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Texas Place Names

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Author : Edward Callary
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320660
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Texas Place Names written by Edward Callary and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] linguist . . . takes readers on a tour across the state, using names and language to tell its history.” ―Alcalde Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it; the name was derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names. Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a Spanish expedition). A great resource for road trippers and historians alike, Texas Place Names alphabetically charts centuries of humanity through the enduring words (and, occasionally, the fateful spelling gaffes) left behind by men and women from all walks of life. “[A] quite useful book.” ―Austin American-Statesman

1001 Texas Place Names

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Author : Fred Tarpley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029278693X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book 1001 Texas Place Names written by Fred Tarpley and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Notrees to Pine Island, from Scotland to Moscow, from Dickens to Tennyson, from Spur to Lariat, from Buck Naked to Bald Prairie—Texans are unsurpassed for the imaginative names they give their towns and cities. Fred Tarpley has chosen 1001 of the most unusual and interesting of the 75,000 place names that dot the Texas map. The names of Texas communities and places can be traced to a number of basic sources, including people; landscapes; the Bible; literature and mythology; misunderstandings and errors; backward spellings and blends; and anecdotes and events. Each entry in 1001 Texas Place Names gives the official spelling of the name, phonetic pronunciation where necessary, dates of post office operation, and a short narrative about the origin of the name and the history of the place. Each of Texas's 254 counties is represented by at least two entries.

Texas Place Names

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Author : Edward Callary
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320644
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Texas Place Names written by Edward Callary and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it, derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names. Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a Spanish expedition). A great resource for road trippers and historians alike, Texas Place Names alphabetically charts centuries of humanity through the enduring words (and, occasionally, the fateful spelling gaffes) left behind by men and women from all walks of life.

Place Names of San Antonio

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Author : David P. Green
Publisher : Maverick Books
ISBN 13 : 9781893271579
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Place Names of San Antonio written by David P. Green and published by Maverick Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 248 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 144 illustrations, bibliography, index. Nearly 1,000 name entries in 11 chapters.

The Texanist

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Author : David Courtney
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477312978
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book The Texanist written by David Courtney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.

Texas Towns

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Author : Don Blevins
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1461732859
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Texas Towns written by Don Blevins and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To see Weeping Mary you've got to head to Texas. The grand state even boasts a Little Hope. Texas Towns is a smart volume full of peculiar places. Author Don Blevins is generous in his detailing of the counties, routes, and landmarks that distinguish the hundreds of villages with quirky names scattered throughout the Lone Star State. History is told-the dates these curious settlements began, early inhabitants, previous names of the villages, and how each town's name came to be. Travel through the alphabet of Texas. Learn the history of teh unique town in which you live. Or get educated about a place like Blowout Community, just another little pieced of Texas.

Texas Towns

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Author : Tim Albers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781414009322
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Texas Towns written by Tim Albers and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Cut And Shoot get its name? How did Winnie get its name? Why is The Alamo called The Alamo? Why is Texas called Texas? "Texas Towns-Deep In The Heart" answers these questions and many more. If you've ever driven by a city limit sign and wondered how that town got its name, you'll enjoy this book. It describes the origin of many Texas town and city names and when they were founded or first settled. It also explains the origin of some county and river names. It also will give you an idea of the impact of the coming of the railroad, as many towns relocated and/or were renamed in order to get a rail line. It's written in such style that you can pick it up and start reading from where you open the book to, put it down and start reading from a new point without losing context. "Texas Towns Deep In The Heart" is for the little voice in your head that keeps asking; "Why?"

Memories of Texas Towns and Cities

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Author : Dave Oliphant
Publisher : Host Publications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780924047190
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Memories of Texas Towns and Cities written by Dave Oliphant and published by Host Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Renowned American poet Dave Oliphant celebrates his home state in this unique collection of poetry. Oliphant consciously began this series in the autumn of 1974 and finished it twenty-five years later in the fall of 1999. Containing thirty sections, each devoted to a different town, MEMORIES OF TEXAS TOWNS & CITIES brings together a wide ranging picture of Texas through the places, people, and poetry one man remembers and celebrates. Also featuring glorious full color illustrations by Mary Lou Williams.

