A journey through Texas
Subtitle: or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier
By: Frederick Law Olmsted.
Series: Barker Texas History Center series ;; no. 2
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
Subjects: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 -- Travel -- Texas.; Slavery -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.; Packhorse camping -- Texas.; Texas -- Description and travel.; Texas -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Description: Early in the year 1854 the author, a young New England journalist, crossed the Louisiana border and set off on horseback into the teeth of the Texas winter. this work recounts his travel along the Old San Antonio Road through the East Texas' piney woods, the dry prairies farther west, the chaparral of South Texas, the coastal prairies, and the rich bottomlands around Houston and Galveston.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1857 ed. published by Dix, Edwards, New York.