Download or read book Lone Star Travel Guide to Central Texas written by Richard Zelade and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formerly a part of the popular Lone Star Guide to the Texas Hill Country, Central Texas now gets its own treatment in this up-to-date guide that includes history, folklore, and geography; detailed listings of lodgings, restaurants, and entertainment; major attractions, including state parks, museums, and historic places; directions, days and hours of operation, addresses, and phone numbers; and maps and calendar of events. Five tours take you from the Balcones Escarpment to "Central Texas Stew," a region of the state largely settled by Czechs and Germans in the early twentieth century.

Download or read book Lone Star Travel Guide to Texas Hill Country written by Richard Zelade and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A more narrowly focused but still abundantly informative treatment of the Texas Hill Country, this new edition features five tours of the Hill Country that capture the essence of its flavor and charm. Take a ride on the Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad, follow the historic Mormon trails from Travis Peak Community to Medina Lake, visit Enchanted Rock, and much more. This updated sixth edition contains even more Hill Country destinations than ever before!

Download or read book Lone Star Travel Guide to Texas Parks and Campgrounds written by George Oxford Miller and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date guidebook perfect for campers, hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, bird watchers, nature photographers and just about anyone else who enjoys the outdoors.

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Download or read book Texas a Guide to the Lone Star State written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1940 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Central Texas written by Richard Zelade and published by Lone Star Guide to Texas. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas cities (talks about quite a few.).

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Download or read book Lone Star Guide to the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex Revised written by Robert R. Rafferty and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is a nearly 40-mile long mega-metropolitan area anchored by Dallas on one end and Fort Worth on the other, with the area between filled in with more than a dozen attractive, interconnected cities. Among the unheralded facts about these interlocking cities are that they contain more restaurants per capita than New York City (5,000 in Dallas alone), are home to all the major professional sports (including NASCAR and rodeo), and house 30 museums. This guidebook gives readers detailed information on the wide range of choices in lodging, restaurants, and everything worth seeing and doing, not only in Dallas and Fort Worth, but in eleven of the smaller cities between the two. They include: Addison, Arlington, Farmers Branch, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Irving, Mesquite, North Richland Hills, Plano and Richardson. In addition to the categories one would normally expect in a guide book, the authors have started each city listing with a description of free visitor services, as well as "Bird's Eye View" spots - great places to get a panoramic view of the city. (In Arlington it's the top of an oil derrick at Six Flags.) Finally, for the truly adventurous, there are plenty of "Offbeat" places of unusual interest that don't fit into the routine tourist categories.

Download or read book Lone Star Guide to the Texas Hill Country written by Richard Zelade and published by Lone Star Guide to the Texas H. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A more focused treatment of the Texas Hill Country, this new edition features five tours that capture the essence of its flavor and charm. Take a ride on the Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad, follow the historic Mormon trails, visit Enchanted Rock, and more. This book gives you history, folklore, and geography, as well as all the practical information you need to have a worry-free trip

Download or read book Texas written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Scholarly Press. This book was released on 1990-06 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lone Star Guide to Texas Parks and Campgrounds written by George Oxford Miller and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date guidebook is just the ticket for campers, hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, birdwatchers, nature photographers, and folks who just like to enjoy the outdoors. It offers all the details to every state and national park, recreation area, national forest, and historical park in Texas. Where appropriate, maps are provided to identify specific campsites within the larger parks, and "at a glance" charts provide a quick and easy way to determine the extent of such amenities as showers, flush toilets, electricity, etc. The unique features of each park or campground are described, as well as the recreation available, be it boating or bird watching. Whether it's for a Saturday getaway or a two-week vacation, this handy book is a great guide to outdoor fun in Texas.

Download or read book Guy Town by Gaslight written by Richard Zelade and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime and vice plagued Austin after the Civil War, and Guy Town was a red-light hub with a most curious legacy. Today's pleasure-seeking visitors to the Warehouse District walk on top of Guy Town--the chic neighborhood of today is built on the most decadent and deadly area of the city's past. With the old county courthouse at its core, the district rose from the Colorado River up to Fifth Street and spanned from Congress Avenue to Shoal Creek, infesting Austin's eclectic First Ward neighborhood. Guy Town was a haven for notorious madams, prostitutes, druggies and drunkards lost to history, as well as names still remembered--Ben Thompson, O. Henry and Johnny Ringo roamed its streets looking for a good time. From murderers to con men, crooked cops and more, meet the cast of characters that gave Guy Town its reputation in author Richard Zelade's lurid account of the Capital City's historic underbelly.

Download or read book Ray Miller s Eyes of Texas Travel Guide written by Ray Miller and published by Gulf Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes points of interest historic sites, museums, and parks in each county of Eastern Texas

Download or read book Texas written by Federal Writers Project and published by . This book was released on 1989-07-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonded Leather binding

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Download or read book The Lone Star Hiking Trail written by Karen Somers and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the hidden jewels of Texas, the Lone Star Hiking Trail is the only long-distance National Recreation Trail in the state. At 128 miles (including loop trails), it is also the state's longest continuously marked and maintained footpath. Located in the famed Big Thicket area in east Texas, the trail is well-suited for both short and long hikes (of up to 10 days), appealing to dayhikers, overnight backpackers and long-distance hikers. The LSHT lies between the major metro centers of Houston-Galveston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio--home to more than 8 million people just a 2-hour drive from the trail. The author, a Texas native, is an experienced long-distance hiker who has thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and many other nationally recognized long-distance trails throughout the U.S. This is the first guidebook to the trail and is officially endorsed and promoted by the Lone Star Hiking Trail Club.