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Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas

Author : Jim Glendinning
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467100544
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas written by Jim Glendinning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Home of the Last Frontier" is how the local radio station aptly describes the Big Bend and Davis Mountains region of West Texas, the sparsely populated area of desert and mountain close to the Mexican border. After 1848, the first settlers started to move in. They came to make a living, and a few made a fortune. Mysterious cattle baron Milton Faver ran 10,000 cattle in the 1870s. Others came for their health, like J.O. Langford, his wife, and young daughters who, seeking a dry climate, came to homestead on the Rio Grande. Today's newcomers are equally pioneering in their own way. Donald Judd was the catalyst that changed Marfa from a moribund cow town to an internationally recognized art center. Edie Elfring, an immigrant from a small island in the Baltic Sea, has picked up trash and tended Alpine's public gardens--unasked and unpaid--for years. They were drawn to what their predecessors found: a boundless landscape peopled by a few hardy, independent souls.

Authentic Texas

Author : Marcia Hatfield Daudistel
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292753047
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Authentic Texas written by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas of vast open spaces inhabited by independent, self-reliant men and women may be more of a dream than a reality for the state’s largely urban population, but it still exists in the Big Bend. One of the most sparsely settled areas of the United States, the Big Bend attracts people who are willing to forego many modern conveniences for a lifestyle that proclaims “don’t fence me in.” Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and Bill Wright believe that the character traits exemplified by folks in the Big Bend—including self-sufficiency, friendliness, and neighborliness—go back to the founding of the state. In this book, they introduce us to several dozen Big Bend residents—old and young, long-settled and recently arrived, racially diverse—who show us what it means to be an authentic Texan. Interviewing people in Marathon, Big Bend National Park, Terlingua, Redford, Presidio, Alpine, Marfa, Valentine, Balmorhea, Limpia Crossing, and Fort Davis, Daudistel and Wright discover the reasons why residents of the Big Bend make this remote area of Texas their permanent home. In talking to ranchers and writers, entrepreneurs and artists, people living off the grid and urban refugees, they find a common willingness to overcome difficulties through individual skill and initiative. As one interviewee remarks, you have to have a lot of “try” in you to make a life in the Big Bend. Bill Wright’s photographs of the people and landscapes are a perfect complement to the stories of these authentic Texans. Together, these voices and images offer the most complete, contemporary portrait of the Texas Big Bend.

Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country (microform)

Author : Carlysle Graham Raht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country (microform) written by Carlysle Graham Raht and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

ROMANCE OF DAVIS MOUNTAINS & B

Author : Carlysle Graham Raht
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781371102562
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book ROMANCE OF DAVIS MOUNTAINS & B written by Carlysle Graham Raht and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country

Author : Carlysle Graham Raht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country

Author : Carlysle Graham Raht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780781258968
Total Pages : 381 pages
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ROMANCE OF DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND COUNTRY

Author : CARLYSLE GRAHAM. RAHT
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033023280
Total Pages : 0 pages
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The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country

Author : Carlysle Graham Raht
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The Big Bend

Author : Tyler
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890967065
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The Big Bend written by Tyler and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long needed account of the human invasion of this rugged Texas desert land.

How Come It's Called That?

Author : Virginia Madison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book How Come It's Called That? written by Virginia Madison and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tall tales and speculation have long surrounded the origins of place names in the Big Bend Country--that "wild, thorn-incubating frontier" known earlier as the Bad Lands of Texas. The "Big Bend" refers to the crooked elbow of the Rio Grande, which curves around almost seven million acres of canyon, mountain and desert. It encompasses towns, canyons, creeks and draws bearing such curious and intriguing names as Vinegarron, Cow Heaven, Shot Tower, Pummel Peak, and Robber's Roost. Invariably these names cause the visitor to point and ask "How come it's called that?" This history of Big Bend name-christenings is designed to answer that question. Authors Virginia Madison and Hallie Stillwell obtained interviews, pored over old maps and newspapers, tracked down documents, forded streams, and junketed vertically up the mountains of the Big Bend to find the folktales, and the authentic stories too, behind the names. Travelers along highways 118 and 67 will thumb through this book to find out about Marathon, Alpine, and Maverick Mountain. Langtry visitors (Was it or wasn't it named for Lily Langtry?) will enjoy tales of irascible Judge Roy Bean. Tourists to the Big Bend National Park will marvel at the three-quarters of a million acres of mountainous magnificence. How Come It's Called That? will add greatly to their enjoyment of the area by relating the lore behind the landmarks. This little treasury of stories, preserving the richness of folk history and thought, will please tourists, residents, and armchair adventurers. Written informally, with fascinating sidelights and a charming conversational style, here is a chronicle of topographic name-calling by Texans -- Book jacket.

