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Author Utley, Dan K.

Title History ahead : stories beyond the Texas roadside markers / Dan K. Utley & Cynthia J. Beeman ; foreword by Truett Latimer.

Publication Info. [College Station] : Texas A & M University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series TAM travel guides
TAM travel guides.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index.
Contents A Texas sense of place -- Saving Elmer's woods -- Roberts Cemetery -- "While you are hesitating others are buying--act to-day!" -- George H. Paul, South Texas land promoter -- A crop of suckers -- A plan for the coming season -- George Sessions Perry -- Robert S. Munger -- The healer of Los Olmos -- Dobie's Los Olmos -- Too many barrels of oil -- Santa Rita smiled -- "We shall come rejoicing" -- Waugh campground -- Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle -- The music man of Schulenburg -- "Shorthorns forever" -- Passing through Texas -- Lindbergh landed here -- Lindbergh historical markers -- Pyramids on the road to Monte Ne -- The Nat -- A gathering in the woods -- Texas Forestry Association -- Ghosts at Mitchell Flat -- Fort D.A. Russell -- Chasing the next frontier -- Wiley Hardeman Post -- Alien city in a strange land -- Kenedy Alien Detention Camp Cemetery -- Texans on the national stage -- Fighting every step of the way -- Minnie Fish -- Companion courthouses -- Crossing the great divide -- Charlie's unmarked friends -- Harvest of the devoted heart -- Wyatt C. Hedrick -- Queen of the air -- The flying Stinsons -- "Hellooo, baby!" -- Jefferson Theatre -- City of Lubbock Cemetery -- The theater of tomorrow today -- Stoneleigh Hotel -- Sherman Little Theater.
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Subject Historical markers -- Texas.
Historical markers.
Texas.
Geographical perception -- Texas.
Geographical perception.
Texas -- History.
History.
Texas -- History -- Anecdotes.
Texas -- Description and travel.
Texas -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
History.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Added Author Beeman, Cynthia J.
Other Form: Print version: Utley, Dan K. History ahead. 1st ed. [College Station] : Texas A & M University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009023264
ISBN 9781603443449 (electronic book)
1603443444 (electronic book)
9781603441513 (flexbound with flaps ; alkaline paper)
1603441514 (flexbound with flaps ; alkaline paper)