Exploring Texas History

Exploring Texas History
Author: Elaine L. Galit
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005-03-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1461730708

Combining fascinating stories of Texas history with travel adventures around the state, Exploring Texas History: Weekend Adventures suggests where to go and what to see by tracking historical characters and events. The travel destinations echo the settlement of Texas, the battle for independence, the Alamo, cowboys, vacqueros, Buffalo Soldiers, shipwrecks, and cattle drives. Each chapter includes history, travel routes, best sights, best times to visit, lodging, dining, and sources for additional information. Families, visitors, travelers with a love of history, and teachers and students studying the required curriculum of the fourth grade in Texas schools will find this guide practical and user friendly.

Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico

Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico
Author: Emmanuel Domenech
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1858
Genre: Brownsville
ISBN:

In the author's first journey, 1846-50, various points in Texas were visited; on his second sojourn, 1851-52, he made his headquarters at Brownsville, Tex., with visits to neighboring places in Texas and Mexico.

100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die

100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die
Author: E. R. Bills
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 168106183X

Many Texas travel guides are all hat and no cattle, put together by temporary or transplanted Texans who aren’t well familiar with the state in its entirety, much less the experiences and marvels that express bona fide Lone Star spirit. Award-winning author E. R. Bills’s 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die is a definitive, quick-reference travel guide put together by a native-born, lifelong Texan who has traveled the state all his life and spent the last several years writing about its distinct treasures, attractions and history. From the Big Bend to the Big Thicket, the Panhandle to the Padre Island National Seashore and all points in between, join Bills in this Lone Star bucket list that emphasizes authentic Texas in in all of its amazing diversity, stark beauty and unparalleled presence in the lower forty-eight.

Everybody Loves Grace

Everybody Loves Grace
Author: Katy McQuaid
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2021-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781948512114

It's time to leave Pennsylvania and Grace says goodbye to her special friend, Nathan. Grace shares the next part of her road trip adventure to Washington, DC and Virginia. She also visits where her mommy used to work in Virginia.

Adventures with a Texas Naturalist

Adventures with a Texas Naturalist
Author: Roy Bedichek
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010-06-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0292791992

A classic since its first publication in 1947, Adventures with a Texas Naturalist distills a lifetime of patient observations of the natural world. This reprint contains a new introduction by noted nature writer Rick Bass.

Under the Texas Sun

Under the Texas Sun
Author: Anna Manns Dana
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Cowboys
ISBN: 9781603440455

Malcolm Vernon's stories--delightfully and poignantly retold by his granddaughter--are of a fifteen-year-old boy heading west alone, working the range, recovering stolen stock, seeing men killed over card games and buckets of buttermilk, and, most of all, growing to manhood on the Texas frontier.

Hiking Texas

Hiking Texas
Author: Laurence Parent
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Hiking
ISBN: 9780762723232

From the rugged Guadalupe Mountains in the west and the deep canyons of the Red River in the Panhandle to the lakes on the eastern landscape, the Texas backcountry is as spacious and diverse as the Lone Star State itself. This guide contains unforgettable hikes that suit all abilities and interests.

Frommer's Texas

Frommer's Texas
Author: David Baird
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2003-06-20
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780764524608

A must for savvy travelers to the Longhorn State ? Delivers frank, up-to-date travel advice on Texas, a top destination state that had more than $100 million leisure travelers in 2001 who spent $40.4 billion ? Guides visitors to the best accommodations, dining, nightlife, and sights in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Amarillo, and more ? Highlights Texas's many family-friendly attractions (amusement parks, Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, and wonderful beaches), nature tourism options (such as the Great Texas Costal Birding Trail), and historic sites (such as the Alamo and the Caddoan Mounds) ? Provides the lowdown on Texan music and food and even offers tips on how to talk like a Texan

Texas Outdoor Adventure Guide for Kids

Texas Outdoor Adventure Guide for Kids
Author: Melissa Maupin
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1998
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781885696281

Lists and describes places in Texas that have outdoor programs for kids, covering fishing and shooting sports, water recreation, bird and wildlife watching, nature study, volunteer activities, and camping; each with contact information.