History ahead
Subtitle: stories beyond the Texas roadside markers
By: Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman ; foreword by Truett Latimer.
Contributors: Beeman, Cynthia J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781603441513
Subjects: Historical markers -- Texas; Geographical perception -- Texas; Texas -- History; Texas -- History -- Anecdotes; Texas -- Description and travel; Texas -- Biography
Genres: Anecdotes; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one: A Texas sense of place. Chapter 1. Saving Elmer's woods ; Roberts Cemetery; title: Chapter 2. "While you are hesitating others are buying; title: act to-day!" ; George H. Paul, South Texas land promoter ; A crop of suckers; title: Chapter 3. A plan for the coming season ; George Sessions Perry ; Robert S. Munger; title: Chapter 4. The healer of Los Olmos ;  Dobie's Los Olmos; title: Chapter 5. Too many barrels of oil ; Santa Rita smiled; title: Chapter 6. "We shall come rejoicing" ; Waugh campground ; Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle; title: Chapter 7. The music man of Schulenburg ; "Shorthorns forever"; title: Part two: Passing through Texas. Chapter 8. Lindbergh landed here ; Lindbergh historical markers; title: Chapter 9. Pyramids on the road to Monte Ne ; The Nat; title: Chapter 10. A gathering in the woods ; Texas Forestry Association; title: Chapter 11. Ghosts at Mitchell Flat ; Fort D. A. Russell; title: Chapter 12. Chasing the next frontier ; Wiley Hardeman Post; title: Chapter 13. Alien city in a strange land ; Kenedy Alien Detention Camp Cemetery; title: Part 3: Texans on the national stage. Chapter 14. Fighting every step of the way ; Minnie Fish ; Companion courthouses; title: Chapter 15. Crossing the great divide ; Charlie's unmarked friends; title: Chapter 16. Harvest of the devoted heart ; Wyatt C. Hedrick; title: Chapter 17. Queen of the air ; The flying Stinsons; title: Chapter 18. "Hellooo, baby!" ; Jefferson Theatre ; City of Lubbock Cemetery; title: Chapter 19. The theater of tomorrow today ; Stoneleigh Hotel ; Sherman Little Theater.