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Book Texas Graveyards

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terry G. Jordan
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2010-07-05
  • ISBN : 0292788436
  • Pages : 287 pages

Download or read book Texas Graveyards written by Terry G. Jordan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where more poignantly than in a small country graveyard can a traveler fathom the flow of history and tradition? During the past twenty years, Terry G. Jordan has traveled the back roads and hidden trails of rural Texas in search of such cemeteries. With camera in hand, he has visited more than one thousand cemeteries created and maintained by the Anglo-American, black, Indian, Mexican, and German settlers of Texas. His discoveries of sculptured stones and mounds, hex signs and epitaphs, intricate landscapes and unusual decorations represent a previously unstudied and unappreciated wealth of Texas folk art and tradition. Texas Graveyards not only marks the distinct ethnic and racial traditions in burial practices but also preserves a Texas legacy endangered by changing customs, rural depopulation, vandalism, and the erosion of time.

Book The Searcher

Download or read book The Searcher written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ancestors   Friends

Download or read book Ancestors Friends written by William Lusk Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancestral genealogy of William Lusk Crawford, Sr., and his wife, Georgia Belle Blount.

Book History of Texas

Download or read book History of Texas written by Buckley B. Paddock and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings

Download or read book Proceedings written by Pioneer America Society and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes papers prepared for the fifth-sixth annual meeting of the Pioneer America Society.

Book Historic Denton County

Download or read book Historic Denton County written by Hollace Hervey and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating over 150 years of North Texas History.

Book Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Download or read book Southwestern Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Download or read book The Southwestern Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Peters Colony of Texas

Download or read book The Peters Colony of Texas written by Seymour V. Connor and published by Texas State Historical Assn. This book was released on 2005 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas State Historical Association is pleased to partner with the Collin County Historical Society to make Seymour V. Connor's The Peters Colony of Texas available once again. This classic work of Texas history, long out of print, was praised by John H. Jenkins in Basic Texas Books as "the best study of one of the largest land grants in Texas history." The TSHA first published The Peters Colony of Texas in 1959. The Peters Colony, totaling 16,000 square miles of North Texas, now includes twenty-six counties. Jenkins called it "a masterpiece of weaving together the threads of an extremely difficult historical puzzle with only the meagerest of source materials." For many years the book, with its documentation of early migration to Texas, was available to the public only in noncirculating library collections and an occasional appearance on the rare book market. The TSHA and the Collin County Historical Society are pleased to offer a paperback edition of The Peters Colony of Texas to bring this significant work of Texas history back to public attention.

Book Springs of Texas

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.

Book The K A R D  Files Presents Luttrell Lineages   Data

Download or read book The K A R D Files Presents Luttrell Lineages Data written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Aderhold t Collection  v 4  Jacob Aderhold

Download or read book The Aderhold t Collection v 4 Jacob Aderhold written by William Bailey Cash and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book First Timers and Old Timers

Download or read book First Timers and Old Timers written by Kenneth L. Untiedt and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Texas Folklore Society has been alive and kicking for over one hundred years now, and I don't really think there's any mystery as to what keeps the organization going strong. The secret to our longevity is simply the constant replenishment of our body of contributors. We are especially fortunate in recent years to have had papers given at our annual meetings by new members--young members, many of whom are college or even high school students. "These presentations are oftentimes given during sessions right alongside some of our oldest members. We've also had long-time members who've been around for years but had never yet given papers; thankfully, they finally took the opportunity to present their research, fulfilling the mission of the TFS: to collect, preserve, and present the lore of Texas and the Southwest. "You'll find in this book some of the best articles from those presentations. The first fruits of our youngest or newest members include Acayla Haile on the folklore of plants. Familiar and well-respected names like J. Rhett Rushing and Kenneth W. Davis discuss folklore about monsters and the classic 'widow's revenge' tale. These works--and the people who produced them--represent the secret behind the history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as its future."--Kenneth L. Untiedt

Book Mapsco Fort Worth Street Guide   Directory

Download or read book Mapsco Fort Worth Street Guide Directory written by Mapsco, Inc and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Cass County  Indiana

Download or read book History of Cass County Indiana written by Thomas B. Helm and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Between the Cracks of History

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
  • Publisher : University of North Texas Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9781574410365
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Between the Cracks of History written by Francis Edward Abernethy and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six essays discuss definitions and explanations of folklore, and methods of teaching it. Then 15 additional essays explore Texas folklore related to such topics as police burials, gang graffiti, fiddling, ghosts, dance halls, oil fields, spring rituals, and the dialect spoken along the border between Texas and Mexico. Numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR