Author: William Moses Jones
Publisher:
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Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A partial listing of the Texas highway historic markers.
Texas Testimony Carved in Stone
Author: William Moses Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A partial listing of the Texas highway historic markers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A partial listing of the Texas highway historic markers.
Palmito Ranch
Author: Jody Edward Ginn
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623496365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Runner-up, 2019 Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Book Award, sponsored by the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association (TOMFRA) Despite the strategic importance of the Lower Rio Grande Valley during the Civil War, the two battles fought there—the first (September 1864) and the second (May 1865) battles of Palmito Ranch—have largely faded from public memory even as the second battle earned the title “Last Land Battle of the Civil War.” In Palmito Ranch: From Civil War Battlefield to National Historic Landmark, Jody Edward Ginn and William Alexander McWhorter document efforts to redress this lacuna in the popular consciousness. They offer new information about these battles while chronicling the efforts to save and preserve the battlefield site, one of the few places in Texas where the war was contested. Opening with a crisp retelling of the principal military events that unfolded at Palmito Ranch, near the Confederate port city of Brownsville, Ginn and McWhorter recount the initiative pursued by a multidisciplinary team organized largely through the efforts of the Texas Historical Commission to study, document, and preserve this important Texas historic site. Now, visitors to the area may benefit from not only improved and expanded historical markers, but also a radio transmitter and a viewing platform, along with other interpretive aids. All this is due to the campaign spearheaded by McWhorter, Ginn, and a cohort of dedicated volunteers and professionals. Providing a case study in constituency building and public awareness raising to preserve and promote historic sites, Palmito Ranch will interest and educate heritage tourists, Civil War enthusiasts, and travelers to South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623496365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Runner-up, 2019 Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Book Award, sponsored by the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association (TOMFRA) Despite the strategic importance of the Lower Rio Grande Valley during the Civil War, the two battles fought there—the first (September 1864) and the second (May 1865) battles of Palmito Ranch—have largely faded from public memory even as the second battle earned the title “Last Land Battle of the Civil War.” In Palmito Ranch: From Civil War Battlefield to National Historic Landmark, Jody Edward Ginn and William Alexander McWhorter document efforts to redress this lacuna in the popular consciousness. They offer new information about these battles while chronicling the efforts to save and preserve the battlefield site, one of the few places in Texas where the war was contested. Opening with a crisp retelling of the principal military events that unfolded at Palmito Ranch, near the Confederate port city of Brownsville, Ginn and McWhorter recount the initiative pursued by a multidisciplinary team organized largely through the efforts of the Texas Historical Commission to study, document, and preserve this important Texas historic site. Now, visitors to the area may benefit from not only improved and expanded historical markers, but also a radio transmitter and a viewing platform, along with other interpretive aids. All this is due to the campaign spearheaded by McWhorter, Ginn, and a cohort of dedicated volunteers and professionals. Providing a case study in constituency building and public awareness raising to preserve and promote historic sites, Palmito Ranch will interest and educate heritage tourists, Civil War enthusiasts, and travelers to South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas Outlook
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The Stone Cutters' Journal
Author:
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (July - December)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (July - December)
Antiquarian Bookman
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
Book Description
Stone Artifacts of Texas Indians
Author: Ellen Sue Turner
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589794656
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Useful for academic and recreational archaeologists alike, this book identifies and describes over 200 projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native American Indians in Texas. This third edition boasts twice as many illustrations—all drawn from actual specimens—and still includes charts, geographic distribution maps and reliable age-dating information. The authors also demonstrate how factors such as environment, locale and type of artifact combine to produce a portrait of theses ancient cultures.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589794656
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Useful for academic and recreational archaeologists alike, this book identifies and describes over 200 projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native American Indians in Texas. This third edition boasts twice as many illustrations—all drawn from actual specimens—and still includes charts, geographic distribution maps and reliable age-dating information. The authors also demonstrate how factors such as environment, locale and type of artifact combine to produce a portrait of theses ancient cultures.
Maverick Tales
Author: Jack DeVere Rittenhouse
Publisher: New Win Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Here is a saddle bag of true tales little known outside the Southwest, written as adventure history should be written with accuracy and imagination.
Publisher: New Win Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Here is a saddle bag of true tales little known outside the Southwest, written as adventure history should be written with accuracy and imagination.
A Genealogy of Three Branches of the Bumpass Family
Author: William Moses Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Susanna Dickinson
Author: Clyde Richard King
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (1814 ? October 7, 1883) and her infant daughter Angelina were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Captain Almaron Dickinson, and 182 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army.--Wikipedia.
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (1814 ? October 7, 1883) and her infant daughter Angelina were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Captain Almaron Dickinson, and 182 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army.--Wikipedia.