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Author : Patricia Bellis Bixel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1603444122
Originally published in hardcover in 1998.
Author : Kurt D. Voss
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1531651860
For nearly three decades, the 1877 sailing ship Elissa has been widely recognized as one of the finest maritime preservation projects in the world. Unlike some tall ships of today, the Elissa is not a replica but a survivor. Over her century-long commercial history, she carried cargoes to ports around the world for a succession of owners. Her working life as a freighter came to an end in Piraeus, Greece, where she was rescued from the salvage yard by a variety of ship preservationists who refused to let her die. The story of Elissa's discovery and restoration by the Galveston Historical Foundation is nothing short of miraculous.
Author : Otmar Schäuffelen
Publisher : Hearst Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1588163849
Come sailing with Chapman, on the pages of an expansive, attractively illustrated reference to large, and frequently famous, sailboats from around the globe. Enthusiasts will find completely up-to-date information on these extremely popular boats, more than 450 color photos, and descriptions of different types of sailing ships and rigging. Each craft listed features a full-color picture, details, and statistics, accompanied by facts and figures on its home port, the year it was built, the names of the owner and crew, plus rigging, tonnage, mast, sails, and use.
Author : Patricia Bellis Bixel
Publisher : TAMU Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015043769762
Chronicles the history of the barque ship Elissa and discusses why the ship was still used more than one hundred years after other similar ships were sent to the scrapyards.
Author : Kurt D. Voss
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 073857855X
For nearly three decades, the 1877 sailing ship Elissa has been widely recognized as one of the finest maritime preservation projects in the world. Unlike some tall ships of today, the Elissa is not a replica but a survivor. Over her century-long commercial history, she carried cargoes to ports around the world for a succession of owners. Her working life as a freighter came to an end in Piraeus, Greece, where she was rescued from the salvage yard by a variety of ship preservationists who refused to let her die. The story of Elissa's discovery and restoration by the Galveston Historical Foundation is nothing short of miraculous.
Author : David Buisseret,Richard Francaviglia,Gerald Saxon,Jack W. Graves, Jr.
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292719279
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.
Author : Rosemary & Colin Mudie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ships
ISBN : OCLC:809195123
Author : Myra Hargrave McIlvain
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611394931
These tales trace the Texas story, from Cabeza de Vaca who trekked barefoot across the country recording the first accounts of Indian life, to impresarios like Stephen F. Austin and Don Martín DeLeón who brought settlers into Mexican Texas. There are visionaries like Padre José Nicolás Ballí, the Singer family, and Sam Robertson, who tried and failed to develop Padre Island into the wonderland that it is today. There are legendary characters like Sally Skull who had five husbands and may have killed some of them, and Josiah Wilbarger who was scalped and lived another ten years to tell about it. Also included are the stories of Shanghai Pierce, cattleman extraordinaire, who had no qualms about rounding up other folks’ calves, and Tol Barret who drilled Texas’ first oil well over thirty years before Spindletop changed the world. The Sanctified Sisters got rich running a commune for women, and millionaire oilman Edgar B. Davis gave away his money as fast as he made it. Sam Houston, Jean Lafitte, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Lucy Kidd-Key, Minnie Fisher Cunningham, all these characters and many more—early-day adventurers, Civil War heroes, and latter-day artists and musicians—created the patchwork called Texas.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034585133
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Civil engineering
ISBN : PURD:32754070459429
Author : David G. McComb
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292747357
A colorful history of the island city on Texas’s Gulf Coast and its survival through times of piracy, plague, civil war, and devastating natural disaster. On the Gulf edge of Texas between land and sea stands Galveston Island. Shaped continually by wind and water, it is one of earth’s ongoing creations, where time is forever new. Here, on the shoreline, embraced by the waves, a person can still feel the heartbeat of nature. And yet, for all the idyllic possibilities, Galveston’s history has been anything but tranquil. Across Galveston’s sands have walked Indians, pirates, revolutionaries, the richest men of nineteenth-century Texas, soldiers, sailors, bootleggers, gamblers, prostitutes, physicians, entertainers, engineers, and preservationists. Major events in the island’s past include hurricanes, yellow fever, smuggling, vice, the Civil War, the building of a medical school and port, raids by the Texas Rangers, and, always, the struggle to live in a precarious location. Galveston: A History is an engrossing account that also explores the role of technology and the often contradictory relationship between technology and the city, providing a guide to both Galveston history and the dynamics of urban development.
Author : Sharry Buckner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780762763207
Fun with the Family Texas leads the way to historical attractions, children's museums, festivals, parks, and much more.
Author : Douglas Stallings
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400016983
Offers advice on selecting and booking a cruise, and describes points of interest in the Bahamas, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean
Author : Pat Jakobi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467146302
Since Audubon visited Galveston in 1837, artists have flocked to the island, some just passing through and others staying their entire lives. But because Galveston remained remote from the nation's cultural centers, its artistic contributions were initially largely ignored. However, the recovery effort from the Great Storm of 1900 spurred a new sense of local pride and civic determination. The Cotton Carnivals attracted people throughout the state, the city's artists united to promote local art through the creation of the Galveston Art League and photographers modernized their practices. In the early 1920s, a new generation, freed from nineteenth-century traditions, started to gain attention both on and off the island. Explore Galveston's artistic heritage with local historian Pat Jakobi, from the portraits of Thomas Flintoff to the Balinese Room murals of Marie Marchi Ragone.
Author : Kathryn Lay
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : 1602707596
Presents information about hurricanes, using a narrative in which, after Wendy's essay about the 1900 Glaveston hurricane wins a contest, she and her friends receive a trip to the city just as it is is being threatened by Hurricane Harry.
