History ahead : stories beyond the Texas roadside markers / Dan K. Utley & Cynthia J. Beeman ; foreword by Truett Latimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Utley, Dan K.

Contributor:

Beeman, Cynthia J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical markers--Texas.

Historical markers.

Geographical perception--Texas.

Geographical perception.

Texas--History.

Texas.

Texas--History--Anecdotes.

Texas--Description and travel.

Texas--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[College Station] : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More than 13,000 historical markers line the roadsides of Texas, giving drivers a way to sample the stories of the past. But these markers tell only part of the story. In History Ahead , Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman introduce readers to the rich, colorful, and sometimes action-packed and humorous history behind the famous (Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, The Big Bopper, and jazz great Charlie Christian) and the not-so-famous (Elmer "Lumpy" Kleb, Don Pedro Jaramillo, and Carl Morene, the "music man of Schulenburg") who have left their marks on the history of Texas. They visit cotton gins, abandoned airfields, forgotten cemeteries, and former World War II alien detention camps to dig up the little-known and unsuspected narratives behind the text emblazoned on these markers. Written in an anecdotal style that presents the cultural uniqueness and rich diversity of Texas history, History Ahead includes nineteen main stories, dozens of complementary sidebars, and many never-before-published historical and contemporary photographs. History Ahead offers a rich array of local stories that interweave with the broader regional and national context, touching on themes of culture, art, music, technology, the environment, oil, aviation, and folklore, among other topics. Utley and Beeman have located these forgotten gems, polished them up to a high shine, and offered them along with convenient maps and directions to the marker sites.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

part one. a texas sense of place

Chapter 1. Saving Elmer's Woods

Chapter 2. "While You Are Hesitating Others Are Buying-Act To-Day!"

Chapter 3. A Plan for the Coming Season

Chapter 4. The Healer of Los Olmos

Chapter 5. Too Many Barrels of Oil

Chapter 6. "We Shall Come Rejoicing"

Chapter 7. The Music Man of Schulenburg

part two. passing through texas

Chapter 8. Lindbergh Landed Here

Chapter 9. Pyramids on the Road to Monte Ne

Chapter 10. A Gathering in the Woods

Chapter 11. Ghosts at Mitchell Flat

Chapter 12. Chasing the Next Frontier

Chapter 13. Alien City in a Strange Land

part three. texans on the national stage

Chapter 14. Fighting Every Step of the Way

Chapter 15. Crossing the Great Divide

Chapter 16. Harvest of the Devoted Heart

Chapter 17. Queen of the Air

Chapter 18. "Hellooo, Baby!"

Chapter 19. The Theater of Tomorrow Today

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-303) and index.

ISBN:

1-60344-344-4

OCLC:

680622543