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Author: Elton Miles
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 1987-04
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780890963609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMiles evokes Indian, Mexican and Anglo traditions that converge in this area in this collection of tales. They cover supernatural phenomena such as the Marfa lights and water witching, murders, feuds, and lost treasures.
Author: Elton Miles
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 189
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter Fulcher
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 87
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elton Miles
Publisher: Centennial Series of the Assoc
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780890965429
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 46." A collection of tall tales and legends of the Big Bend Region of Texas.
Author: Mike Cox
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-08-16
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1614238162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTravel deeper into the Texas outback with writer-historian Mike Cox as he recounts the lesser-known stories from Alpine, Fort Davis and Marfa. Revisit the grandeur of Alpine's Holland Hotel, peer through the telescope at the McDonald Observatory and dip your toes in the water hole at Ernst Tinaja, if you dare. Travel back to a time when the Comanche Trail stretched one thousand miles from Kansas to Mexico, making the Big Bend difficult to defend and impossible to resist trying. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the anniversary of Benito Juarez's decisive defeat of the French at Pueblo in 1867. If nothing else, come for the lore and history that is as extensive in the Big Bend region as the mountain passes and desert stretches themselves.
Author: Elton Miles
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 294
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere among other things are legends of demons and magic; a collection of corridos (Mexican folk ballads) of the Big Bend; tales of treasure like the Terlingua Bootlegger''s Hoard; a mini-history of the mining community of Shafter; and a profile of Maggie Smith, longtime border storekeeper, dealer in candelilla wax and folk healer.
Author: Gary Clark
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 160344338X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book will help turn every trip to Big Bend National Park into a memorable adventure. Veteran naturalist Gary Clark and photographer Kathy Adams Clark help you choose the best hike or drive in Big Bend National Park, based on the season in which you visit; the number of days you have in the park; and your activity, age, and fitness levels. The Clarks provide valuable practical information, along with a descriptive list of items essential for being outdoors in desert and mountain environments and an overview of park rules. They describe more than thirty activities available in the park: two-hour or half- and full-day adventures; adventures for the physically fit or physically challenged; and adventures with children, for nature lovers, or in vehicles. The Clarks also point out scenic highlights and animals and plants that might be seen along the way.
Author: Bill Roorbach
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 0820322830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, this intriguing anthology of stories explores the complex twists and turns of human relationships in such works as "Fog," "Thanksgiving," and the title story, about a grieving widower, feeling the onslaught of age, who finds himself attracted to a young birdwatcher no older than his daughter.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jim Glendinning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1467100544
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Home of the Last Frontier" is how the local radio station aptly describes the Big Bend and Davis Mountains region of West Texas, the sparsely populated area of desert and mountain close to the Mexican border. After 1848, the first settlers started to move in. They came to make a living, and a few made a fortune. Mysterious cattle baron Milton Faver ran 10,000 cattle in the 1870s. Others came for their health, like J.O. Langford, his wife, and young daughters who, seeking a dry climate, came to homestead on the Rio Grande. Today's newcomers are equally pioneering in their own way. Donald Judd was the catalyst that changed Marfa from a moribund cow town to an internationally recognized art center. Edie Elfring, an immigrant from a small island in the Baltic Sea, has picked up trash and tended Alpine's public gardens--unasked and unpaid--for years. They were drawn to what their predecessors found: a boundless landscape peopled by a few hardy, independent souls.
