The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939 Page: 266
446 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Study No. 27 in the Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences
is a book of 490 pages entitled Picture-Writing of Texas Indians
by A. T. Jackson, Field Anthropologist. The book contains 49
maps, 324 plates and 283 figures, a total of 656 illustrations.
Picture writing is known to exist in 195 Texas sites. It is to be
found in twelve counties in the Trans-Pecos region, eighteen in
the Edwards Plateau, five in the northwestern high plains, one in
the northwestern low plains, two in the north central plains, three
in the northern prairies and traces in three counties of eastern
Texas. This most impressive work constitutes Vol. II of the
Anthropological Papers, initiated and edited by the late Professor
J. E. Pearce.
Those who drive the Texas highways have doubtless noted
that public parks are situated at intervals, and that the roadsides
have been planted with trees and shrubs. Few perhaps realize
the thought and care that have gone into this roadside develop-
ment or that the planting is designed to make driving safer.
Texas has taken the lead in roadside development and in scientific
roadbuilding. The present program was initiated under the direc-
tion of Mr. Gibb Gilchrist, State Highway Engineer, who is now
clean of engineering at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College. The idea of saving trees was that of W. R. Ely, one of
the first Texas State I-ighway Commissioners.
Jac L. Gubbels was appointed Landscape Architect for the
Highway Departmet, and it was under his direction that the
roadside development program has been put into effect. In Decem-
ber Mr. Gubbels' book, American Highways and Roadsides was
issued by Houghton Mifflin & Company. While the title is gen-
eral, the entire story is based on what has been done in Texas.
All the illustrations are taken from Texas roads. A reading of
this book will make driving over Texas highways more interesting
because it explains the purpose behind all that has been done.
The article on "The Texas Longhorns" by J. Frank Dobie is
to form a chapter or part of his forthcoming book on that subject.
Mr. Dobie has been on leave of absence during this year and
has devoted all of his time to research on the Longhorns. His266
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939, periodical, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101107/m1/288/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.