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Bexar - the History and Records of a South Texas Ghost Town

Author : Art Martinez de vara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999212820
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Bexar - the History and Records of a South Texas Ghost Town written by Art Martinez de vara and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE TOWN OF BEXAR (near present-day Somerset, Texas), developed on the Kinney Ranch in South Bexar County beginning in the 1860s. The town was called "La Colorada" by its many Mexican miners who settled there.St. Patrick's Church was established on the ranch and served as the Catholic mission to Atascosa and Frio Counties. With the arrival of the Artesian Belt Railroad, the town of Bexar declined as its population moved two miles east to Somerset. Many of the early families of Atascosa and South Bexar Counties are contained among this book's nearly 10,000 entries, including the Ruiz, Herrera, Navarro, Cotulla, Lytle, Casias, Kinney, Hayden, Barker and Vara. This volume contains the complete records of St. Patrick's Church, plus a modern cemetery survey of its cemetery, an 1876 mission census of Atascosa County and a detailed history of the community.

Ghost Towns of Texas

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806121895
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of Texas written by T. Lindsay Baker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader's pleasure. Baker lists three criteria for inclusion: tangible remains, public access, and statewide coverage. In each case Baker comments about the town's founding, its former significance, and the reasons for its decline. There are maps and instructions for reaching each site and numerous photographs showing the past and present status of each. The contemporary photos were taken, in most instances, by Baker himself, who proves as adept a photographer as he is researcher and writer....Baker has done his work thoroughly and well, within limits imposed by necessity. He obviously had fun in the process and it shows in his prose."---New Mexico Historical Review

The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town

Author : Mary Jane Gentry
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1585446297
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town written by Mary Jane Gentry and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its heyday, Thurber was home to coal miners and brick plant workers from Italy, Poland, and as many as fourteen other European nations, not to mention the many Mexican immigrants who came to the area. In this, her master’s thesis, Mary Jane Gentry, who started the first grade in Thurber and graduated as valedictorian of its high school in 1930, records first-hand memories of the town’s vibrant charm. Now edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker, Gentry’s lively history of the rise and decline of a Texas coal town provides a unique window into a bygone era. Her narrative of rancorous labor disputes, corporate machinations, and the eventual shuttering of the plants and virtual disappearance of the once-thriving town will allow Thurber to live again, if only in the minds of her readers.

The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town

Author : Mary Jane Gentry
Publisher : Tarleton State University Sout
ISBN 13 : 9781623499099
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town written by Mary Jane Gentry and published by Tarleton State University Sout. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber 1886-1933 provides readers with a detailed history of the rise and fall of one of the most notable coal-mining and brick-producing communities in Texas. . . . Any historian interested in Texas history, urban studies, and business history would find this book a valuable resource."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly "Gentry's work is full of anecdotes that give life to the community, and her story illuminates an important chapter in Texas history . . . Gentry's work should rekindle interest in Texas coal mining."--Journal of Southern History

SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR

Author : WILLIAM. CORNER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033517918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR written by WILLIAM. CORNER and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tejano Patriot

Author : Art Martínez de Vara
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1625110596
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Tejano Patriot written by Art Martínez de Vara and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Martínez de Vara’s Tejano Patriot: The Revolutionary Life of José Francisco Ruiz, 1783–1840 is the first full-length biography of this important figure in Texas history. Best known as one of two Texas-born signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Ruiz’s significance extends far beyond that single event. Born in San Antonio de Béxar into an upwardly mobile family, during the war for Mexican independence Ruiz underwent a dramatic transformation from a conservative royalist to one of the staunchest liberals of his era. Steeped in the Spanish American liberal tradition, his revolutionary activity included participating in three uprisings, suppressing two others, and enduring extreme personal sacrifice for the liberal republican cause. He was widely respected as an intermediary between Tejanos and American Indians, especially the Comanches. As a diplomat, he negotiated nearly a dozen peace treaties for Spain, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas, and he traveled to the Imperial Court of Mexico as an agent of the Comanches to secure peace on the northern frontier. When Anglo settlers came by the thousands to Texas after 1820, he continued to be a cultural intermediary, forging a friendship with Stephen F. Austin, but he always put the interests of Béxar and his fellow Tejanos first. Ruiz had a notable career as a military leader, diplomat, revolutionary, educator, attorney, arms dealer, author, ethnographer, politician, Indian agent, Texas ranger, city attorney, and Texas senator. He was a central figure in the saga that shaped Texas from a remote borderland on New Spain’s northern frontier to an independent republic.

