Texas Gulf Coast Stories

Texas Gulf Coast Stories

Author: C. Herndon Williams

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-12-03

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1614232466

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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.


Texas Coast Country

Texas Coast Country

Author: Passenger Department

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-11

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9780656300792

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Excerpt from Texas Coast Country: Also Briefly Describing the Resources of All Counties Along the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Line Is the soil of your farm worn out? Texas soil rarely requires fertilizers; it is deep and'rich and permanent. Does it require all you earn for living expenses? The cost is 4075 less to build a house in Texas than in the North, 50% less for clothing, and 80% less for fuel. Are you now restricted to one main crop a year? Along the Gulf Coast of Texas a man can raise two or three crops of vegetables and alfalfa per annum, and more than one cr0p of some other staples; a great diversity is also possible. Are you interested in horticulture? Texas fruit lands annually pay $200 to $500 net per acre. The fruit season begins early and lasts to a late date. Is your northern farm worth $100 an acre, with a high tax rate and low prices for products? Why not try the $10 an acre lands in the southern part of Texas, where taxes are low and markets excellent? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.