Download or read book Remembering Slaton Texas Centennial Stories 1911 2011 written by James Villanueva and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remembering Slaton Texas written by James Villanueva and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retrace Slaton's history with local author James Villanueva as he profiles one hundred years of the town's stories and its people. From its founding in 1911, through the Roaring Twenties, the turbulent 1960s and into today, Remembering Slaton, Texas, is a look at the rich history of this charming Texas town. Sometimes haunting and sometimes inspiring--but always entertaining--these are the tales and legends that made Slaton what it is today.
Download or read book Heaven s Harsh Tableland written by Paul H. Carlson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Llano Estacado—dubbed by author Paul H. Carlson as “heaven’s harsh tableland”—covers some 48,000 square miles of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In this new survey of the region, the story begins during prehistoric times and with descendants of the Comanche, Apache, and other Native American tribal groups. Other groups have also left their marks on the area: Spanish explorers, Comancheros and other traders, European settlers, farmers and ranchers, artists, and even athletes. Carlson, a veteran historian, aims to review “the Llano’s historic contours from its earliest foundations to its energetic present,” and in doing so, he skillfully narrates the story of the region up to the present time of modern agribusiness and urbanization. Throughout the ten chronologically arranged chapters, concise sidebars support the narrative, highlighting important and interesting topics such as the enigmatic origins of the region’s name, fascinating geological and paleontological facts, the arrival of humans, the natural history of bison, colorful “characters” in the history of the region, and many others. The resulting broad synthesis captures the entirety of the Llano Estacado, summarizing and interpreting its natural and human history in a single, carefully researched and clearly written volume. Heaven’s Harsh Tableland: A New History of the Llano Estacado will provide a helpful, enjoyable, and authoritative guide to the history and development of this important region.
Download or read book Texas Obscurities written by E.R. Bills and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of these quirky true stories might surprise even the most proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that vied with the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922, German priest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred and feathered amid anti-German fervor following World War I. Author E.R. Bills offers this collection of trials, tribulations and intrigue that is sure to enrich one's understanding of the biggest state in the Lower Forty-eight.
Download or read book Trumpism Mexican America and the Struggle for Latinx Citizenship written by Phillip B. Gonzales and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by the overwhelming political urgency of the moment, the contributors to this volume seek to frame Trumpism's origins and political effects.
Download or read book Our Community written by Bessie Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book: Contents are Historical It contains information on families and individuals, from The Hathorn, and/or Mt. Pleasant Community in Noxapater, Mississippi covering the years 1870 2000. 1) Their achievements and Accomplishments 2) Chosen Careers 3) Areas where they moved to and became residents 4) Some mystery news 5) Untimely deaths and tragedies 6) Drama/Comedy 7) Statistics on births, deaths and dates 8) Where many of our residents were laid to rest
Download or read book Harvey Houses of Texas written by Rosa Walston Latimer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the twentieth century, small-town Texas was still wild country lacking in the commodities and cultural centers of larger cities. This changed, however, with the arrival of the Santa Fe rail line, followed quickly by the Harvey House. Established in Kansas by English immigrant Fred Harvey, Harvey Houses could be found throughout the Southwest and adjoined local depots in sixteen Texas towns. Found in every corner of the state, Harvey Houses were not just restaurants and hotels for weary, hungry travelers but were also bustling social centers and often the only commercial outlet for the communities that developed around them. Author Rosa Walston Latimer tells the history of hospitality the "Fred Harvey way" in turn-of-the-century Texas, woven from personal stories of the famous "Harvey Girls" and other employees of Texas Harvey Houses.
Download or read book Lone Star Pasts written by Gregg Cantrell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas' pasts are examined in this groundbreaking volume, featuring chapters by a wide range of scholars.
Download or read book The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs written by James Villanueva and published by . This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A slow-paced, culturally rich story." - Kirkus Reviews Seventeen-year-old Santos Ramos is a curandero - Latinx shaman - living in desolate West Texas. When a mute boy crosses the border through a sinister smuggler, Santos finds himself fascinated by the voiceless teen. Santos craves a more traditional high school life of parties, studying for the SATs, and writing for the school blog, but he was born with el don - the gift. People come to him for spiritual healing. Like his past Aztec roots, though, asking God for healing comes with the sacrifices of fevered charms, personal objects, snake venom, and even the blood of animals. He struggles to keep his identity as el don from his All-American best friends, Maverick and Victor, who, like most of the town, are intrigued to know about the mysterious "Monster of Southland." The legendary hidden figure lurks at night, leaving behind a trail of animal carcasses as sacrifices. Sixteen-year-old Dulcero Lopez and his younger sister emigrate from Honduras after witnessing the brutal murder of his parents, causing him to have aphasia and lose the ability to speak. The two head north to the USA, where Dulcero is separated from her by ICE. Voiceless Dulcero is sent to live with his abusive uncle, Juan, who is a coyote and who he cannot pay for bringing him over. His only way out of this hell and to be reunited with his little sister is through the healing hands of Santos. The end of his junior year has Santos questioning everything about who he is as a curandero while craving the freedom of becoming the teen he aches to be. When Dulcero arrives, Santos finds himself like the trailing dying light of a midnight star, falling - falling fast in love with the voiceless visitor who needs his healing hands.
Download or read book Texas South Plains War Stories written by Larry A. Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every veteran has a story to tell--often ones they have not told their own families. But as one vet in this collection of original interviews succinctly said of his combat experiences: "Some things are better left unsaid." Documenting recollections from survivors of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and other conflicts--all residents of the Texas Panhandle--this book presents narratives from men and women whose young lives, for good or ill, were defined by their participation in warfare in service to their country.
Download or read book Summary of E R Bills s Texas Obscurities written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of E.R. Bills's Texas Obscurities in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "E.R. Bills' 'Texas Obscurities' recounts a series of lesser-known historical events that have shaped Texas' past. The book delves into a 1924 Supreme Court case involving the Woodmen of the World, which led to the appointment of the first all-female Supreme Court in America due to a conflict of interest among the male justices. It also explores the bizarre 'bat-bomb' project during World War II, where bats were considered as carriers for incendiary devices against Japan...
Download or read book The Slaton Family Ab Antiquitas written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Slayden (d.ca. 1787) and his wife, Rachel, lived in New Kent County, Virginia during or before 1730. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Slaton) and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, New Mexico, California and elsewhere. Includes some genealogical data about possible immigrant ancestry.
Download or read book The Bob Hope Memorial Book written by Xulon Press, Incorporated and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Rectors Remembered The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 6 written by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 6 of 8, 3337 to 4042. A genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.
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Download or read book First Person America written by Ann Banks and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1938 and 1942 the Federal Writers’ Project set out to create a first-person portrait of America by sending young writers—many of whom later became famous—around the country to interview people from all occupations and backgrounds. This book presents 80 of these diverse life histories, including the stories of a North Carolina patent-medicine pitchman, a retired Oregon prospector, a Bahamian midwife from Florida, a Key West smuggler, recent immigrants to New York, and Chicago jazz musicians. Historian Eric Foner called First-Person America “the finest example yet of an increasingly important genre of oral history.”
