FS (38) TEXAS local history
Ron McClendon
Used books offered:
(TEXAS) ARCHER COUNTY, TEXAS 1880-1980 CENTENNIAL FAMILY HISTORY &
PROGRAM JUNE 29 - JULY 6, 1980 by Centennial Book Committee. McCrain
Publishing Co.; Archer City, Texas. 1980. 239 p. HB; vg; yellow cloth.
Communities, businesses, but primarily family histories. $ 42.00 ppd
(TEXAS) AUSTIN COLONY PIONEERS INCLUDING A HISTORY OF BASTROP,
FAYETTE, GRIMES, MONTGOMERY, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TEXAS. Worth S.
Ray. Genealogical Publishing Company; Baltimore, MD. 1995 (Reprint of
1949) 378 p. HB; green cloth; new. $ 33.50 ppd
TEXAS) SALT PORK TO SIRLOIN: THE HISTORY OF BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS FROM
1879 TO 1930 (Vol. I) and SALT PORK TO SIRLOIN: THE HISTORY OF BAYLOR
COUNTY, TEXAS FROM 1878 TO PRESENT (Vol. II) by Baylor County
Historical Society (Vol. I) ; Baylor County Historical Survey (Vol.
II). Nortex Offset Publications, Inc.; Quanah, Wichita Falls, Texas.
1972 ( Vol. I); 1977 (Vol. II). Vol. I = 406 p.; Vol. II = 565 p. Both
are hb; vg; Vol. I contains businesses, clubs, photos of the County,
communities, churches, doctors, bar & bench, miscellania, schools,
ranches, family histories (177 pgs.) Vol. II contains historical
markers, county officials, recollections of early days, churches and
organizations, busineeses, living styles, oil and cattle, cattle
brands, ranching and farming, reunion and rodeo, communities, WWI and
WWII soldiers, rolls of graduate students from 1893-1976, schools,
family histories pages 323-565. $ 95.00 ppd
(TEXAS) A TIME TO PURPOSE - A CHRONICLE OF CARSON COUNTY (2 Vol. set)
by Randel, Mrs. Ralph E. Randel (Ed.) and the Carson County Historical
Survey Committee. Pioneer Publishers. 1966 (1st. ed.). Vol. 1 (376 p.)
Vol. 2 (336 p.) HB; vg, blue cloth. History of Carson County, Texas.
Vol. 1 is primarily County history from founding to 1966. Vol. 2 is
totally family histories. $ 68.50 ppd
(TEXAS) TEXAS NEW BIRMINGHAM AS IT IS OCTOBER, 1891 by New Birmingham
Development Company. (1891) Reproduced as souvenir in 1968. 56 p.
Paper; VG; Local history and photos of New Birmingham, Cherokee
County, Texas. Photos and homes of New Birmingham in 1891. $ 20.00 ppd
(TEXAS) COCHRAN COUNTY LEGACY - TEXAS LAST FRONTIER 1924-1986 by Last
Frontier History Book Committee. ca 1986/1987. Vol. 1 (463 p.) Vol. 2
(96 p.) HB; vg; red cloth; 2 VOL SETt. Vol. 1 contains County map,
general county history (County, Bledsoe, Morton, Whiteface, and other
communities), family history (pages 73 through 348, looking back
stories, memorials and tributes, businesses, kaleidoscope (photos).
Indexed. Vol. 2 brings Volume 1 up to date with some of the same
topics. $ 69.50 ppd
(TEXAS) COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY 1890-1984 by Collingsworth County History
Book Committee (Evelyn Ball King- Chairman). Taylor Publishing
Company; Dallas, Texas. 1985. 467 p. HB; vg; tan cloth. County map,
pioneer homes and scenes (pictorial), family histories (pgs 6-350),
general histories (business, churches, clubs and organizations,
communities, ranches, and schools), memorials, indexed. $ 85.50 ppd
(TEXAS) A STAKE IN THE PRAIRIE - MESQUITE, TEXAS by Mesquite
Historical Committee. Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas. 1984 (1st
ed.). 260 p. HB; tan cloth; 8.5" X 11"; Dallas County. Very good
cond.; embossed lettering on cover and spine; index; historical
photos; maps. $ 41.50 ppd
(TEXAS) GUARDIAN OF THE PASS - THE STORY OF FORT BLISS AND THE
MILITARY EXPERIENCE IN EL PASO by Ed Starnes and Jim Lemons.
USAADCENFB PAO Fact Sheet 1/81; Fort Bliss, TX. 1981. 49 p. Pamphlet;
8.5" x 11"; History of Fort Bliss, Texas from 1853. Commanders,
biography, tales, etc. $ 16.50 ppd
(TEXAS) FORT DAVIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, TEXAS by Robert M. Utley.
