State Local category: 1635 books
New Orleans Fabulous Streetcars
America Through Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The first street railway opened in New Orleans in 1835. Over the years various methods of powering the streetcars including horses, stream locomotives, overhead cable system, and fireless locomotives were tried. In 1893, electric streetcar operation began. At its peak in 1922, New Orleans had 225...
The Trail Drivers of Texas
Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys...
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas—those rugged men and, sometimes, women who drove cattle and horses up the trails from Texas to northern markets in the late 1800s. Gleaned from members of the Old Time Trail Drivers' Association, these hundreds of real-life stories—some humorous,...
Alaska's History
The People, Land, and Events of the North Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1993
A lively, take along account of Alaska's sweeping history made vivid with historical photos and entertaining essays. Topics covered include Native lifestyles before contact with the Europeans; Alexander Baranov and the Russian fur trade; John Muir's visit to Glacier Bay in 1879; the Klondike gold...
In the Shadow of the San Francisco Peaks
Frontier Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
GROWING UP ON THE FRONTIER
In this exciting, humorous, and profoundly touching experience of pioneer life in Northern Arizona, boyhood adventures and friendships with people and animals create fascinating reading for all ages.
Ross Sterling, Texan
A Memoir by the Founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Born on a farm near Anahuac, Texas, in 1875 and possessed of only a fourth-grade education, Ross Sterling was one of the most successful Texans of his generation. Driven by a relentless work ethic, he become a wealthy oilman, banker, newspaper publisher, and, from 1931 to 1933, one-term governor of Texas....
Let me tell you what I've learned
Texas Wisewomen Speak
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Barbara Jordan spoke for many Texas women when she told a reporter, "I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit." Indeed, the sense of...
by Robert Moser
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
Texas Iron: Guns of the Texas Rangers is the not only the most comprehensive books ever published profiling the guns of the Rangers, but it is also the only book to tackle the subject. Chapters on seldom printed Texas Ranger badges, commemoratives, documented Ranger guns and more. There are 142 historical...
Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War 2
The United States History for English Learners, Children(Kids) and Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War tells stories about the ideas and issues that have shaped the United States in the era of Abraham Lincoln’s presidential term and the Civil War. You can think of it not just as a series of history of America and its people, but a series of lessons....
by Andy Adams
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
This sparkling collection of tales told around Western campfires, written by the master chronicler of the range, is a literary find of great interest and genuine importance.Andy Adams is remembered chiefly as the author of The Log of a Cowboy. Among the most charming features of the Log are the stories...
Indians of the Rio Grande Delta
Their Role in the History of Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Certain to become a standard reference in its field, Indians of the Rio Grande Delta is the first single-volume source on these little-known peoples.Working from innumerable primary documents in various Texan and Mexican archives, Martin Salinas has compiled data on more than six dozen named groups that...
The Cast Iron Forest
A Natural and Cultural History of the North American Cross Timbers
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
A complex mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak forests interspersed with prairies, the Cross Timbers covers a north-south belt of southern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and North Central Texas. Home to Native Americans over several thousand years, the Cross Timbers became a barrier to westward expansion...
by W F G Shanks
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
This short piece principally describes the geography and the setting of the battle field at Lookout Mountain. Well Illustrated.
A Good Southerner
The Life of Henry A. Wise of Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Wise (1806-76) was extremely active on the Virginia and national political scene from the early 1830s to the mid-1860s, drawing popular support because of his projection of hopefulness and energy. Regarded as eccentric, Wise is given, in this study, an interpretation that finds consistency in his...
by Edd McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
The Life and Death of a Country Store, A Memoir, is a touching story of the men, women, and children who lived in rural Illinois near Hugo, along the banks of the Embarrass River. The book is an enriching read that leaves a sense of appreciation, nostalgia, and lingering joy for a way of life that spanned...