of this book is to go a long way toward correcting this misunderstanding.here are the heights of Popocatepetl's smoking cone,the intimate views of the chinampas in the channels of Xochimilco, and the innumerable new insights about North America's oldest metropolis. With text by Luis HerrerLasso M.
Download or read book Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America Etc written by Benson John Lossing and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America written by Benson John Lossing and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book St Johns written by Cameron Udall and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settled in 1872 by Spanish pioneers from New Mexico, the town of St. Johns began as a farming and sheep-raising community far removed from the county seat and territorial capital of Prescott. Soon after, the Mormon Church, represented by Bishop David King Udall, purchased 1,200 acres for Mormon colonizers to settle. With the building of the Lyman Dam, the town was finally able to provide adequate water for crops and began to thrive. The building of a power plant in the 1970s doubled the population of St. Johns, but many of the original settlers' descendants are still there as well, canning their gardens' harvest and dusting from their homes the dirt brought in by the wind that never stops blowing. Although the streets are now paved and many of the old buildings and homes have long been razed, St. Johns has a unique story to tell.
Download or read book Texas in 1837 written by Andrew Forest Muir and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest known eyewitness account of the first year of the Republic of Texas. Written anonymously in 1838–39 by a “Citizen of Ohio,” Texas in 1837 is the earliest known account of the first year of the Texas republic. Providing information nowhere else available, the still-unknown author describes a land rich in potential but at the time “a more suitable arena for those who have everything to make and nothing to lose than [for] the man of capital or family.” The author arrived at Galveston Island on March 22, 1837, before the city of Galveston was founded, and spent the next six months in the republic. His travels took him to Houston, then little more than a camp made up of brush shelters and jerry-built houses, and as far west as San Antonio. He observed and was generally unimpressed by governmental and social structures just beginning to take shape. He attended the first anniversary celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto and has left a memorable account of Texas’ first Independence Day. His inquiring mind and objective, acute observations of early Texas give us a way of returning to the past, and revisiting landmarks that have vanished forever.
Download or read book Story of the War Pictorial History of the Great Civil War written by John Laird Wilson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
