Echoes of glory
Subtitle: historic military sites across Texas
By: Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley
Contributors: Utley, Dan K., author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781623493370; 9781623493387
Subjects: Battlefields; Fortifications; Historic sites; Military bases; Military History; Antiquities
Description: In their previous book, Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Texas Military Sites, Then and Now, historians Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley chose to go beyond the familiar military sites of Texas—the Alamo or the San Jacinto battlefield, for example—to feature lesser known locations. The book successfully recovered these “forgotten” arenas for tourists and preservationists alike. Alexander and Utley now return with Echoes of Glory, and the result is another impressive catalogue that highlights the hidden gems of Texas history. Echoes of Glory explores two dozen rarely discussed but equally significant military sites across Texas. From the establishment of a Spanish fortress at San Sabá during the mission era to a multimillion-dollar Cold War naval base, readers will find a range of sites and stories to enlighten and entertain. Rare illustrations contrast each site with how it appeared in its glory days to how it appears today. Echoes of Glory underscores the need to preserve or fully interpret such places before they are lost forever.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidio de San Sabá: 1752-1772; title: Fort Terán: 1831-1834; title: Fort Anáhuac: 1831-1835; title: Graves of American Revolution veterans in Texas: eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; title: The river forts: 1848-1947; title: Fort Ewell: 1852-1854; title: Fort Mason: 1851-1869; title: Fort Phantom Hill: 1851-1875; title: United States San Antonio Arsenal: 1859-1976; title: The "battle of Adams Hill": May 9, 1861; title: Wartime cloth manufacturing, Texas penitentiary, Huntsville: 1861-1865; title: Fort Magruder: 1863-1864; title: Custer's march through Texas: 1865-1866; title: Camp Meyers: 1880-1884; title: Fort D. A. Russell: 1911-1945; title: Penn Field: 1918; title: Johnson's Ranch Airport: 1929-1943; title: Arledge Field: 1941-1944; title: Camp Barkeley: 1941-1945; title: Big Spring Army Air Field: 1942-1946; title: Pampa Army Air Field: 1942-1945; title: Port Aransas and coastal defenses: 1942-1944; title: Atlas ICBMs: 1961-1965; title: Naval Air Station, Ingleside (homeport): 1985-2010; title: Epilogue: the good with the bad.