Texas obscurities
Subtitle: stories of the peculiar, exceptional and nefarious
By: E.R. Bills
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781626192812
Subjects: Anecdotes; History; Biography; Curiosities and wonders
Description: "Someof these quirky true stories might surprise even the most proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that viedwith the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922, Germanpriest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred and feathered amid anti-German fervor following World War I. Author E.R. Bills offers this collection of trials, tribulations and intrigue that is sure to enrich one's understanding ofthe biggest state in the Lower Forty-eight"--

"Discover a little-known but fascinating side of Texas history"--
Notes: Includes bibliograhpical references (pages 143-152) and index.