Author: Terry G. Jordan
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292788436
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
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.
Texas Graveyards
Author: Terry G. Jordan
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292788436
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292788436
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
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.
Records of East Texas
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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January and February, 1925 volumes bound together as one.
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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January and February, 1925 volumes bound together as one.
The Genealogical Helper
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Robert Harris Sr (1702-1788) Descendants, Vol 2
Author: Grier Harris
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359805531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This is Volume 2 of a 2-part genealogy of the Harris family, tracing the lineage of Robert Harris Sr. (1702-1788). This work is part of The Families of Old Harrisburg Series, compiled and published by The Harris Depot Project. (Compact, Hardbound Edition)
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359805531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This is Volume 2 of a 2-part genealogy of the Harris family, tracing the lineage of Robert Harris Sr. (1702-1788). This work is part of The Families of Old Harrisburg Series, compiled and published by The Harris Depot Project. (Compact, Hardbound Edition)
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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The Quarterly
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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A History of Tyler and Smith County, Texas
Author: Albert woldert
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Category : Smith County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A compilation of history of Tyler and Smith County, Texas.
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Category : Smith County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A compilation of history of Tyler and Smith County, Texas.
Monument Reporter
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Category : Stone
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : Stone
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Stirpes
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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