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The Bayous of Houston

Author : James L. Sipes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738596124
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book The Bayous of Houston written by James L. Sipes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Allen brothers were looking to establish a new city in 1836, they selected a site at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which was the head of navigational waters. They named the city after Gen. Sam Houston, and ever since then, Houston and its bayous have been indelibly linked. With Buffalo Bayou as the lifeblood of the city, Houston thrived as an inland port. Early development occurred along the bayou, and it was widened, deepened, and straightened to accommodate growing commerce in Texas. Buffalo Bayou linked the city of Houston to Galveston Bay, where ships were waiting to share Texas products with the rest of the world. Today, with Houston as the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth largest in the United States, the Port of Houston is one of the busiest ports in the world.

A Prehistory of Houston and Southeast Texas

Author : Dan M. Worrall
Publisher : Concertina Press (www.concertinapressbooks.com)
ISBN 13 : 0982599633
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (825 download)

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Book Synopsis A Prehistory of Houston and Southeast Texas by : Dan M. Worrall

Download or read book A Prehistory of Houston and Southeast Texas written by Dan M. Worrall and published by Concertina Press (www.concertinapressbooks.com). This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houston and Southeast Texas have an ancient, storied prehistory. Using data from hundreds of archeological site reports, a changing coastal landscape modeled through time in 3D, historical information on Native Americans taken from the accounts of the earliest European visitors, and digital GIS mapping to weave it all together, this book recounts the development of the physical landscape of this region and the cultures of its Native American inhabitants from the peak of the last ice age until the Spanish colonial era. Its 504 pages are illustrated with nearly 350 full color maps, charts, drawings and photographs.

Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways

Author : Natalie H. Wiest
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 160344775X
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways by : Natalie H. Wiest

Download or read book Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways written by Natalie H. Wiest and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within about seventy-five miles of downtown Houston, some 1,500 miles of rivers, creeks, lakes, bayous, and bays await discovery. Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways, by longtime paddler Natalie Wiest, is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to experience Houston’s well-watered landscape from the seat of a kayak or canoe. Before introducing readers to the quiet, green world that lies within and around the heart of the city, Wiest gives some pointers on water safety (including swimming and boating); on weather, flood stages, and legal access; and on an often unseen but always present paddling companion—alligators. She also provides a gear checklist for a day trip, a brief guide to boats and paddles, and a “sampler” list of easy places to paddle for true beginners. Presented in nine chapters, each organized around a river system or coastal basin and comprising a “suite” of paddling trips, the excursions described by Wiest offer a general description of the destination, directions (both driving and paddling), and details about the paddling conditions and access sites, which are all publicly owned or managed. Each chapter lists mileages, USGS gauging station numbers, and GIS locations when applicable. Also including ninety color photos and more than thirty detailed maps, Canoeing and Kayaking Houston Waterways offers both novice and experienced paddlers a helpful and enjoyable reference for experiencing nature at water level, in and around Houston. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.

Rails Around Houston

Author : Douglas L. Weiskopf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738558844
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book Rails Around Houston written by Douglas L. Weiskopf and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several railroads were chartered by the Republic of Texas, but the first line built was the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado, which began construction near the Port of Houston Turning Basin in 1851. The BBB&C would become the oldest segment of the countryas first transcontinental railroad under sole ownership: the Southern Pacificas Sunset Route, connecting New Orleans and Los Angeles and completed in 1883. By the time oil was discovered near Beaumont in 1901, Houston was such a transportation hub that it became the heart of the petrochemical industry. Houston saw narrow-gauge lines, two interurban lines, light rail, and even a monorail. For many years, the chamber of commerce proudly proclaimed that Houston was the place awhere seventeen railroads meet the sea.a More than 30 beautiful trains with names like Sunset Limited, Sunbeam, Sam Houston Zephyr, Twin Star Rocket, Bluebonnet, Texas Rocket, and Texas Chief would serve three depots.