National Park Service Historical Handbook Series; Washington, D.C.
1965. 61 p. pamphlet; VG; History and photos of Fort Davis, Texas
with list of commanding officers 1854-1891 with biographies.
$ 10.00 ppd
(TEXAS) TEXAS' LAST FRONTIER - FORT STOCKTON AND THE TRANS-PECOS,
1861-1895 by Clayton W. Williams. Texas A&M University Press; College
Station, Texas. 1982. 457 p. HB; plastic DJ; very good cond; maps;
index; some spotting front board; photos. $ 52.00 ppd
(TEXAS) A GUIDE TO HISTORIC SITES IN FORT WORTH AND TARRANT COUNTY by
The Tarrant County Historic Society; Fort Worth, Texas. 1970. 75 p.
Paper; good; brief notes on historic sites in Fort Worth and Tarrant
Co., Texas w/some of the most influential early citizens; map of
sites. $ 9.00 ppd
(TEXAS) THE GAINES COUNTY STORY - A HISTORY OF GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS
by Margaret Coward (Ed.) Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc.; Seagraves,
Texas. 1974. 536 p. HB; vg; red cloth. Creation, records, political
development, towns and communities, business and industry, churches
and schools, education, social life, homes and community centers,
early-day homes, service men, interesting an unusual facts,
biographies, indexed. $ 52.00 ppd
(TEXAS) SKETCHES DRAWN FROM MARSHALL AND VICINITY, PAST, AND PRESENT
by The Students of Marshall High School. Marshall, Texas. Undated (a
reprint). Variously paged. HB; vg; dark blue cloth. A reprint in 1919
edition (80 pages) bound with an 1893 edition of the Marshall City
Directory (140 pages.) History of Harrison County, Texas. INSCRIBED
BY DIRECTOR OF HARRISON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, MARSHALL, TEXAS. MAY
23, 1979. $ 47.50 ppd
(TEXAS) THE EARLY HISTORY OF SAGERTON. Sagerton Historical Committee.
R&R Reproduction; 825 Hickory; Abilene, Texas. 1982. 233 p. all-name
index. hardbound; very good cond.; copy number 467. History Sagerton,
Haskell Co., Texas. $ 28.00 ppd
(TEXAS) GETTIN' STARTED - HOWARD COUNTY'S FIRST 25 YEARS. Joe Pickle.
Heritage Museum; Big Springs, Texas. 1980. 436 p. Hardbound; very good
condition; plastic DJ; SIGNED BY AUTHOR . Local history for Howard
County, Texas. $ 75.00 ppd
(TEXAS) KERR COUNTY TEXAS 1856 1976 by Cora Watkins. Hill Country
Preservation Society, Kerrville, Texas. 1975 (Bicentennial edition).
343 p. HB; vg; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. A revision of KERR COUNTY by Bob
Bennett (1956). Joseph David BROWN, County organization, Major Jame
KERR, 1st post office, courthouses, courts, Germans, schools,
churches, British colonists, Civil War, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Grig,
General Edwin A. WALKER, Indian depredations, Battle Bandera Pass,
camels, Jose Policarpo RODRIQUEZ, pioneers. $37.50 ppd
(TEXAS) A SEASON OF WEATHERING by William A. Owens. Charles Scribner's
Sons; New York. 1973. 258 p. HB; good/poly dj. Ex-lib. stamped
"Surplus - Library of Congress Duplicate." End paper corner clipped
about 1. Listed in P. William Filby's A BIBIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN COUNTY
HISTORIES for Lamar County, Texas. The autobiography of a Texas
country boy making his way toward an education in the hard times of
the Twenties. History in Pin Hook, Lamar County, Texas. $ 34.00 ppd
(TEXAS) THIS STUBBORN SOIL by William A. Owens. Charles Scribner's
Sons; New York. 1966 (1st. ed.). 307 p. HB; vg/dj in poly. Listed in
"P. William Filby's A BIBIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN COUNTY HISTORIES" for
Lamar County, Texas. An autobiography of the author's childhood and
youth in Pin Hook, Texas. $ 43.50 ppd
(TEXAS) RELIGHTING LAMPLIGHTS OF LAMPASAS COUNTY, TEXAS by Jonnie
Elzner. 1974. 331 p. HB; vg; SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Phsiography and
evolution of Lampasas County, farm and ranch industry, commercial
enterprises, early citizens and incidents, City of Lampasas,
newspapers, libraries, education, churches, amusements and
celebrations, disasters, other towns in the County, Appendix to
include: Aguaya Expedition, San Saba Mission, County Officers,
Lampasas Guards,Frontier Lampasas 1871, Incorporation of Lampasas and
City Officials, First United Meth. Church, Centenary College,
Graduates of Lampasas School. $ 65.50 ppd
(TEXAS) THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF LIVE OAK COUNTY, TEXAS by Ervin L.