San Antonio Marriages, 1703 - 1846

Author : Art Martinez de Vara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999212837
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book San Antonio Marriages, 1703 - 1846 written by Art Martinez de Vara and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Antonio Marriages, 1703 - 1846: Matrimony in Colonial, Mexican and Republican Texas contains 1751 marriage records from present-day San Antonio. Included in the book are San Fernando Church Marriages; San Fernando Marriage Petitions; San Antonio Marriage Investigations; Mission San Antonio De Valero Marriages; Mission San Jose Marriages; Mission Concepcion Marriages; Republic Of Texas Marriage Licenses; Marriages Of Bexar Exiles In Natchitoches; Mission San Francisco Solano Marriages; 1772 Married Couples Of Mission San Antonio De Valero. Also included in an extensive introduction covering marriage law and custom of the period, including cannon law, reforms, marriage by bond, indigenous marriage practices and the collision of Anglo-American and Spanish-Mexican customs in the Republic of Texas period. Also included is a new English translation of Marriage Manual Of The San Antonio Missionswhich was written specifically for the Coahuiltecan Indians entering the missions. An index of over 15,000 names and 1,200 terms gives researchers unprecedented access to the material. Among these are mission Indians, presidio soldiers, settlers, government officials, witnesses, priests, ministers, slaves and freedmen. In these records are hopeful beginnings, tragic ends, objecting parents, cheaters, converts, recalcitrants, Indians, Europeans, Africans and a mix of everything in between. This is the intimate story of early San Antonio, told one couple at a time.

Springs of Texas

Author : Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441969
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Springs of Texas written by Gunnar M. Brune and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.

Famous Trees of Texas

Author : Gretchen Riley
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623492386
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Famous Trees of Texas written by Gretchen Riley and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous Trees of Texas was first published in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service (now Texas A&M Forest Service), an organization created in 1915 and charged with protecting and sustaining the forests, trees, and other related natural resources of Texas. For the 100-year anniversary of TFS, the agency presents a new edition of this classic book, telling the stories of 101 trees throughout the state. Some are old friends, featured in the first edition and still alive (27 of the original 81 trees described in the first edition have died); some are newly designated, discovered as people began to recognize their age and value. All of them remain “living links” to the state’s storied past.

Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition) written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Santisima Trinidad

Author : Marina Martinez de Vara
Publisher : Alamo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780984212194
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Santisima Trinidad written by Marina Martinez de Vara and published by Alamo Press. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santísima Trinidad Church at Paso de las Garzas (present-day Von Ormy, Texas) served one of the pioneering Tejano communities of Texas. Contained within these records are the inter-familial relationships that helped forge the Republic of Texas and the development of South Bexar County into the present. This volume contains a detailed the complete records of Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad, plus modern cemetery surveys of its two cemeteries, US Census records and a detailed history of the church and its successor, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Von Ormy, Texas..

San Antonio 365

Author : David Martin Davies
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595349170
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book San Antonio 365 written by David Martin Davies and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Antonio 365: On This Day in History tells one story a day in the history of the Alamo City, from popular lore to lesser known events critical to understanding its people and culture. The result is a treasure trove of remarkable tales highlighting small ripples that created big waves in the region’s history. The stories in San Antonio 365 are fun and enlightening slices of history, but they also highlight our collective need to learn from the past. Internationally known as a center of business and tourism, San Antonio has also been the site of significant episodes in the fight for equal rights and justice, the importance of economic and cultural diversity, and the evolution of good government. Among the 365 stories are the anti-Communist riot at Municipal Auditorium led against Emma Tenayuca, the segregation of cinemas and swimming pools, and the 1955 integration of San Antonio schools. Charming anecdotes and quotes bring each story to life. For instance, did you know that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid cooled their heels on the streets of San Antonio a few miles from what would became Interstate 10—where the rock group R.E.M. filmed their iconic video “Everybody Hurts”? A lively essay introducing each month underscores the important ways that history is never just about the past. As Kurt Vonnegut said, “History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.” San Antonio 365 brings to life more than three hundred years of surprises, highlighting both historical moments that have been overlooked and those told again and again—and the compelling characters who shaped the city.

El Carmen

Author : Art Martinez de Vara
Publisher : Alamo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780984212170
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book El Carmen written by Art Martinez de Vara and published by Alamo Press. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Carmen Church in present-day Losyoa, Texas was constructed over the burial crypt of Spanish royalist soldiers who died at the Battle of Medina in 1813. This battle, the largest ever fought in Texas, decisively ended the First Republic of Texas and allowed Spain to maintain colonial control over Texas and Mexico. In 1817 a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. "El Carmen" was constructed at the site by order of Joaquin de Arredondo, the Commander of Spanish forces at Medina, who credited his victory to the intercession of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. The chapel developed into a fully functional mission church on the south bank of the Medina River in southern Bexar County, Texas by 1854. In the 1870s,the first bishop of San Antonio A.D. Pellicer constructed theVilla del Carmen, a Catholic colony adjacent to the church. Publshed during is bicentennial year of 2017, this volume contains records with an index of nearly 20,000 names essential for the historian or genealogist of early Texas.

