Commemorating a Hundred Years of Texas History
Author: Texas Centennial Commission
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 43
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Author: Texas Centennial Commission
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 43
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kenneth L. Untiedt
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1574412779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Texas Folklore Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious organizations in the state. Its secret for longevity lies in those things that make it unique, such as its annual meeting that seems more like a social event or family reunion than a formal academic gathering. This book examines the Society's members and their substantial contributions to the field of folklore over the last century. Some articles focus on the research that was done in the past, while others offer studies that continue today. This book does more than present a history of the Texas Folklore Society: it explains why the TFS has lasted so long, and why it will continue.
Author: McDougal Littell
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780618155125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas K. Walls
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells the story of Japanese migrating to Texas and their experiences, accomplishments, and contributions.
Author: Guido Ernst Ransleben
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 378
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frank White Johnson
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 632
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Herbert Eugene Bolton
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA source reader in Texas history.
Author: Alice (Barrie) M. Scardino Bradley
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2013-11-08
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13: 1623491096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRichly illustrated with rare period photographs, Houston’s Hermann Park: A Century of Community provides a vivid history of Houston’s oldest and most important urban park. Author and historian Barrie Scardino Bradley sets Hermann Park in both a local and a national context as this grand park celebrates its centennial at the culmination of a remarkable twenty-year rejuvenation. As Bradley shows, Houston’s development as a major American city may be traced in the outlines of the park’s history. During the early nineteenth century, Houston leaders were most interested in commercial development and connecting the city via water and rail to markets beyond its immediate area. They apparently felt no need to set aside public recreational space, nor was there any city-owned property that could be so developed. By 1910, however, Houston leaders were well aware that almost every major American city had an urban park patterned after New York’s Central Park. By the time the City Beautiful Movement and its overarching Progressive Movement reached the consciousness of Houstonians, Central Park’s designer, Frederick Law Olmsted, had died, but his ideals had not. Local advocates of the City Beautiful Movement, like their counterparts elsewhere, hoped to utilize political and economic power to create a beautiful, spacious, and orderly city. Subsequent planning by the renowned landscape architect and planner George Kessler envisioned a park that would anchor a system of open spaces in Houston. From that groundwork, in May 1914, George Hermann publicly announced his donation of 285 acres to the City of Houston for a municipal park. Bradley develops the events leading up to the establishment of Hermann Park, then charts how and why the park developed, including a discussion of institutions within the park such as the Houston Zoo, the Japanese Garden, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The book’s illustrations include plans, maps, and photographs both historic and recent that document the accomplishments of the Hermann Park Conservancy since its founding in 1992. Royalties from sales will go to the Hermann Park Conservancy for stewardship of the park on behalf of the community.
Author: Louis J. Wortham
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 478
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