Forgotten Tales Of Texas

Author : Clay Coppedge
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841965
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Texas written by Clay Coppedge and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From El Chupacabra to the Marx Brothers, Clay Coppedge has a talent for digging into Texas's most unusual history. Strange as they may seem, many of these Texas-sized legends are surprisingly true, like Pancho Villa's film contract and the notorious Crash at Crush, a staged train collision and failed publicity stunt that turned tragic outside of Katy. Whether fact or lore, each tale is irrefutably part of a unique and fascinating heritage that invigorates the spirit like a Texas frontier remedy.

Author : Ellen Dornan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238340
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of New Mexico written by Ellen Dornan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico, a place defined by a history of grand conflicts, conquistadores, Pueblo warriors, and nuclear scientists, will celebrate its state centennial in 2012. What better time for a collection of forgotten tales that recounts the adventures and exploits of priests, soldiers, witches, and politicians, who carved out a living in the harsh frontier. Ellen will introduce the reader to a cross-dressing Buffalo Soldier, a French trailblazer who opened a road from Santa Fe to Texas, an American spy who became a Mexican general, a Mexican raised by the Navajo who helped round up the Din for removal, and a governor whose head was removed and used as a football. Spanning from the 17th century to World War II, these stories are drawn from Native oral histories as well as the state's written records, and provide a sampling of New Mexico's colorful past.

Author : William E. Moore
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623497159
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails written by William E. Moore and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A calaboose is, quite simply, a tiny jail. Designed to house prisoners only for a short time, a calaboose could be anything from an iron cage to a poured concrete blockhouse. Easily constructed and more affordable for small communities than a full-sized building, calabooses once dotted the rural landscape. Though a relic of a bygone era in law enforcement and no longer in use, many calabooses remain in communities throughout Texas, often hidden in plain sight. In The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails, William E. Moore has compiled the first guidebook to extant calabooses in Texas. He explores the history of the calaboose, including its construction, use, and eventual decline, but the heart of the book is in the alphabetically arranged photo tour of calabooses across the state. Each entry is accompanied by a vignette describing the unique features of the calaboose at hand, any infamous or otherwise memorable occupants, and the state of the calaboose at present. Most have been long abandoned, but because many remain on city or town property, some have been repurposed into storage buildings or even government offices. In certain ways, these small jails encapsulate the history of outlying communities during a time of transition from the “Wild West” to the twentieth century. Some of the structures have been preserved and cared-for, but despite the stories they can tell, many more are endangered or have already been lost. This definitive guide to tiny Texas jails serves as a record of a unique and disappearing feature of our heritage.

Author : Edward L. Underwood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423728X
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Arkansas written by Edward L. Underwood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey through Arkansas' forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional history books. Authors Edward and Karen Underwood weave fact and fun in this offbeat, gripping and little-known history of the Natural State. Discover the Tantrabobus monster rumored to lurk in the hills of the Ozarks, meet the imposters who faked the state's first history museum and learn the story behind Arkansas' lost amusement park, Dogpatch, USA. Truth really is stranger than fiction in Arkansas, and this one-of-a-kind state has the stories to prove it

Author : Stephanie Waters
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540207876
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Colorado written by Stephanie Waters and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild characters, diverse cultures, spooky myths and slippery sales schemes color Colorado's past. In a place where shameless showdowns and dusty shootouts over money, drink and women were once standard procedure, storytelling around campfires became an integral part of a rich heritage. From the jackalope and vampires to Indian curses and snake oil salesmen, the Centennial State has it all. Weirder still are the strange but true stories like that of the first body buried in La Junta's Fairview Cemetery, a man who landed there for refusing alcohol to a kid, and that of the hotel in Telluride that once offered a promotion that included funeral costs with your stay. While history may have neglected these silly, seedy and salacious stories, author Stephanie Waters has rediscovered Colorado's best forgotten tales.

Author : ELBRIDGE GERRY. LITTLEJOHN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033024034
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TEXAS HISTORY STORIES written by ELBRIDGE GERRY. LITTLEJOHN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238146
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Texas Tales written by Mike Cox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Mike Cox has been writing about Texas history for four decades, sharing tales that have been overlooked or forgotten through the years. Travel to El Paso during the "Big Blow" of 1895, brave the frontier with Elizabeth Russell Baker, and stare down the infamous killer known as Old Three Toe. From frontier stories and ghost towns to famous folks and accounts of everyday life, this collection of West Texas Tales has it all.

Author : Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243699803
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas History Stories written by Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jackson cole
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440549532
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killer Country written by Jackson cole and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horse’s hoofs rang loudly on the boards as the wagon rolled onto the bridge. Suddenly there was a loud crack, a shower of hot lead, then a grinding, splintering crash. In a matter of seconds the stream became a bloody turmoil of screaming horses and men! Again the vicious killers struck without warning and disappeared without a trace. They would stop at nothing to realize their mad dream of empire and untold wealth! To bring them to justice was Jim Hatfield’s mission. And as the Texas Ranger set forth to find their hidden haunt he became a marked target of death!

Author : C. Herndon Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614232466
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Gulf Coast Stories written by C. Herndon Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The middle Texas coast, known locally as the Coast Bend, is an area filled with fascinating stories. From as early as the days of de Vaca and La Salle, the Coastal Bend has been a site of early exploration, bloody conflicts, legendary shipwrecks and even a buried treasure or two. However, much of the true history has remained unknown, misunderstood and even hidden. For years, local historian C. Herndon Williams has shared his fascinating discoveries of the area's early stories through his weekly column, "Coastal Bend Chronicle." Now he has selected some of his favorites in Texas Gulf Coast Stories. Join Williams as he explores the days of early settlement and European contact, Karankawa and Tonkawa legends and the Coastal Bend's tallest of tall tales.