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... that it had never had before and underscored the growing importance of tourism. Railroads at this time... advertised the coast as the "Texas Riviera" and businessmen began to regularly promote the city as a place... Exchange association since 1873, but these organizations represented the city as a place of trade... and Corpus Christi. See brochure in "Railroads" vertical file (Rosenberg Library, Galvestion). 8 Galveston
... it took root. In Texas, for instance, convicts worked on plantations, railroads, and in the timber... railed against convict leasing for decades, Mancini rejects the notion that they were the central forces
... West, Elliott: book by, rev., 260-261; book by, noted, 394 West, the: railroads and, conference, 86; B...; African Amencans on the frontier, book noted, 251; essays on Central Plains, book rev, 260-261; New..., Texas: shortlihne railroads near, journal noted, 395-396 Wichita Indians: in Fort Worth area, 372 Index
...'s History Month Program Kit" for $50 plus $5 shipping and handling. To place an order or request a free..., and the history of transportation (especially railroads). The collection represents one of the best of its type
... at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The Railroads and the West Conference, September 26-28...'s role in creating regional identities in the West, railroads and society in the West, the railroad... and the environment, western railroad history and maps, western railroads and the regional economy, railroad... preservation in the West, and the future of western railroads. A special reception and exhibit on "Historic... railroads shaped the West-and how railroads are likely to continue to shape it in the future-will want
...). This continuity took place for three reasons: the desire to keep private control over the regional economy... progressive who especially heard cases dealing with the railroads. After his death, Joseph C. Hutcheson Jr
... their city's place in the "metropolitan-military complex" is, how dependent this economic pillar... the urban New England of clipper ships and textiles or the Midwest of railroads and heavy industry
... in itself-the basics of this controversial man nevertheless are set firmly in place. The remainder of the book... Bullis, and Col. R. S. Mackenzie get their share of space. Later on, the railroads arrive, bridges span
... role in attracting the railroads and, later, the airports that made it a transportation center... research that has taken place recently, especially the work of Elizabeth Enstam and Jackie McElhaney
.... The Journal of Texas Shortline Railroads and Transportation is a new quarterly journal that is dedicated... to the history of the more than 800 shortline railroads that have existed in Texas at one time or another... issues will explore shortline railroads in the Wichita Falls and the Abilene areas. Not limited
... 1997 293-294; article about, 271-302; Franco-Texienne Bill and, 283-284 -, Central. LBJ and...: Galveston as example of, article, 331-360, railroads and Galveston, 331, 338, 341, 344; transportation
... with additional references. My emphasis is not primarily on locomotives and the railroads, but on one man-perhaps..., the railroads and railroaders helped shape the development of Texas.1 In an introduction to Workin
..., shipping cattle by railroad also elicited much unfavorable comment. In his history on railroads... Congressional History of Railroads in the United States, 1850-1887," Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, VI
... of railroads on towns such as Iredell, Columbus, Tyler, and Cleburne was large. Billy Cowart was one railroad
... age of railroads had many battles to fight, most of these men ~liil- .I s
... primary urban functions. Given South Texas ranching's central place in the Texas-as-land epic, historians... for the dual functions of the region's "central place" and its outlet to the "urban network."20 Families
..., 285, 287, 289, 291 Abilene, Texas: photography exhibit at, 94, shortline railroads in area, journal... Apache Indians: and sense of place, book rev, 407-408 Apache Life-Way TheEconomic, Social & Religious
... of Railroads in North America. New York: Smithmark Publishers, Inc., 1993. April 432
..., which had the courts on its side.32 Central to Shivers's opposition to desegregation was his call... never surrendered by them to the central government." In February 1956 Shivers called for the state... Democratic Party to conduct a referendum on interposition and, if endorsed, to place the doctrine
... reasons railroads in Texas are located where they are. The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company may
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