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Author : Frank White Johnson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A History of Texas and Texans written by Frank White Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fran Dressman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890965801
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (658 download)
Download or read book Gus Wortham written by Fran Dressman and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gus S. Wortham was a good businessman. Among other enterprises, he started a highly successful insurance company, American General, and helped to shape the economic institutions of Houston. Gus Wortham was a civic leader, who worked actively in the Chamber of Commerce to influence the city's economic climate and who left the city a legacy of cultural institutions, including the Wortham Theater Center. Gus Wortham was a rancher and land developer. Land: "They aren't making any more if it", he liked to say. So he bought it, developed it, and built a business with it. In short, he became one of the most influential men in the history of Houston. This is the story of his life, his business, his city. Company records and interviews with Wortham's surviving friends and associates combine to make it a thorough account. "Mr. Wortham had an interesting philosophy about several matters in life", writes his longtime friend and business partner Sterling C. Evans in the Foreword. "One was on dollars. With the business dollar, it was immoral not to make money and one had to make sure to receive full value. With the pleasure dollar, if one could afford it, enjoy it and never look back". This old-school Southwestern gentleman lived a life worthy of a movie, and his company, American General, has shaped a city worthy of a television series of its own. Urban and business historians alike will find this book a fascinating study, and those who know, or want to know, Houston will find it an enlightening chronicle.
Author : Alice Eichholz
Publisher : Ancestry Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781593311667
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Red Book written by Alice Eichholz and published by Ancestry Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
Author : Rosie Hatch
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1625110685
Total Pages : 1756 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Texas Almanac 2022-2023 written by Rosie Hatch and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas Almanac 2022–2023 includes these new feature articles: Texas Wildlife A greatly expanded article on the wildlife found throughout the state, with an updated and revised list of mammals and all new lists of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Written by Dr. Travis LaDuc, Curator of Herpetology at the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Drew Davis, Associate Research Scientist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. COVID–19 in Texas Dr. Ana Martinez-Catsam, professor of history at the University of Texas Permian Basin, brings us a look at of how COVID–19 hit the state and impacted just about every aspect of our lives. You’ll also learn what the pandemic did to our economy and how it compares to the last major pandemic, the Spanish Flu of 1918. African Americans in Texas The long, and often brutal, history of African Americans in our state began in 1582 when the first African slave, Esteban, arrived as one of the four survivors of the Cabeza de Vaca expedition. Read the rest of the history up to today, and learn how African Americans have contributed to the culture of Texas, in this feature written by Dr. Merline Pitre, professor at Texas Southern University. Chapters include: Environment: Learn about the geology of Texas, as well as in-depth information about plants, wildlife, rivers, and lakes. Weather: Highs and lows of the previous two years, plus a list of destructive weather dating from 1766. Astronomical Calendar: Find the moon phases, sunrise and sunset times, moonrise and moonset times, and any eclipses and meteor showers expected for 2022 and 2023. Recreation: The places to go visit in Texas, with details on state and national parks, landmarks, and wildlife refuges. Sports: The results of championship games for sports in Texas, from high school through professional, and a list of all Texas Olympic medalists and the past ten years of Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Counties: An expansive section featuring detailed county maps, locator maps, and profiles of Texas’ 254 counties. Population: Figures and the latest estimates from the State Data Center, plus an analysis of what has changed in the past 5–10 years and a comprehensive list of the population of Texas cities and towns. Elections: Results and maps from the 2020 General Election and information on voter turnout. Government: Historical documents and lists of governmental officials dating from our time as under Spanish rule to today, as well as a recap of the 87th Legislative Session, information about state boards commissions, and lists of state, county, and local officials. Culture and the Arts: Find museums, competitions and award winners, and cultural and artistic highlights from the past few years, along with maps and data about the variety of religious groups in Texas. Business, Agriculture, and Transportation: Information about all aspects of our rich economy, and how we’ve faired as a state in the past few years, packed with tables about employment, prices, taxes, and more in a wide variety of industries. And much more . . .
Author : Monte Akers
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292704879
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Flames After Midnight written by Monte Akers and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happened in Kirven, Texas, in May 1922 has been forgotten by the outside world. It was only a co-worker's whispered words, "Kirven is where they burned the [Negroes]," that set Monte Akers on a quest to find out what happened and, more important, why. After years of following clues found in old newspaper clippings, NAACP reports, and the memories of the few remaining witnesses who would talk, Akers here pieces together the story of a young white woman's brutal murder and the burning alive of three black men who were almost certainly innocent of it. This was followed by a month-long reign of terror as white men hunted down and killed blacks while local authorities concealed the real identity of the white probable murderers and allowed them to go free. Akers paints a vivid portrait of a community desolated by race hatred and its own refusal to face hard truths.
Author : R. T. Kennedy
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ISBN 13 : 9781643508467
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Colored River written by R. T. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story will open your eyes to a moral outrage that has never been disclosed in print before. Well researched and thoroughly documented, this narrative is must reading for those who want a deeper understanding of how different rules applied for black farmers in Freestone county, Texas. ************************* The Civil War should have been the end of racial injustice for blacks in America. However, many black farmers in Freestone and Anderson County, Texas tragically experienced sustained injustice as their land along the Trinity River was ripped from them in the name of blatant greed. Theft of land is what happened, and the coverup has endured for over 100 years. Their descendants are still dealing with the aftermath of that legalized theft. Colored River reveals a timeline of events of collusion, deception, and fraud that victimized and destroyed many black families. While using Jim Crow laws and the legal justice system as cover, a corrupt cabal of lawyers, con men, and judges, systematically violated the civil and property rights of hundreds of black farmers. Follow the timeline from the beginning of Texas as a Republic to post Civil War times, and witness first hand, the impact of racism, hatred and greed that eventually robbed these families of not only their land, but also their liberty, their future, and their prosperity.
Author : Stephen Fox
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585445950
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (459 download)
Download or read book The Country Houses of John F. Staub written by Stephen Fox and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This ambitious study of Staub's work by architectural historian Stephen Fox goes beyond a description of Staub's houses. Fox analyzes the roles of space, structure, and decoration in creating, defining, and maintaining social class structures and expectations and shows how Staub was able to incorporate these elements and understandings into the elegant buildings he designed for his clients. In the process, he contributes greatly to a fuller understanding of Houston's emergence as a premier American city."--BOOK JACKET.
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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:
Author : Robert Freestone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136888276
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Australian Metropolis written by Robert Freestone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australian Metropolis splendidly fills a huge gap in the literature on Australian cities. It is the definitive account of the history of Australian cities and the crucial role which planning has played in their genesis and growth. Spanning two centuries from the very beginning until the present day, it will instantly become a standard work ' Professor Sir Peter Hall, author of Cities in Civilisation.. The Australian Metropolis provides a single-volume introduction to the development of urban planning. It fills the need for a convenient, initial resource for anyone interested in the broad evolutionary sweep of modern planning. By setting the evolution of Australian planning within its broader societal context, The Australian Metropolis presents a balanced appraisal of the positive, negative and ambivalent legacies resulting from attempts to plan Australia's major cities. This book is the winner of two Royal Australian Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence in 2000/2001, including the New South Wales' Division Prize for Planning Scholarship in February 2001.
Author : Joseph Kelly Turner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina written by Joseph Kelly Turner and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis White Johnson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A History of Texas and Texans written by Francis White Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Association for State and Local History
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759100022
Total Pages : 1366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 ( download)
Download or read book Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada written by American Association for State and Local History and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Author : Daniela Rosenow
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787351173
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Things that Travelled written by Daniela Rosenow and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research has demonstrated that, in the Roman, Late Antique, Early Islamic and Medieval worlds, glass was traded over long distances, from the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly Egypt and Israel, to Northern Africa, the Western Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Things that Travelled, a collaboration between the UCL Early Glass Technology Research Network, the Association for the History of Glass and the British Museum, aims to build on this knowledge. Covering all aspects of glass production, technology, distribution and trade in Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval/Early Islamic times, including studies from Britain, Egypt, Cyprus, Italy and many others, the volume combines the strengths of the sciences and cultural studies to offer a new approach to research on ancient glass. By bringing together such a varied mix of contributors, specialising in a range of geographical areas and chronological time frames, this volume also offers a valuable contribution to broader discussions on glass within political, economic, cultural and historical arenas.
Author : Texas
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Agriculture Code written by Texas and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Minutaglio
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book In Search of the Blues written by Bill Minutaglio and published by . This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning collection of stories about blues, African American life, and self-discovery in Texas by the award-winning author of First Son: George W. Bush & The Bush Family Dynasty.
Author : Ellen Douglas Larned
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Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760 written by Ellen Douglas Larned and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890967362
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Till Freedom Cried Out written by T. Lindsay Baker and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 32 reminiscences presented here provide insight into the lives of the enslaved, including recollections of being sold away from parents, suffering harsh punishment by overseers, and living in misery.