Haunted History of Old San Antonio

Author : Lauren M. Swartz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625840470
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Haunted History of Old San Antonio written by Lauren M. Swartz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything is bigger in Texas—including ghosts—especially in San Antonio, considered one of the ten most haunted cities in the world by National Geographic. As the saying goes, “dead men tell no tales.” Or do they? From its humble beginnings as a Spanish settlement in 1691 to the bloody battle at the Alamo, San Antonio’s history is rich in haunting tales. Discover Old San Antonio’s most haunted places and uncover the history that lies waiting for those who dare enter their doorways. Take a peek inside the Menger Hotel, the “Most Haunted Hotel in Texas,” and just a block away, peer into the Emily Morgan Hotel, renovated after a decade of being vacant, was once the city’s first hospitals where many men and women lost their lives. Explore the San Fernando Cathedral, where people are buried within the walls and visitors claim to see faces mysteriously appear. Uncover the legends behind Bexar County Jail. Join authors James and Lauren Swartz and decide for yourself what truly lurks behind the Alamo City’s fabled past. Includes photos!

Wanderer Springs

Author : Robert Flynn
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 0875655254
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book Wanderer Springs written by Robert Flynn and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanderer Springs is a dying town in Northwest Texas, one of that string of dusty towns left to wither away when the highway from Fort Worth to Amarillo bypassed them. For travelers on that highway, the harsh and unforgiving countryside passes as no more than a blur. For Will Callaghan, that country and the town of Wanderer Springs are carved into memory, indelible in their clarity. Called home from San Antonio by a funeral, Will begins a journey, both physical and imaginative, that crosses not only geographic and cultural boundaries but darts back and forth in time, mixing stories of the town's frontier past with episodes of Will's high school days. In sometimes hilarious and sometimes painful detail, Will relives the football game where he dropped the pass that lost the championship for Wanderer Springs forever, the time he got his gum stuck in his girlfriend's hair, the strangely distant but close relationship of a motherless boy and his taciturn father. Equally clear are the tales from the past--the Turrill family's desperate wagon ride to find a doctor for their daughter, dying of appendicitus, or Lulu Byars who danced and danced in town and caught pneumonia riding back to her dugout in a norther. Wanderer Springs said she died of frivolity. Through it all, the clear voice of Will Callaghan, a good old boy grown into an intellectual, gives meaning to the chaos, seeks sense out of the past, recognizes our inextricable link to the past. Wanderer Springs is a wonderfully witty, sensitive novel that will stand out as one of the more serious, thoughtful, and memorable novels to come out of recent Texas writing.

Norbert Ormai

Author : Lajos Babos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999212813
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Norbert Ormai written by Lajos Babos and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norbert Ormai (1813 - 1849) was born into a German aristocratic family in Bohemia with the name Norbert von Auffenberg. In 1840, while serving as a lieutenant in the Imperial Army, he was accused of collaborating with Polish patriots from Galicia. He was arrested and spent seven years imprisoned, which hardened his revolutionary ideals. A proponent of European democracy and liberal reforms, he was sentenced to another fourteen years in 1847. Revolution swept Europe in 1848 and the people demanded pardons of their imprisoned compatriots. Norbert was pardoned by the Imperial government and within months he joined Hungarian uprising. At that time, he changed his name to Ormai (Ormay) as a translation of the German Auffenberg. The leader of the Hungarian Revolution, Lajos Kossuth, commissioned him to organize a rifle regiment. He managed to get thousands of soldiers for the regiment and was gradually promoted to the rank of colonel. Cornered by Imperial forces, he was arrested by General Baron Julius Jacob von Haynau and hanged as a traitor. He was first of the Martyrs of Arad, a group of revolutionary leaders who gave their lives for Hungarian independence and are honored today as founding fathers of the nation. Ormai has many monuments, memorials and honorifics, including being the namesake of Von Ormy, Texas.This book is the English edition of LAJOS BABÓS's Hungarian original. It provides detailed primary and secondary source material of Ormai's life, military career and death.

The New Handbook of Texas

Author : Ronnie C. Tyler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1190 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Handbook of Texas written by Ronnie C. Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference guide to the history of Texas, including biographical sketches of notable individuals, histories of events, themes, counties, cities, and towns, and descriptions of physical features, with attention to the roles of women and minority groups.