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Author : Robert Graham Porterfield (Jr)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Early History of Abilene Up to 1920 written by Robert Graham Porterfield (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracy McGlothlin Shilcutt
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1893619060
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Historic Abilene written by Tracy McGlothlin Shilcutt and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2000-08-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Abilene, Texas paired with histories of the local companies
Author : Jack E. North
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738596930
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Lost Abilene written by Jack E. North and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1881, the Texas & Pacific Railroad described Abilene as the "Future Great City of the West." While the train line was laying rails west out of Fort Worth, a group of ranchers, wanting the new town to become a prominent cattle-shipping point, selected the name Abilene after Abilene, Kansas, which was a main cattle-shipping town in the 1870s. With the arrival of the railroad to Abilene, this part of Texas opened up for settlement. Families rushed to establish the town and set up new businesses, but it was the military coming to Abilene that really made the city's population explode. Lost Abilene documents the early homes, businesses, schools, and entertainment that helped shape the city.
Author : Jay Moore
Publisher : ACU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780891125891
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Abilene History in Plain Sight written by Jay Moore and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abilene History in Plain Sight is a guide to the people, places, and events that define Abilene. It provides the high vantage point from which you come to know the lives behind the names--Cooper High School, Shotwell Stadium, and Maxwell Golf Course--and to meet those who are honored by the naming of a park or street (such as Egbert Kirby, Nelson Wilson, Vera Minter, and Walker Ely). In this engaging book, the past is picked up, dusted off, and given a new shine. As you learn the story behind the church, school, or college that you drive past, it will create a connection that serves to endear Abilene to you more deeply. This is a book that brings the relics of the past out of the dark and straight into the hometown in your heart.
Author : Jack E. North
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531652494
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Early Abilene written by Jack E. North and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephanie Bearce
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531660949
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)
Download or read book ABILENE written by Stephanie Bearce and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first settler to make permanent residence in the Abilene area arrived in 1856. From the humble beginnings of a prairie dugout, Abilene grew to be the first "cowtown" of the West. Joseph G. McCoyset up his stockyards in Abilene, and millions of cattle were driven up from Texas via the Chisholm Trail and shipped out on Union Pacific railcars. Abilene exploded into one of the wildest towns in the West. Several sheriffs tried to tame it, including Wild Bill Hickok, but gentrification came in the form of bankers and businessmen. During World War II, hometown hero Dwight D. Eisenhower led the Allies to victory and eventually became the 34th president of the United States. Today, Abilene plays host to thousands of visitors from around the world and celebrates its rich western heritage with the Chisholm Trail Day festival.
Author : Robert W. Sledge
Publisher : TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A People, a Place: The future great city, 1881-1940 written by Robert W. Sledge and published by TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... A tale of industrious, ambitious people trying to prosper in a place with a challenging climate and terrain.
Author : Marvin Van Osdol
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (151 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of the City of Abilene, Kansas, and a Survey of the Abilene Public School System written by Marvin Van Osdol and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : West Texas Historical Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The West Texas Historical Association Year Book written by West Texas Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Southwestern Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald Shaw Frazier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933337302
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Abilene Landmarks written by Donald Shaw Frazier and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every city has a look and feel that informs how people respond to it. Visitors react to the skyline, clean streets, traffic patterns and the like, while its citizens speak of civic pride, heritage, and spirit. This love of place illustrates the passions and values of the society that fosters it. Some economists and thinkers refer to social capital, others cultural capital, when discussing the value added by the appreciation of the history and heritage of a community. The more people know about their hometown, the more they support it, love it, and keep it. The settlement that sprang up along the Texas and Pacific Railroad at milepost 407 is no exception. Here, for the first time, are one hundred of Abilene's landmark buildings telling the history, hopes, and humanity of this city. Readers will not only discover a host of remarkable stories in this book, but they will also find the architectural expressions of a civilization that have made their mark on the West Texas landscape. From humble cottages to the first Hilton Hotel, and from railway depots to an air force base, Abilene's unique contribution to the American story unfolds through the buildings that compose its city scapes. Donald S. Frazier is a professor of history at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. He also serves as the President and CEO of the McWhiney History Education Group. Robert F. Pace is a former professor of history at McMurry University. Steve Butman, a local Abilene artist, is a San Francisco Art Institute trained freelance photographer specializing in commercial, aerial, and industrial photography.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (811 download)
Download or read book The History of Abilene written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Buisseret
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292719272
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Historic Texas from the Air written by David Buisseret and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extremely varied geography of Texas, ranging from lush piney woods to arid, mountainous deserts, has played a major role in the settlement and development of the state. To gain full perspective on the influence of the land on the people of Texas, you really have to take to the air—and the authors of Historic Texas from the Air have done just that. In this beautiful book, dramatic aerial photography provides a complete panorama of seventy-three historic sites from around the state, showing them in extensive geographic context and revealing details unavailable to a ground-based observer. Each site in Historic Texas from the Air appears in a full-page color photograph, accompanied by a concise description of the site's history and importance. Contemporary and historical photographs, vintage postcard images, and maps offer further visual information about the sites. The book opens with images of significant natural landforms, such as the Chisos Mountains and the Big Thicket, then shows the development of Texas history through Indian spiritual sites (including Caddo Mounds and Enchanted Rock), relics from the French and Spanish occupation (such as the wreck of the Belle and the Alamo), Anglo forts and methods of communication (including Fort Davis and Salado's Stagecoach Inn), nineteenth-century settlements and industries (such as Granbury's courthouse square and Kreische Brewery in La Grange), and significant twentieth-century locales, (including Spindletop, the LBJ Ranch, and the Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport). For anyone seeking a visual, vital overview of Texas history, Historic Texas from the Air is the perfect place to begin.
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Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marion C. Michael
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Southern Literary Culture written by Marion C. Michael and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Joyce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481489607
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Santa Calls written by William Joyce and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three kids venture to the North Pole to help Santa defeat an army of evil elves in this holiday classic from the brilliant mind that brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Art Atchinson Aimesworth—inventor, crime fighters, and all-around whiz kid—journeys north with his sister, Esther, and his pal Spaulding, by special invitation from Santa himself. Why did Santa call them to the North Pole? Art wants to know. But when Esther is taken by the Queen of the Dark Elves, Art must put his questions aside and save his sister. This reissue of William Joyce’s epic Christmas adventure now comes complete with lift-the-flap letters from Santa himself!
Author : William Elsey Connelley
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Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Kansas State and People written by William Elsey Connelley and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
