Contents: A Texas sense of place -- Saving Elmer's woods -- Roberts Cemetery -- "While you are hesitating others are buying--act to-day!" -- George H. Paul, South Texas land promoter -- A crop of suckers -- A plan for the coming season -- George Sessions Perry -- Robert S. Munger -- The healer of Los Olmos -- Dobie's Los Olmos -- Too many barrels of oil -- Santa Rita smiled -- "We shall come rejoicing" -- Waugh campground -- Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle -- The music man of Schulenburg -- "Shorthorns forever" -- Passing through Texas -- Lindbergh landed here -- Lindbergh historical markers -- Pyramids on the road to Monte Ne -- The Nat -- A gathering in the woods -- Texas Forestry Association -- Ghosts at Mitchell Flat -- Fort D.A. Russell -- Chasing the next frontier -- Wiley Hardeman Post -- Alien city in a strange land -- Kenedy Alien Detention Camp Cemetery -- Texans on the national stage -- Fighting every step of the way -- Minnie Fish -- Companion courthouses -- Crossing the great divide -- Charlie's unmarked friends -- Harvest of the devoted heart -- Wyatt C. Hedrick -- Queen of the air -- The flying Stinsons -- "Hellooo, baby!" -- Jefferson Theatre -- City of Lubbock Cemetery -- The theater of tomorrow today -- Stoneleigh Hotel -- Sherman Little Theater

Note

Library's copies 1-2 signed by authors. Library's c. 3 inscribed by the authors to Texas State University Library.
Library's copy 4 (SW Writers): Purchased. Flexbound with flaps.

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

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

Contents: A Texas sense of place -- Saving Elmer's woods -- Roberts Cemetery -- "While you are hesitating others are buying--act to-day!" -- George H. Paul, South Texas land promoter -- A crop of suckers -- A plan for the coming season -- George Sessions Perry -- Robert S. Munger -- The healer of Los Olmos -- Dobie's Los Olmos -- Too many barrels of oil -- Santa Rita smiled -- "We shall come rejoicing" -- Waugh campground -- Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle -- The music man of Schulenburg -- "Shorthorns forever" -- Passing through Texas -- Lindbergh landed here -- Lindbergh historical markers -- Pyramids on the road to Monte Ne -- The Nat -- A gathering in the woods -- Texas Forestry Association -- Ghosts at Mitchell Flat -- Fort D.A. Russell -- Chasing the next frontier -- Wiley Hardeman Post -- Alien city in a strange land -- Kenedy Alien Detention Camp Cemetery -- Texans on the national stage -- Fighting every step of the way -- Minnie Fish -- Companion courthouses -- Crossing the great divide -- Charlie's unmarked friends -- Harvest of the devoted heart -- Wyatt C. Hedrick -- Queen of the air -- The flying Stinsons -- "Hellooo, baby!" -- Jefferson Theatre -- City of Lubbock Cemetery -- The theater of tomorrow today -- Stoneleigh Hotel -- Sherman Little Theater

Note

Library's copies 1-2 signed by authors. Library's c. 3 inscribed by the authors to Texas State University Library.
Library's copy 4 (SW Writers): Purchased. Flexbound with flaps.

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