| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (612 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Background -- What Jefferson was -- Foundations -- Townsite -- Emergence -- Development -- Censuses -- Women -- Slaves -- Roads and bridges -- County seat -- Municipal affairs -- Wharves -- Navigation -- Navigation controversies -- Market area -- Primary business types -- Commodity markets -- Warehouse district -- Earliest merchants -- Early 1850s merchants -- Middle 1850s merchants -- Late merchants -- Miscellaneous businesses -- Manufacturing -- Packeries -- Structural features -- The professions -- Politics -- Fraternal organizations -- Religion -- Education -- Hotels -- Stables -- Stagecoaches -- Newspapers -- Postal services -- Telegraph -- Railroads -- Sports -- Culture and entertainment -- Balls and dances -- Crime -- Vice -- Health and welfare -- Mortality. |
| Summary |
Founded in 1845 as a steamboat port at the entryway to western markets from the Red River, Jefferson was a thriving center of trade until the steamboat traffic dried up in the 1870s. Jefferson was the unofficial capital of East Texas, but it was also typical of boom towns in general. This title examines the frontier town. |
| Processing Action |
ebrary dda UPB |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jefferson (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Jefferson (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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City and town life -- Texas -- Jefferson -- History -- 19th century.
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City and town life. |
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Texas -- Jefferson. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bagur, Jacques D. Antebellum Jefferson, Texas. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012 9781574412659 (DLC) 2011047218 (OCoLC)762373724 |
| ISBN |
9781574414547 (electronic book) |
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1574414542 (electronic book) |
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9781283924306 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283924307 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781574412659 |
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1574412655 |
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