The Way I Heard It

Author : Walter Fulcher
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292789092
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Way I Heard It written by Walter Fulcher and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The folklore of Texas' Big Bend region was still in the making during Walter Fulcher's lifetime. Born in Lampasas County in 1887, he worked on the Martin Ranch near Sheffield when a young man. There he witnessed events in the last outlaw activities of the Black Jack Ketchum gang. He also listened to legends told almost as gossip, and some of the legendary figures were still alive—or said to be alive, usually in hiding. In every village there was sure to be some ancient with a good memory and a better imagination, and Walter Fulcher heard many versions of many tales. He has set them down as he heard them, as simple folk tales that reflect the color of a wild and vivid country in 400 years of its settlement. The book has been edited, with introduction and notes, by Elton Miles, Professor of English at Sul Ross State College.

The Big Bend

Author : Ronnie C. Tyler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Big Bend written by Ronnie C. Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Big Bend National Park and Vicinity

Author :
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738578590
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (785 download)

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Exploring the Big Bend Country

Author : Peter Koch
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292779879
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Big Bend Country written by Peter Koch and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of writings and images by the legendary Big Bend photographer offers adventure, history, personal musings, and natural beauty. Photographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited Big Bend National Park in February, 1945, on assignment to take promotional pictures for the National Park Service. He planned to spend a couple of weeks, and ended up staying for the rest of his life. Koch’s magnificent photographs and documentary films introduced the park to people across the United States and remain an invaluable visual record of the first four decades of Big Bend National Park. In this book, Koch’s daughter June Cooper Price draws on her father’s photographs, newspaper columns, and journal entries, as well as short pieces by other family members, to present his vision and many experiences of the Big Bend. The adventure begins with a six-day photographic trip through Santa Elena Canyon on a raft made from agave flower stalks. Koch also describes hiking on mountain trails and driving the scenic loop around Fort Davis; “wax smuggling” and other ways of making a living on the Mexican border; ranching in the Big Bend; collaborating with botanist Barton Warnock; and the history and beauty of Presidio County, the Rio Grande, and the Chihuahuan Desert.

Legendary Locals of Fort Worth

Author : Emily White Youree and Joan Kurkowski-Gillen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467101346
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Legendary Locals of Fort Worth written by Emily White Youree and Joan Kurkowski-Gillen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... The following pages feature a sampling of Fort Worth's characters--from the notorious to the unsung to the inspiring ... For every person highlighted in this project, dozens more could be--and should be--included. An encyclopedia could not contain the stories that make the founding and continued growth of Fort Worth legendary ..."--Introduction.

The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country [Microform]

Author : Carlysle Graham Raht
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781294750604
Total Pages : 422 pages
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Download or read book The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country [Microform] written by Carlysle Graham Raht and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Big Bend Tales

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238162
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Big Bend Tales written by Mike Cox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel deeper into the Texas outback with writer-historian Mike Cox as he recounts the lesser-known stories from Alpine, Fort Davis and Marfa. Revisit the grandeur of Alpine's Holland Hotel, peer through the telescope at the McDonald Observatory and dip your toes in the water hole at Ernst Tinaja, if you dare. Travel back to a time when the Comanche Trail stretched one thousand miles from Kansas to Mexico, making the Big Bend difficult to defend and impossible to resist trying. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the anniversary of Benito Juarez's decisive defeat of the French at Pueblo in 1867. If nothing else, come for the lore and history that is as extensive in the Big Bend region as the mountain passes and desert stretches themselves.