In Too Deep

Author : Rachel Kimbro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520377729
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book In Too Deep written by Rachel Kimbro and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small Texas neighborhood, an affluent group of mothers has been repeatedly rocked by catastrophic flooding—the 2015 Memorial Day flood, the 2016 Tax Day flood, and sixteen months later, Hurricane Harvey. Yet even after these disrupting events, almost all mothers in this neighborhood still believe there is only one place for them to live: Bayou Oaks. In Too Deep is a sociological exploration of what happens when climate change threatens the carefully curated family life of upper-middle-class mothers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-six Bayou Oaks mothers whose homes flooded during Hurricane Harvey, Rachel Kimbro reveals why these mothers continued to stay in a place that was becoming more and more unstable. Rather than retreating, the mothers dug in and sustained the community they have chosen and nurtured, trying to keep social, emotional, and economic instability at bay. In Too Deep provides a glimpse into how class and place intersect in an unstable physical environment and underlines the price families pay for securing their futures.

Prophetic City

Author : Stephen L. Klineberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501177931
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Prophetic City written by Stephen L. Klineberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houston, Texas, long thought of as a traditionally blue-collar black/white southern city, has transformed into one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse metro areas in the nation, surpassing even New York by some measures. With a diversifying economy and large numbers of both highly-skilled technical jobs in engineering and medicine and low-skilled minimum-wage jobs in construction, restaurant work, and personal services, Houston has become a magnet for the new divergent streams of immigration that are transforming America in the 21st century. And thanks to an annual systematic survey conducted over the past thirty-eight years, the ongoing changes in attitudes, beliefs, and life experiences have been measured and studied, creating a compelling data-driven map of the challenges and opportunities that are facing Houston and the rest of the country. In Prophetic City, we'll meet some of the new Americans, including a family who moved to Houston from Mexico in the early 1980s and is still trying to find work that pays more than poverty wages. There's a young man born to highly-educated Indian parents in an affluent Houston suburb who grows up to become a doctor in the world's largest medical complex, as well as a white man who struggles with being prematurely pushed out of the workforce when his company downsizes. This timely and groundbreaking book tracks the progress of an American city like never before. Houston is at the center of the rapid changes that have redefined the nature of American society itself in the new century. Houston is where, for better or worse, we can see the American future emerging.

Houston Atlas of Biodiversity

Author : Houston Wilderness
Publisher : Houston Wilderness
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Houston Atlas of Biodiversity written by Houston Wilderness and published by Houston Wilderness. This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Houston metroplex and 24 surrounding counties possess striking natural beauty, unique biodiversity, and globally important ecological resources. With lively, engaging text and vivid color photographs and illustrations throughout, the Houston Atlas of Biodiversity highlights the variety, cultural importance, and global value of the natural environment found within the Houston Wilderness project area. Written by a consortium of authors in conjunction with the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and Houston Wilderness, the Houston Atlas of Biodiversity focuses on habitats, animal and plant communities, and broad multi-county ecoregions. It demonstrates how local parks and preserves are part of an interconnected, diverse natural world

Rebuilding the American City

Author : David Gamble
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317631056
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Rebuilding the American City written by David Gamble and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban redevelopment in American cities is neither easy nor quick. It takes a delicate alignment of goals, power, leadership and sustained advocacy on the part of many. Rebuilding the American City highlights 15 urban design and planning projects in the U.S. that have been catalysts for their downtowns—yet were implemented during the tumultuous start of the 21st century. The book presents five paradigms for redevelopment and a range of perspectives on the complexities, successes and challenges inherent to rebuilding American cities today. Rebuilding the American City is essential reading for practitioners and students in urban design, planning, and public policy looking for diverse models of urban transformation to create resilient urban cores.

