Title: History ahead : stories beyond the Texas roadside markers /
Authors: Utley, Dan K.; Beeman, Cynthia J.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Historical markers Texas.; Geographical perception Texas.; Texas History; Texas History Anecdotes.; Texas Description and travel; Texas Biography
Abstract: In History Ahead, Utley and Beeman introduce readers to 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 that have slipped from the knowledge of the general public.
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.