Built in Texas
Description
Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
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xii, 291 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
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Abernethy, Francis Edward 2000.
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- Collier, G. Loyd "The Cultural Geography of Folk Building Forms in Texas"
- von Solms-Braunfels, Prince Karl "Building in Texas, 1844-1845"
- Carpenter, Ann "Texas Dugouts"
- West, John O. "Adobe: Earth, Straw, and Water"
- Gonzalez, Roberto "Adobe: Earth, Straw, and Water"
- Jordan, Terry G. "Log Corner Notching in Texas"
- Taylor, Pat Ellis "Texas Tie Houses"
- Roemer, Ferdinand "Comanche Tepees"
- Green, Thomas A., Jr. "Pueblo Indian Housing in Texas: Ysleta del Sur"
- Martin, Howard N. "Alabama-Coushatta Buildings"
- Hall, Connie "The Old Koch House"
- Ross, Terri "Alsatian Architecture in Medina County"
- Baker, T. Lindsay "Silesian Polish Folk Architecture in Texas"
- Grider, Sylvia "Shotgun Houses and Shacks"
- Stanly, Thomas J. "Barns and Outbuildings"
- Taylor, Lonn "Rails, Rocks, and Pickets: Traditional Farmstead Fencing in Texas"
- Wimberley, C. W. "Gates"
- Duncan, Robert J. "The Devil's Hatband in the Lone Star State: The Introduction of Barbed Wire in Texas"
- Day, James M. "Vanes in the Wind: Art and Custom in Texas Windmills"
- Speck, Ernest B. "Tank, Tub, and Cistern"
- Lich, Glen "When the Creeks Run Dry: Water Milling in the German Hill County"
- Tyler, Lera P. "When the Creeks Run Dry: Water Milling in the German Hill County"
- Whiston, Steve "The Restoration of the Rice Family Log Home"
- Robinson, Willard B. "Outdoor Museums in Texas"
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University of North Texas Press
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: Built in Texas
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 42
Description
Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
Physical Description
xii, 291 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Number XLII."
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- OCLC: 45729816
- UNT Catalog No.: b2219134 | View in Discover
- Accession or Local Control No: Publication Number 42
- ISBN: 157441092X
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc67646
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- Built in Texas [e-book], ark:/67531/metadc970101
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Texas Folklore Society Publications
This collection of Texas Folklore Society publications contains a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore.
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Built in Texas (Book)
Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
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Built in Texas [e-book], ark:/67531/metadc970101
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- 2000
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- The First Texans, before 1519
- European Explorers in Texas, 1519-1689
- Spanish Texas, 1690-1821
- Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
- The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
- The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
- Annexation, 1844-1846
- Slavery and Antebellum Texas Culture, 1821-1865
- The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- The Cattle Boom, 1865-1890
- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
- Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
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- Dec. 7, 2011, 11:56 a.m.
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Abernethy, Francis Edward. Built in Texas, book, 2000; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67646/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.