An edition of The Big Thicket guidebook (2011)

The Big Thicket guidebook

exploring the backroads and history of southeast Texas

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An edition of The Big Thicket guidebook (2011)

The Big Thicket guidebook

exploring the backroads and history of southeast Texas

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English
Pages
850

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Cover of: Big Thicket Guidebook
Big Thicket Guidebook: Exploring the Backroads and History of Southeast Texas
2012, University of North Texas Press
in English
Cover of: The Big Thicket guidebook
The Big Thicket guidebook: exploring the backroads and history of southeast Texas
2011, Big Thicket Association, University of North Texas Press
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Big Thicket Guidebook
Big Thicket Guidebook: Exploring the Backroads and History of Southeast Texas
2011, University of North Texas Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Some east Texas history
Introduction
Meet the Big Thicket
Geology of the Big Thicket
The Indians
G.T.T. : the pioneers
Timbering the Big Thicket
The blessed Trinity
Some southeast Texas towns
Batson, wildest of 'em all
Beaumont: from sawdust town to bonanza city
Out of a canebrake... Jasper, forest jewel
Kountze, town with a sense of humor
"Atascosito" becomes Liberty
Saratoga, the heart!
Silsbee, birthplace of industrial forests and conservation
Sour Lake; springs versus oil
Shootout in Woodville
Roadside history of southeast Texas
Tour 1 US 59: Houston to Lufkin
Tour 2 TX 105: Cleveland to Beaumont
Tour 3 FM 787: Cleveland via Saratoga to US 69
Tour 4 FM 770: Raywood, Hull, Batson, Saratoga, old Hardin
Tour 5 FM 326: Nome to Kountze
Tour 6 TX 146: Liberty to Livingston
Tour 7 US 90: Houston, Dayton (Trinity River Wildlife Refuge), Libeerty, Beaumont
Tour 8 US 287: Corrigan, Chester, Woodville
Tour 9 US 190: Livingston, Indian Village, Woodville, Jasper
Tour 10 US 69-287: Beaumont to Woodville
Tour 11 US 96, FM 92: Beaumont to Steinhagen Lake (west side)
Tour 12 TX 63, RR 255: Jasper/Bevilport/old Zavala/Ebenezer/forks of the river
Tour 13 Old Jasper/Beaumont highway
Tour 14 US 190 and TX 87: Jasper/Newton/Orange
Tour 15 Interstate 10: Orange, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, San Jacinto, Houston.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (P. 794-802) and index.

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[Saratoga, Tex.], Denton, Tex
Series
Number 6 in the Temple Big Thicket series, Temple Big Thicket series -- no. 6.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
976.4/157
Library of Congress
F392.H37 B66 2011, F392.H37B66 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 850 p. :
Number of pages
850

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25194321M
ISBN 13
9781574413182
LCCN
2011031977
OCLC/WorldCat
727710246

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