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<title><![CDATA[Huron - Grand Bend to Southampton by Sandra Orr]]></title>
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Huron - Grand Bend to Southampton


Sandra Orr


Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario

1993


The Story of the settlement and development of one of Ontario's unique geographic and economic regions, Lake Huron's stormy eastern shore, from Grand Bend in the south to Southampton in the north. Populated bby native peoples for thousands of years, and surveyed for the British Admiralty in 1822 by Henry Wolsey Bayefield, this strikingly scenic region became home to a diverse range of hard-working settler....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:21:41 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Hereford, Texas, Diamond Jubilee Celebration "Hustlin' Heritage 75"]]></title>
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Hereford, Texas Diamond Jubilee Celebration: Hustlin' Heritage 75


Helen Rose, Chairman - Jubilee Book Committee

1973


Prepared for the Diamond Jubilee of Hereford, Texas in Deaf Smith County.  Includes individual histories of business, civic organizations, churches, schools and prominent families and individuals, with many historic photographs.


trade paperback
pages are not numbered, approximately 150 pages, 8 1/2" X 11", sponsor's adverts on inside front and rear covers, includes many ph....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:11:08 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Off the Beaten Trail - Exploring Texas Heritage by Ed Syers]]></title>
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Off the Beaten Trail


William Ed. Syers


Texian Press

1976
6th printing, copyright 1971


The result of over 7 years and nearly 100,000 miles of Texas exploration in search of the story behind Texas heritage.  The individual pieces first appeared as a feature column in many of Texas' major newspapers, then subsequently rewritten in three softcover volumes that went through seven printings before this single-volume revision was produced.  Each article is a brief but complete adventure into th....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:49:28 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodbye to a River by John Graves]]></title>
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Goodbye to a River


John Graves


Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas

1995


A three-week trip down the upper reaches of the Brazos River, into which is woven a history of the people who have lived along its banks - Indians, settlers, warriors, and wanderers.  

Illustrations by Russell Waterhouse.


Trade paperback
Map frontispiece, 307 pages, 8 1/4" X 5 1/2", includes a bibliography.


Very good, a hint of edge wear and faint touches to pages edges, else clean &amp; bright with no creasing ....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:49:26 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier by Patrick Dearen (signed)]]></title>
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Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier


Dearen, Patrick 
Foreword by Elmer Kelton

Texas Christian University Press

1988


Signed by the author on the half-title page.


Trade paperback
Softcover, 23 cm. 236 pages. Map frontispiece, illustrated. Includes annotated bibliography &amp; index.
Number six in the TCU Chisholm Trail Series.


Previous owner's name and address in ink on front free endpaper, else near fine. spine uncreased, clean, square and tight.


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8090306

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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:49:12 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Historic Homes in and around Fredericksburg, Texas]]></title>
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Historic Homes in and around Fredericksburg, Texas


Elise Kowert 

Photography by Art Kowert


Fredericksburg Publishers

1980
First Edition


Hard cover
Green cloth, black pictorial on cover, black lettering, x, 196 pages, 11 1/4" X 8 3/4" (quarto), b&amp;w illustrations.  Includes a bibliography and index.


Fine, like new throughout. Issued without a dust jacket.


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X06030


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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:25:32 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Historic Uptown Butte, Montana by John N. Dehaas Jr.]]></title>
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Historic Uptown Butte: 
An architectural and historic analysis of the Central Business District of Butte, MT.


John N. Dehaas, Jr.


1977
First edition. 
numbered #245 of 2000 copies


Trade paperback
154 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. glued perfect bound softcover, 27.5 x 21 cm. (11" x 8 1/2")


Signed by author. inscribed and dated by author, Fed. 27, 1978, owner's stamp on title page and fore edge, light pencil notation on title page, lower corner slightly creased, else clean, bright....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:54:36 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Shattered Dreams on Piles Peak (Jones Park, Lake Moraine, Seven Lakes)]]></title>
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Ivan D. Brunk

Second edition, 1994
Pulpit Rock Press

The history and fate of some of the first and finest mountain resorts in the Pike Peak region of Colorado.&nbsp; Using little-known sources, the author presents details and factual information about the lives of the pioneers who settled high up on the southeast slope of Pikes Peak in the last half of the nineteenth century.&nbsp; Thoroughly researched and documented,....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:36:46 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilbarger County Centennial 1881-1981 Commemorative Book, Vernon Texas]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="8"><tr><td><a href="http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/wilbarger-county-centennial-1881-1981commemorative-book-vernon-texas"><img src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/2038533_80.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a></td><td><strong>$45.00</strong><br />Commemorative Book, Wilbarger County Centennial 1881 to 1981

The Wilbarger Centennial Association, 1981

Softcover, 150 pages, 11" X 8 1/2", 151 pages.