Texas Towns

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Author : Fred I. Massengill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Texas Towns written by Fred I. Massengill and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hometown Texas

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Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595348085
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Hometown Texas written by and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brown and Holley are interested in place and what makes people who they are. With particular interest in how people take the hand they’ve been dealt—fate, family, circumstance, luck—and craft a life for themselves, the authors celebrate the grit and gumption of these Texas originals. Introducing quirky characters and tenacious spirits, Holley’s stories seek out the personality of the small town while Brown’s photographs capture the essence of a changing landscape. Hometown Texas aims not to be nostalgic or sentimental but rather to show readers an unknown Texas—one that, while not vanishing, is certainly on the wane. Organized into five topographical, geographic, and cultural sections—East, West, North, South, and Central—three dozen stories and more than eighty complementary images work to create a parallel narrative to reveal what Brown has described as the “collective, various, remarkably complex soul that makes Texas unique.” Hometown Texas is an exploration across miles and cultures, of well-traveled roads and forgotten byways, deep into the heart of Texas.

Muleshoe and More

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Author : Bill Bradfield
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1461732638
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Muleshoe and More written by Bill Bradfield and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discloses the humorous and the sometimes controversial, if not curious, circumstances surrounding the naming of more than 700 Texas towns.

Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition)

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

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Tales of Badmen, Bad Women, and Bad Places

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Author : Charley F. Eckhardt
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896724204
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Badmen, Bad Women, and Bad Places written by Charley F. Eckhardt and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty-one true stories and legends about outlaws in Texas history, including such famous and lesser-known figures as Bonnie and Clyde, Judge Roy Bean, John Wesley Hardin, the Yokums of the Big Thicket, and the Papworths of Erath County.

Olympus, Texas

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Author : Stacey Swann
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385545223
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Olympus, Texas written by Stacey Swann and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A bighearted novel with technicolor characters, plenty of Texas swagger, and a powder keg of a plot in which marriages struggle, rivalries flare, and secrets explode, all with a clever wink toward classical mythology. For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe: "The Iliad meets Friday Night Lights in this muscular, captivating debut" (Oprah Daily). The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly welcomes him back with open arms. Her husband's own past affairs have made her tired of being the long-suffering spouse. Is it, perhaps, time for a change? Within days of March's arrival, someone is dead, marriages are upended, and even the strongest of alliances are shattered. In the end, the ties that hold them together might be exactly what drag them all down. An expansive tour de force, Olympus, Texas cleverly weaves elements of classical mythology into a thoroughly modern family saga, rich in drama and psychological complexity. After all, at some point, don't we all wonder: What good is this destructive force we call love?

Classic Maya Place Names

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Author : David Stuart
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022091
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Classic Maya Place Names written by David Stuart and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present evidence that specific place names do exist in Maya inscriptions, and show that identifying these names sheds considerable light on both past and present questions about the Maya.

Backroads of the Texas Hill Country

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Author : Gary Clark
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1616731877
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Backroads of the Texas Hill Country written by Gary Clark and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas has hill country? Who knew? Well, the Lonely Planet guide to Texas, which calls the Hill Country “rightfully one of the state’s biggest tourist draws . . . an area of gently rolling hills and valleys freckled with cacti and cattle ranches, lined with rivers and dotted with peaceful, picturesque little towns.” And any self-respecting Texan might know as much. Forty miles west of Austin and fifty north of San Antonio, the Hill Country is within an easy drive of two of the state’s biggest cities, putting back-country quiet and beauty within reach of countless urban dwellers seeking respite. This book brings the remarkable Hill Country of Texas home to the back roads traveler. Whether it’s wildflowers you’re drawn to, or dude ranches, natural areas, historic sites, or quaint Texas towns redolent of history, this is your passport to an experience like no other. Backroads of the Texas Hill Country introduces travelers and armchair tourists alike to the emerging wine country of the Lone Star State, the meticulously preserved culture of East European immigrants, the “cowboy capital of the world” (Bandera), and the childhood home of LBJ at Johnson City. Follow this irresistible guide into the Hill Country, and find yourself deep in the heart of Texas.

Place Names of Northeast Texas

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Author : Fred Tarpley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Place Names of Northeast Texas written by Fred Tarpley and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: