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Author : Marcella Chapple
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Total Pages : 47 pages
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Download or read book Name Index to Oscar Haas' History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946 written by Marcella Chapple and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marcella Chapple
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Name Index to History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946, by Oscar Haas written by Marcella Chapple and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oscar Haas
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Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946 written by Oscar Haas and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded 1845, became gateway to the Texan western wilderness. Could have been founded on the Medina or the San Saba, Llano, or San Antonio River, but was founded by an 'omen' on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers. Prince Carl Solms, founder, who was from Branfels on the Lahn River, Germany, wrote: "I myself with a troop of twenty-five men proceeded inland to find a place suitable for a town and to make the necessary preparations and investigations, especially as to whether or not there were hostile Indians in that region. It was on such an excursion that I found snow in my tent one morning, which, though it could be rolled in the hand, by noon had melted. Taking this as a good omen, we established our German colony here to which I gave the name New Braunfels." Much has been written about New Braunfels and Comal County. Much still remains to be written. May this boo9k add to incentives.
Download or read book Selections from History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946 written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Callary
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320644
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
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.
Author : Lonn Taylor
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292742126
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Texas Furniture, Volume One written by Lonn Taylor and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of furniture making flourished in Texas during the mid-nineteenth century. To document this rich heritage of locally made furniture, Miss Ima Hogg, the well-known philanthropist and collector of American decorative arts, enlisted Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren to research early Texas Furniture and its makers. They spent more than a decade working with museums and private collectors throughout the state to examine and photograph representative examples. They also combed census records, newspapers, and archives for information about cabinetmakers. These efforts resulted in the 1975 publication of Texas Furniture, which quickly became the authoritative reference on this subject. Now updated with an expanded Index of Texas Cabinetmakers that includes information that has come to light since the original publication and corrects errors, Texas Furniture presents a catalog of more than two hundred pieces of furniture, each superbly photographed and accompanied by detailed descriptions of the piece’s maker, date, materials, measurements, history, and owner, as well as an analysis by the authors. The book also includes chapters on the material culture of nineteenth-century Texas and on the tools and techniques of nineteenth-century Texas cabinetmakers, with a special emphasis on the German immigrant cabinetmakers of the Hill Country and Central Texas. The index of Texas cabinetmakers contains biographical information on approximately nine hundred men who made furniture in Texas, and appendices list information on the state’s largest cabinet shops taken from the United States census records.
Author : Hermann Seele
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292761767
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book The Cypress and Other Writings of a German Pioneer in Texas written by Hermann Seele and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Hermann Seele anived in New Braunfels in 1845, the raw colony was plagued by poverty, disease, lack of food, and hostile Indians. This personal record of the Germans in Texas shows their evolution from struggling colonists to prosperous citizens. From his viewpoint of a hardworking yet imaginative pioneer, Seele presents first a history of German immigration and settlement in Texas during the nineteenth century. Next, his autobiographical writings range from a "sentimental recollection" of his first Christmas Eve in Texas to his first day of teaching in New Braunfels, from accounts of the popular singing society to murder and justice along the Comal River. In addition, Seele's romantic novel, The Cypress, is a delightful though improbable tale of a traveling botanist, a chieftain's daughter, and a savage Indian cult. Hermann Seele—farmer, lawyer, teacher, lay preacher, mayor, state representative, Civil War major, and editor—epitomizes the best of the German immigrants who established their communities as models of respectability and prosperity.
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Total Pages : 604 pages
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Author : Lonn Taylor
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292739427
Total Pages : 351 pages
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Download or read book Texas Furniture, Volume Two written by Lonn Taylor and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More examples of Texas' rich heritage of locally made nineteenth-century furniture and information on the craftsmen who produced it"--
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Total Pages : 548 pages
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Author : Robert R. Robinson
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Total Pages : 1002 pages
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Download or read book Bremers and Their Kin in Germany and in Texas written by Robert R. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : David G. McComb
Publisher : Texas State Historical Assn
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Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Travels with Joe written by David G. McComb and published by Texas State Historical Assn. This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This biography of Frantz traces his lifetime from an orphan in Dallas until his death in Houston in 1993. Travels with Joe is based upon Frantz's personal papers, interviews, and writings. It narrates the story of Frantz's triumphs and storms, and captures the essence of this fascinating and influential man. Life, for Joe B. Frantz, was a grand journey, an adventure that he preferred to share with others. This book is about his journey."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441969
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Springs of Texas written by Gunnar M. Brune and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Author : Roger Nuhn
Publisher : Walsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780898658798
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (587 download)
Download or read book New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas written by Roger Nuhn and published by Walsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book strives to give a glimpse into the past of New Braunfels and its environs through priceless pictures.
Author : Rudloph Leopold Biesele
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ISBN 13 : 9781571688576
Total Pages : 261 pages
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Download or read book The History of the German Settlements in Texas 1831-1861 written by Rudloph Leopold Biesele and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Marten
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813148030
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Texas Divided written by James Marten and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War hardly scratched the Confederate state of Texas. Thousands of Texans died on battlefields hundreds of miles to the east, of course, but the war did not destroy Texas's farms or plantations or her few miles of railroads. Although unchallenged from without, Confederate Texans faced challenges from within—from fellow Texans who opposed their cause. Dissension sprang from a multitude of seeds. It emerged from prewar political and ethnic differences; it surfaced after wartime hardships and potential danger wore down the resistance of less-than-enthusiastic rebels; it flourished, as some reaped huge profits from the bizarre war economy of Texas. Texas Divided is neither the history of the Civil War in Texas, nor of secession or Reconstruction. Rather, it is the history of men dealing with the sometimes fragmented southern society in which they lived—some fighting to change it, others to preserve it—and an examination of the lines that divided Texas and Texans during the sectional conflict of the nineteenth century.
