Texas Loud Proud And Brash

Author : Rusty Williams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493064403

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Texas Loud, Proud, and Brash by Rusty Williams Pdf

The history of New Texas, the Texas we know today—oil-rich, insufferably loud, and unbearably proud of itself—begins in the late 1920s, when a horned frog wakes from its thirty-one-year nap in a courthouse cornerstone and flabbergasts the nation. In slightly over two decades ten individuals—their words, actions, and accomplishments—come to define the New Texas of the twenty-first century. While the history of Old Texas rests on oft-told legends of Houston, Austin, Travis, Crockett, Rusk, Lamar, and Seguin, today’s New Texas—proud, loud, self-promotional, sports-crazy, and too rich for its own good—is the Texas that percolates throughout the nation’s popular culture. In Texas Loud, Proud, and Brash: How Ten Mavericks Created the Twentieth-Century Lone Star State, author Rusty Williams profiles ten largely unsung men and women responsible for the Texas you love, hate, and (secretly) envy today.

Author : Rusty Williams
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623494056

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The Red River Bridge War by Rusty Williams Pdf

Winner, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award, sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book Winner, 2016 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History, sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society At the beginning of America’s Great Depression, Texas and Oklahoma armed up and went to war over a 75-cent toll bridge that connected their states across the Red River. It was a two-week affair marked by the presence of National Guardsmen with field artillery, Texas Rangers with itchy trigger fingers, angry mobs, Model T blockade runners, and even a costumed Native American peace delegation. Traffic backed up for miles, cutting off travel between the states. This conflict entertained newspaper readers nationwide during the summer of 1931, but the Red River Bridge War was a deadly serious affair for many rural Americans at a time when free bridges and passable roads could mean the difference between survival and starvation. The confrontation had national consequences, too: it marked an end to public acceptance of the privately owned ferries, toll bridges, and turnpikes that threatened to strangle American transportation in the automobile age. The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle documents the day-to-day skirmishes of this unlikely conflict between two sovereign states, each struggling to help citizens get goods to market at a time of reduced tax revenue and little federal assistance. It also serves as a cautionary tale, providing historical context to the current trend of re-privatizing our nation’s highway infrastructure.

Author : Boyce House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494007622

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Texas by Boyce House Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.

Author : Lee J. Butts
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781556228339

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Texas Bad Girls by Lee J. Butts Pdf

Includes material on Sally Skull, Chipita Rodriguez, Mrs. Swine, Jessie Williams, Edna Milton, Sarah Bowman, Belle Starr, Beulah Morose, Sophia Suttenfield, Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt (or Butts) Porter, Etta Place, Allen Hill and family, Lottie Deno, Adah Isaacs Menken, Bonnie Parker, Janis Joplin, and Karla Faye Tucker.

Author : James A. Crutchfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493039708

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It Happened in Texas by James A. Crutchfield Pdf

From the murder of French explorer La Salle to the impressive career of the state’s first female black senator, It Happened in Texas looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Lone Star State. Discover why a group of migrant farm workers marched nearly 500 miles in sweltering summer heat to meet with Texas’s governor. Find out how the annexation of Texas into the United States led to the first war Americans ever fought on foreign soil. Learn what prompted ranchers of South Texas to bombard the sky for hours with hundreds of explosives one starry night in the fall of 1891. And relive the last days of outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde, from an endearing family reunion to their violent deaths in an unrelenting hail of gunfire.

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493013173

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Texas Disasters by Mike Cox Pdf

True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other devastating events, including a yellow fever epidemic in 1867, which earned that year the grim moniker "The Year of Death." Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived and the heroism of those who helped others, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts.

Author : Patrick M. Reynolds
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781556227806

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Cartoon History of Texas by Patrick M. Reynolds Pdf

Based on a 1912 publication about Texans who fought for the South in the Civil War, Texas Boys in Gray presents a collection of fascinating remembrances of those who were there. Sometimes humorous and sometimes heartbreaking, the experiences of these men are documented as a tribute to Texas war veterans. Texas Boys in Gray captures, in their own words, the patriotism, the fear, the confusion, the bravery, the terrible wounds, the desperate hunger, the camaraderie, the horrible prison conditions, and the joyful reunions that were all part of that historical time.

Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493028351

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Border Bandits, Border Raids by W. C. Jameson Pdf

Border Bandits is an account of the many, many stories of back and forth skirmishes between the Mexicans and Texans during the late 1800s and early 1900s. There practically wasn't a border, which caused a lot of problems and thievery between the two countries. These seventeen tales in this book re-create border raids that originated from both sides of the fluid and much contested line and tells the stories of colorful characters – Mexican and American – that have since secured their place in history.

Author : Samuel K. Dolan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442246706

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Cowboys and Gangsters by Samuel K. Dolan Pdf

Even after WWI had ended, the region of Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas stubbornly refused to be tamed. It was still a place where frontier gunfights still broke out at an alarming rate. Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, Cowboys and Gangsters tells the story of the untamed “Wild West” of the Prohibition-era of the 1920s and early 1930s and introduces a rogues’ gallery of sixgun-packing western gunfighters and lawmen. Told through the lens of the accounts of a handful of Texas Rangers and Federal Agents, this book covers a unique and action-packed era in American history. It’s a story that connects the horse and saddle days of the Old West, with the high-octane decade of the Roaring Twenties.

Author : Johnny D. Boggs
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461625674

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Great Murder Trials of the Old West by Johnny D. Boggs Pdf

Not every Wild West disagreement was settled with guns on a dusty street. Even on the frontier, accused criminals were entitled to a fair trial. Author Johnny Boggs recreates and analyzes some of the wildest murder trials of these times.

Author : Donna Ingham
Publisher : L. L. Bean
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1493032437

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Tales with a Texas Twist by Donna Ingham Pdf

A collection of Texas--and Texanized--myths and legends, including the Comanche myth that explains the origin of Texas's state flower and the exploits of folk heroes like Pecos Bill and Diamond Bill. Award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to these stories that traverse her home state.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618583901

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Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by Anonim Pdf

In 1950 Dallas was a spirited Texas town of some regional importance; by 1980 it was an international city, one of the nation’s most populous, a center of trade, transportation, finance, pro sports, and popular culture. Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s documents this amazing transformation with seldom-seen photographs of the period. Nearly 200 historic images show Dallas in the process of refashioning its skyline, its streets, its institutions, its public behavior, and its sense of self and worth. Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s blends striking black-and-white images with crisp commentary to chronicle moments of joy, pride, and anguish during these tumultuous decades. This volume takes readers back to the not-so-long-ago Dallas of trolley buses, downtown movie theaters, and four-lane expressways, then shows how the city transcended its parochial beginnings to become one of the most dynamic American cities of the twentieth century.

Author : Diana Palmer
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008903848

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Texas Proud (Mills & Boon True Love) (Long, Tall Texans, Book 50) by Diana Palmer Pdf

A powerful businessman seeks refuge ...but his secrets can’t be hidden

Author : Nelson Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Comanche Indians
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010221104

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Three Years Among the Camanches by Nelson Lee Pdf

Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493045198

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The Victorio Peak Mystery by W. C. Jameson Pdf

In a little-known mountain range in southern New Mexico is an unremarkable mountain called Victorio Peak. In a cavern in that mountain, it is rumored that billions of dollars’ worth of artifacts and thousands of gold and silver ingots and coins have been cached for decades, a treasure that dwarfs all others. Its existence, or the belief in its existence, has been responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of recovery efforts, blatant violation of laws and trampling of legal rights by the United States government as well as dozens of citizens, and the involvement of a wide variety of infamous characters. It has also been responsible for a number of deaths. For generations, people all over the world have been fascinated and enthralled by tales and legends of lost mines and buried treasures. There is something in the human DNA that embraces such things. North America has served as a setting for hundreds of such tales, and every now and then one of these treasures is found. Most can identify the Lost Dutchman Mine of Arizona’s Superstition Mountains and the so-called Oak Island Treasure in Nova Scotia as prominent examples of legends that have seized the attention of millions. If one were to write a mystery/thriller incorporating colorful characters, murder, unexplained deaths, intrigue, theft, deceit, and political and legal machinations, one need not look any further than the incredible treasure mystery associated with Victorio Peak. It is, in fact, one of the most bizarre and confounding mysteries in American history and involves what my well be the largest treasure cache known to man.