Sparkman. Lubbock, Texas. 1981. 305 p. HB; vg; brown cloth. INSCRIBED
BY THE AUTHOR. County beginnings, Colonies, Texas Revolution, Civil
War, County Officials, veterans, Oakville, George West, Three Rivers,
Communities in southern, central, and northern parts of the County,
ranching and farming, references. $ 58.50 ppd
(TEXAS) NO MAN'S LAND BECOMES A COUNTY by Flora Gatlin Bowles. The
Eagle Press; Goldthwaite, Texas. 1978 (2nd printing). 332 p. HB; vg;
green cloth. A Mills County Historical Commission reprint of Flora
Gatlin Bowles' 1958 book on Mills County, Texas. Topography and
geography, preorganization period (1828-1887), organization
(1887-1917), churches, Women's movement, law enforcement, the changing
order ( (1917-1957), history of communities, builders of the County
(families and biographies (pages 238 - 327). $ 40.00 ppd
(TEXAS) OF SUCH AS THESE - A HISTORY OF MOTLEY COUNTY AND ITS
FAMILIES. Eleanor Mitchell Traweek. Nortex Publications, Inc.; Wichita
Falls, Texas. 1973 (1st ed.) 399 p. HB; very good cond.; county
history of Motley County, TX; over 215 pages of family histories. $
5.00
(TEXAS) THE BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY OF NACOGDOCHES.
Nacogdoches Jaycees. 1976 (1st ed.) 297 p. HB; VG; in mylar dj w/ 3
closed tears (longest tear 1"); a collection of pictoral and verbal
snapshots of Nacogdoches, "Gateway to Texas." $ 46.50 ppd
(TEXAS) GATEWAY TO TEXAS - THE HISTORY OF ORANGE AND ORANGE COUNTY by
Dr. Howard C. Williams. The Heritage House Museum of Orange. 1988.
261 p. HB; good; green cloth. Indians, Spain and French in East Texas,
Anglo settlement, Texas Republic, Steamboat era, vignettes of Orange
prior to Civil War, slavery and Civil War, reconstruction, railroads,
cattle, rice, and timber, 20th century, oil boom, deep water port,
ship building, Great Depression, WW II, recent years at a glance, An
overview of climate, terrain, resources, ethnic melange, religion,
eduction, culture. Tracings of the County's courthouses, cannon and
State militia, post offices, communities, and tribute to commerce and
industry. Indexed. $ 49.50 ppd
(TEXAS) THE RANDALL COUNTY STORY FROM 1514 TO 1910 by Mrs.
Clyde Warwick. Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc.; Hereford, Texas. 360 p.
HB; Good. Ex.lib. with "discard" stamp on front end paper. The story
of Randall County, Texas from 1541 to 1910 and the people who
developed it. $35.00 ppd
(TEXAS) BOOM TOWN: KILGORE, TEXAS by Al Eason. Kilgore Chamber of
Commerce; Kilgore, TX. ca 1980. 144 p. Paperback; VG; Tales of
Kilgore, Rusk County, Texas. Contains large section on pioneer
families. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. $ 26.00 ppd
(TEXAS) GOD, GRASS & GRIT - VOLUME II - HISTORY OF THE
SHERMAN COUNTY TRADE AREA by Marillyn Albert (Comp. & ed.) Pioneer
Book Publishers, Inc. Seagraves, Texas. 1975. 458 p. HB; blue cloth;
ex-lib. INSCRIBED BY MARYLLYN ALBERT. Volume 1 (not available), was a
tribute to the settlers, homesteaders, and founders of Sherman County,
Texas. This second volume is intended to cover the succeeding years
and contains discussions of weather, agriculture, businesses, area
towns and communities, transportation, churches, clubs and civic
organizations, schools, law and enforcement, miscellany, and family
histories (pages 155 to 458). $ 67.50 ppd
(TEXAS) HISTORY OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND AUSTIN 1839-1899 by Mary
Starr Barkley. Texian Press; Waco, Texas. 1963 (1st ed.) 388 p. HB;
vg; blue cloth; Geography, topography, Indians, Austin in the years
from 1839 to 1899, education, schools, Univ. of Tex., the Capitol and
newspapers, development, historic homes, arts, folklore, 1839 map of
Austin, photos, Civil War soldiers and data, County officials,
extensive bibliography, indexed. $ 67.50 ppd
(TEXAS) A HISTORY OF WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS by The Waller County
Historical Survey Committee. Library Binding Company; Waco, Texas.