Alligators of Texas

Author : Louise Hayes
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623493870
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Alligators of Texas written by Louise Hayes and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Found only in the United States, the American alligator ranges in Texas through 120 counties, from the Sabine River to the Rio Grande, across a swath of river drainages and coastal marshes that include both the backwater swamps of the Big Thicket and the urban bayous of greater Houston. From its beginning in a pile of eggs buried in a meticulously constructed nest to its possible end as an alligator burger or a pair of boots, an alligator’s habitat preferences sometimes coincide with the favorite haunts of boaters, hunters, and coastal residents. In Alligators of Texas, biologist Louise Hayes and photographer Philippe Henry bring readers up close to this cryptic reptile’s food choices, parenting skills, communication techniques, and responses to natural events such as freezes and hurricanes. They also relate some Texas “alligator tales”; discuss alligator farming, hunting, and live capturing; and examine how people can successfully co-exist with this predator. They end by telling readers where they can view alligators, both in the wild and in captivity. Although not as often, as easily, or perhaps as happily observed as white-tailed deer or armadillos, the American alligator is an iconic Texas animal, and knowing more about its life and habits can help Texans better understand its rightful place in the landscape.

Armand Bayou Illustrated A Life On the Bayou

Author : Mark Kramer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737378723
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Armand Bayou Illustrated A Life On the Bayou written by Mark Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armand Bayou Illustrated is a story of a person and a place. A naturalist's chronicle exploring the local ecology and natural history of the Bayou City's most beautifully preserved waterway. It offers a unique perspective into the natural world and its wildlife from someone who has made a life's work of conservation and environmental education. The book is a personal account from childhood through retirement of cumulative knowledge and observations collected over a forty-year period of living, working and playing on the bayou. Mark offers a passionate insight into his personal exploration of the intersection of the inner and outer world. A Life On The Bayou begins with passages which discuss childhood adventures in the surrounding grasslands and waters of his youth, where the curiosity of a naturalist was born. The book details the history, ecology and wildlife of the Armand Bayou Nature Center which is one of the ecological jewels of the American Gulf Coast. Three ecosystems converge within the nature center which are representative of the greater upper Texas coast. Anyone seeking understanding of coastal prairie and bayou ecology will find an easy to read wealth of knowledge.Excerpts from the author's acclaimed blog series are embedded, which include outstanding wildlife photography. Also contained is a User's Guide for visitors who will benefit from a lifetime's experience of when, where and how to enjoy this urban wildness. Spectacular images from award winning wildlife photographer Gary Seloff offer perspectives of wildlife behavior seldom seen by most. Gary's contribution completes the Illustrated component adding rich visuals which compliment the ecological stories told.This book is for anyone seeking to have a deeper understanding of Texas coastal ecology. It's a unique naturalist biographical accounting of beauty, change and intimate connection to place.

Angel Thieves

Author : Kathi Appelt
Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN 13 : 1442421096
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Angel Thieves written by Kathi Appelt and published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ocelot. A slave. An angel thief. Multiple perspectives spanning across time are united through themes of freedom, hope, and faith in a most unusual and epic novel from Newbery Honor–winning author and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt. Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis is an angel thief. After his mother’s family rejected him for being born out of wedlock, he and his dad moved to the apartment above a local antique shop. The only payment the owner Mrs. Walker requests: marble angels, stolen from graveyards, for her to sell for thousands of dollars to collectors. But there’s one angel that would be the last they’d ever need to steal; an angel, carved by a slave, with one hand open and one hand closed. If only Cade could find it… Zorra, a young ocelot, watches the bayou rush past her yearningly. The poacher who captured and caged her has long since lost her, and Zorra is getting hungrier and thirstier by the day. Trapped, she only has the sounds of the bayou for comfort—but it tells her help will come soon. Before Zorra, Achsah, a slave, watched the very same bayou with her two young daughters. After the death of her master, Achsah is free, but she’ll be damned if her daughters aren’t freed with her. All they need to do is find the church with an angel with one hand open and one hand closed… In a masterful feat, National Book Award Honoree Kathi Appelt weaves together stories across time, connected by the bayou, an angel, and the universal desire to be free.

