Author: Clotilde P. Garcia
Publisher:
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Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Padre Island and Padre José Nicolás Ballí
Author: Clotilde P. Garcia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas, Revised Edition
Author: Kim Withers
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623499925
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 713
Book Description
The Laguna Madre is the only hypersaline coastal lagoon on the North American continent and only one of five worldwide. The lagoon is renowned for its vast seagrass meadows, huge wintering redhead population, and bountiful fishing grounds. In 2000, the Nature Conservancy, whose mission is the conservation of biodiversity through protection of habitat, recognized the need to amass all known information about the Laguna Madre and implement a science-based conservation agenda. From those efforts came the first edition of this book. Now completely revised and updated, this second edition of The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas is the culmination of two decades of additional research and continued conservation efforts in the region. Nearly 100 years of literature on the Laguna Madre and surrounding environments has been synthesized here. With 150 figures and illustrations, the book takes a broad and comprehensive look at both the Texan and Tamaulipan Laguna Madre. The value of this book for scientists, conservationists, resource managers, and policy makers involved in the future of the Texas and Mexico coasts is clear. Coastal residents, birders, anglers, and nature lovers who want to learn about and take care of the Laguna Madre will find this to be an indispensable guide.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623499925
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 713
Book Description
The Laguna Madre is the only hypersaline coastal lagoon on the North American continent and only one of five worldwide. The lagoon is renowned for its vast seagrass meadows, huge wintering redhead population, and bountiful fishing grounds. In 2000, the Nature Conservancy, whose mission is the conservation of biodiversity through protection of habitat, recognized the need to amass all known information about the Laguna Madre and implement a science-based conservation agenda. From those efforts came the first edition of this book. Now completely revised and updated, this second edition of The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas is the culmination of two decades of additional research and continued conservation efforts in the region. Nearly 100 years of literature on the Laguna Madre and surrounding environments has been synthesized here. With 150 figures and illustrations, the book takes a broad and comprehensive look at both the Texan and Tamaulipan Laguna Madre. The value of this book for scientists, conservationists, resource managers, and policy makers involved in the future of the Texas and Mexico coasts is clear. Coastal residents, birders, anglers, and nature lovers who want to learn about and take care of the Laguna Madre will find this to be an indispensable guide.
Women across Time / Mujeres a Través del Tiempo
Author: Susan L. Roberson
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1648430864
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Sixteen South Texas women stand proudly in the public mural Mujeres a Través del Tiempo by Arnold Gonzáles Sr. housed on the campus of Texas A&M University–Kingsville. These women are pioneers; they are ranchers, educators, artists, politicians, and community activists; they are general and specific, known and unknown. Inspired by the mural, this study assumes the biographer’s task: to fill in the gaps of knowledge between the figures as seen and the lives they lived, with their trials and triumphs. Assembled by editor Susan L. Roberson, this collection features essays on the lives of the women who are depicted in the mural, women who live or lived in the South Texas region between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, particularly Kleberg, Kenedy, and Nueces counties. Situated near the boundary between Mexico and Texas, these women navigated more than geographic borders as they tested their place in economic, political, and artistic arenas long recognized as male domains. Taken together, these biographical sketches contribute to a revision and reimagining of the history of South Texas and provide a corrective to an Anglo-dominated history of the area by showing how Tejanas found places of leadership and creative outlets. By sketching the contributions of female students at Texas A&M University–Kingsville, the final essay brings the collection to the present and forecasts a future where opportunities for women extend beyond borders.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1648430864
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Sixteen South Texas women stand proudly in the public mural Mujeres a Través del Tiempo by Arnold Gonzáles Sr. housed on the campus of Texas A&M University–Kingsville. These women are pioneers; they are ranchers, educators, artists, politicians, and community activists; they are general and specific, known and unknown. Inspired by the mural, this study assumes the biographer’s task: to fill in the gaps of knowledge between the figures as seen and the lives they lived, with their trials and triumphs. Assembled by editor Susan L. Roberson, this collection features essays on the lives of the women who are depicted in the mural, women who live or lived in the South Texas region between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, particularly Kleberg, Kenedy, and Nueces counties. Situated near the boundary between Mexico and Texas, these women navigated more than geographic borders as they tested their place in economic, political, and artistic arenas long recognized as male domains. Taken together, these biographical sketches contribute to a revision and reimagining of the history of South Texas and provide a corrective to an Anglo-dominated history of the area by showing how Tejanas found places of leadership and creative outlets. By sketching the contributions of female students at Texas A&M University–Kingsville, the final essay brings the collection to the present and forecasts a future where opportunities for women extend beyond borders.
The Historic Seacoast of Texas
Author: J. U. Salvant
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292777418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Watercolor paintings and brief historical essays capture the history, beauty, and natural resources of the Texas Gulf Coast.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292777418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Watercolor paintings and brief historical essays capture the history, beauty, and natural resources of the Texas Gulf Coast.
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to North American History
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Why Stop?
Author: Betty Dooley Awbrey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589797892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of town, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This Sixth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589797892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of town, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This Sixth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.
Mezquite Blossoms
Author: Rogelia O. García
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Category : Laredo (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laredo (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Captain Blas María de la Garza Falcón
Author: Clotilde P. Garcia
Publisher:
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Category : Cattle brands
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A biography of Blas María de la Garza Falcón born in 1712 near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico the son of Governor Blas de la Garza Falcón III (1673-1736) and Doña Beatriz de Villarreal. He married 1 Jan 1731 Doña Catarina Gómez de Castro. He died in 1767 in Camargo, Tamps., Mexico. He helped to colonize southern Texas, explored the coast and established a mission to christen the Indians.
Publisher:
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Category : Cattle brands
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A biography of Blas María de la Garza Falcón born in 1712 near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico the son of Governor Blas de la Garza Falcón III (1673-1736) and Doña Beatriz de Villarreal. He married 1 Jan 1731 Doña Catarina Gómez de Castro. He died in 1767 in Camargo, Tamps., Mexico. He helped to colonize southern Texas, explored the coast and established a mission to christen the Indians.