1973. 719 p. HB; vg; vg/dj in poly. Period of the Republic and
Staehood (1846) to Civil War, creation of the County, government,
history of agriculture, schools, medicine, organizations,
subdivisions, towns and cities, learning and the arts, founding
families (pages 523-700), notes on authors, indexed. $ 55.00 ppd
(TEXAS) A HISTORY OF WHARTON COUNTY 1846-1961 by Annie Lee
Williams. Von Boeckmann-Jones Company; Austin, Texas. 1964. 399 p. HB;
vg/no dj; previous owner address stamp inside front board. Glue stain
where bookplate removed. County map printed on inside boards. $ 48.50
ppd
(TEXAS) LAND OF GOOD WATER TAKACHUE POUETSU - A
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS HISTORY by Clara Stearns Scarborough.
Williamson County Sun Publishers; Georgetown, Texas. 1990 (4th
printing) 530 p. HB; like new with vg/dj (poly). Maps of Williamson
County inside boards. Pioneers, Spanish and French, Indians, settlers,
pioneers 1850-1860, Civil War, cattle empire, railroad era, 20th
Century. $ 46.00 ppd
(TEXAS) TEN TEXAS FEUDS by C.L.Sonnichsen. Univeristy of New Mexico
Press; Albuquerque, NM. 1971. 248 p. Paperback; good cond.; (1) War of
the Regulators and Moderators ; (2) Old Rose and Senator Potter; (3)
Blood in Bell County; (4) The Franks Case ; (5) The Hoodoo War; (6)
The El Paso Salt War; (7) Boots and Sandals (Laredo, Texas); (8) Feud
for Miss Sue Pinckney; (9) Feud at Mitchell's Bend; (10) Gentleman
from Pecos (Jim Miller). $10.00 ppd
(TEXAS) PANHANDLE PILGRIMAGE ILLUSTRATED TALES TRACING
HISTORY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE by Pauline Durrett Robertson and R.L.
Robertson. Paramount Publishing Company. 1976 (2nd ed.) 370 p. HB; vg;
vg plastic DJ; SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; maps; photos; illus; history of
indians, pioneers, towns; stories of Quanah Parker, Adobe Wells, Red
River War, Charles Goodnight, catte ranching, old towns of Mobeetie,
Tascosa, Clarendon, and much more.. $ 54.50 ppd
(TEXAS) THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS by J. Marvin Hunter. University of
Texas Press; Austin, Texas. 1989 (3rd UT Press printing). 1085 p. HB;
plastic DJ; very good cond.; index; chronicles of the cattle trail
drivers of Texas. $ 58.00 ppd
(TEXAS) U.S. POST OFFICES IN TEXAS TO OCTOBER 1, 1878. Ronald R.
McClendon. Self-published. 1994. 18 p. Comb bound; in folder; 8.5" X
11" format. $ 15.00 ppd
(TEXAS) THE NORWEGIAN TEXANS by The University of Texas; Institute of
Texan Cultures. 1970. 34 p. Paper; stiff wrappers. Ex-lib withdrawn.
PEERSON, NORDBOE, REIRSEN, Brownsboro Colony, WAERENSKJOLD,
LOVENSKJOLD, Bosque County, QUESTAD, RINGNESS, DAHL, FRIDRICHSEN,
RYSTAD, HOFF. NORMANN.DIDRIKSEN. $ 15.50 ppd
(TEXAS) THE SYRIAN AND LEBANESE TEXANS by The University of Texas;
Institute of Texan Cultures. 1974. 33 p. Paper; stiff wrappers;
ex-lib, withdrawn. JOSEPHS of Austin, Monsour J. BASHARA, JAMAILs of
Houston, Abraham KAZEN, SEMAAN Family, George NAMI, AZARS of El Paso
and San Antonio, Elias J. ANTONE, Esau MALOOLY, Syrian Orthodoxy in
Texas, HADDAD brothers, Leon CURRY, Zacahry MAFRIGE, Nahim
ABRAHAM, John S. MALOUF, Fred KADANE, Cecil LOTIEF, Mansour FARAH,
Rev. Nicholas NAHAS, Solomon CASSEB, Dr. Solomon DAVID, M.K. HAGE,
Newman McKOOL, St. George Maronite Church at San Antonio, Louis
HADDAD, J.M. HAGGAR, Joe T. SALEM, Anthony R. FERRIS, Bobby MANZIEL,
George E. KADANE, Najeeb E. HALABY, Dr. Michael DEBAKEY, Michael T.
HALBOUTY, D.D. HACHAR, Lebanese athletes, Joe SALEM, Helen DONATH. $
15.50 ppd
Also, other Texas County Histories available, but not listed here::
Bandera County by Hunter
Nolan County by Yeats and Shelton
Runnels County by Poe
Scurry County by Texas Historical Commission
Terry County by Tery County Historical Survey Committee
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