Texas Zydeco

Author : Roger Wood
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292712588
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Texas Zydeco written by Roger Wood and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zydeco music - Creole music.

In the Eyes of Our Children: Houston, an American City

Author : Geoff Winningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781532317316
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book In the Eyes of Our Children: Houston, an American City written by Geoff Winningham and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, White Oak Bayou, Texas

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, White Oak Bayou, Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flyfisher's Guide to Texas

Author : Phil Shook
Publisher : Wilderness Adventures Press
ISBN 13 : 1932098658
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Flyfisher's Guide to Texas written by Phil Shook and published by Wilderness Adventures Press. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is by far the most COMPREHENSIVE travel/fly fishing guidebook to be published to date. This book covers Texas in its entirety from lakes, to rivers to the fish one will catch. Some of the lakes included are E.V. Spence, Possum Kingdom, O.H. Ivy, Corpus Christi, Lake Buchanan, Falcon, Lake Texoma, Sam Rayburn and more. Rivers included are the Guadalupe, Lanno, Rio Grande, Nueces, and the Sabinal. Shook also covers the fish of the Texas waters such as: Bass: Largemouth, Smallmouth, White, Guadalupe and Stiper as well as Panfish: Crappie, Trout and Catfish. There will be over 120 detailed lake and river maps showing lake depths, river access, campsites, and areas of special interest in addition to hatch charts, stream facts and recommended flies. As always this guidebook extensively covers essential travel information such as accommodations, campgrounds, listings for fly shops, restaurants, car repair and rental in addition to hospitals, airports and more. This book is the best yet and an essential guidebook for the Texas angler as well as for those visiting from out of state - a must have! (goodreads.).

Buildings of Texas

Author : Gerald Moorhead
Publisher : Buildings of the United States
ISBN 13 : 9780813942346
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Buildings of Texas written by Gerald Moorhead and published by Buildings of the United States. This book was released on 2019 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso, Goodnight to Marfa to Langtry, and scores of places in between, the second of two towering volumes assembled by Gerald Moorhead and a team of dedicated authors offers readers a definitive guide to the architecture of the Lone Star State. Canvassing Spanish and Mexican buildings in the south and southwest and the influence of Anglo- and African American styles in the east and north, the latest book in the Buildings of the United States series serves both as an accessible architectural and cultural history and a practical guide. More than 1,000 building entries survey the most important and representative examples of forts, courthouses, houses, churches, commercial buildings, and works by internationally renowned artists and architects, from the Kimbell Art Museum's Louis Kahn Building to Donald Judd's art installations at La Mansana de Chinati/The Block. Brief essays highlight such topics as the history and construction of federal forts, the growth and spread of Harvey House restaurants, and the birth of Conrad Hilton's hotel empire. Enlivened by 350 illustrations and 45 maps, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West affords local and out-of-state visitors, as well as more distant readers, a compelling journey filled with countless discoveries.

Native Texan

Author : Joe Holley
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595343091
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Native Texan written by Joe Holley and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart is a lively and personal tour of small town and big city Texas in search of what makes the state unique. Nationally acclaimed columnist Joe Holley is widely loved for his popular “Native Texan” column, which appears in the Houston Chronicle. In thirty stories curated from column archives, Holley introduces readers to his favorite people and places across the state. From interviews on the “weird” streets of Austin and his search for ghosts in Bigfoot to a decades-long love affair with everything about Marathon and hikes on the back trails of the Big Bend, Holley is a masterful storyteller. His instincts are backed by a seasoned journalist’s passion to measure legends and tall tales against investigations into what really happened. He reveals small-town Texas, and some small towns within the largest cities, with a style that has proven popular with readers and a keen eye for a unique spin on an old story. The result is an entertaining and certainly surprising view of the Lone Star state.