The story of the settlement and history of Wilbarger County and Vernon,Texas, with historic photographs, Adverts from local businesses.&nbsp; Includes program of the Wilbarger County Centennial Celebration Committee for the presentation of "Prairie Memories" written and directed by Don Dalton, presented at the Santa Rosa Arena in October, 1981.....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:10:07 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Topeka: A History in Pictures - first edition]]></title>
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First edition, 2001
The Topeka Capital-Journal

A chronological history of Topeka, Kansas.&nbsp; Compiled from photographs submitted by readers to the Capitol-Journal.&nbsp; Each photograph has a brief description and the name of the submitter.&nbsp; Earliest photographs are from the mid-1800's, through 2000.&nbsp; Introduction by John Fish, Publisher of the Topeka Capital-Journal.

Hardcover, glossy graphic covered boards. landscape (oblong) orientation, 7 3/4" X ....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:59:59 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[In Their Honor: Veterans of the Washington County (Texas) Area]]></title>
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The Banner Press
Brenham, Texas 2008

Photographic compilation of military veterans from Washington county.&nbsp; Photographs and biographical captions.&nbsp; Earliest pictures are veterans of the Civil war up to veterans of the Iraq war.

Hardcover, dark green textured boards, 11 1/4" X 8 3/4", 128 pages.&nbsp; New.

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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:03:01 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[On this Hallowed Ground ~ History of the 40 acres UT Austin, Texas]]></title>
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Carl. J. Eckhardt 

Published by the author, 1980 

Signed and inscribed by the author. 

Carl J. Eckhardt taught mechanical engineering at UT from 1926 until his retirement in 1973. He was also a noted expert on the history of the University of Texas, writing six books on the subject. In 1958, Eckhardt reassembled the famed Santa Rita No. 1 oil rig on the Austin campus. The rig was the first to "blow in" on university-owned property in West Texas and ultimately yielded ....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:23:13 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Pioneers of Brazos County, Texas 1800-1850]]></title>
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compiled by W. Broadus Smith

The Scribe Shop, Bryan, Texas (1962)

Softcover, paper wraps.&nbsp; 228 pages, 8 1/2" X 5 5/8".

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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:20 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[League City (Texas): History from its Beginning to 1912]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="8"><tr><td><a href="http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/league-city-texas-history-from-its-beginning-to-1912"><img src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/1507325_80.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a></td><td><strong>$26.50</strong><br />League City: A History from its Beginning to 1912League City Historical Committee??(1982)Judy Warco, ChairmanFirst edition, stated.??Printed by Quality Printing, Inc., League City, TexasSoftcover. Near fine, almost as new with minimal handling marks, very clean andtight; a nice copy. 218 p., 11" X 8 1/2", paper wraps, illustrations, maps. [sku 5102203]....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:11 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Families of Falls County, Texas 1987 First edition]]></title>
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1987 First edition


Compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission


Biographical sketches, includes early settlers in what becomes present-day Falls County, Texas, their descendants, and other families who came later and contributed to the history of the county. &nbsp; The first families to settle the area came as settlers in Robertson's &nbsp;Colony of the State of Coahuila, Mexico. &nbsp; The seat of government for the colony, which covers an ....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:09:58 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Waco - Texas Crossroads: An Illustrated History]]></title>
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by Patricia Ward Wallace

Illustrated with historic photographs, some in color.? Produced in cooperation with Historic Waco Foundation.

First Edition (Stated), 1983, Windsor Publications, Inc.? ISBN 0897810686

136 p., quarto (11 1/4" X 8 3/4"), brown cloth over boards, gilt spine titles, graphic dust jacket.

Condition: Fine volume, dust jacket price-clipped, else fine. ....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:09:24 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[A Pictorial History of Waco - Volume 2]]></title>
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Photographs from the collection of James F. Jasek

Brand new in publisher's shrink wrap.?? 

Hardcover in graphic dust jacket, 292 pages, Quarto (11 1/4" X 8 3/4")

Texian Press, 2000....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:21:16 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[Stepping Back in Time: History of West University Place]]></title>
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By June A. Begeman

The City of West University Place, surrounded by the megalopolis of Houston, is primarily a residential enclave. With an effective, independent city management, its own fire and police departments, and a prime close in location West U. has become one of the most desirable locations in the metropolitan Houston area.? Begeman traces the relatively humble beginnings and the long range vision of early city fathers to insure....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:37:03 GMT</pubDate></item>
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<title><![CDATA[McCook Daily Gazette - Centennial Edition 1882 - 1982]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="8"><tr><td><a href="http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/mccook-daily-gazette--centennial-edition-1882--1982"><img src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/598393_80.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a></td><td><strong>$125.00</strong><br />McCook, Nebraska Daily Gazette Centennial EditionSoftcover, elephant folio (about 15" X 11")Special edition of the McCook Daily Gazette with a deep and wide look into the history and culture of McCook and Red Willow County.? Very hard-to-find in this condition.Condition: There is one small, faint stain on the front wrapper, otherwise condition is very good with few signs of handling. Binding is square and tight, no writing or other marks noted.? ....</td></tr></table>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:29:29 GMT</pubDate></item>
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