History Ahead

by Utley, Dan K.

• ISBN13: 9781603441513
• ISBN10: 1603441514
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-20
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

More than 13,000 historical markers line the roadsides of Texas, giving drivers a way to sample the stories of the past. But these markers tell only part of the story. InHistory Ahead, Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman introduce readers to the rich, colorful, and sometimes action-packed and humorous history behind 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 behind the text emblazoned on these markers. Written in an anecdotal style that presents the cultural uniqueness and rich diversity of Texas history,History Aheadincludes nineteen main stories, dozens of complementary sidebars, and many never-before-published historical and contemporary photographs. History Aheadoffers a rich array of local stories that interweave with the broader regional and national context, touching on themes of culture, art, music, technology, the environment, oil, aviation, and folklore, among other topics. Utley and Beeman have located these forgotten gems, polished them up to a high shine, and offered them along with convenient maps and directions to the marker sites.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
A Texas Sense of Place
Saving Elmer's Woods	p. 5
Sidebar	p. 12
"While You Are Hesitating Others Are Buying-Act To-Day!"	p. 13
Sidebar: South Texas Land Promoter	p. 25
Sidebar: A Crop of Suckers	p. 27
A Plan for the Coming Season	p. 30
Sidebar	p. 43
Sidebar	p. 44
The Healer of Los Olmos	p. 45
Sidebar	p. 57
Too Many Barrels of Oil	p. 58
Sidebar	p. 69
"We Shall Come Rejoicing"	p. 73
Sidebar	p. 85
Sidebar	p. 85
The Music Man of Schulenburg	p. 88
Sidebar: "Shorthorns Forever"	p. 98
Passing Through Texas
Lindbergh Landed Here	p. 101
Sidebar: Lindbergh Historical Markers	p. 114
Pyramids on the Road to Monte Ne	p. 115
Sidebar: The Nat	p. 131
A Gathering in the Woods	p. 132
Sidebar: Texas Forestry Association	p. 147
Ghosts at Mitchell Flat	p. 148
Sidebar	p. 160
Chasing the Next Frontier	p. 163
Sidebar	p. 174
Alien City in a Strange Land	p. 176
Sidebar: Detention Camp Cemetery	p. 186
Texans on the National Stage
Fighting Every Step of the Way	p. 189
Sidebar	p. 200
Sidebar: Companion Courthouses	p. 201
Crossing the Great Divide	p. 203
Sidebar: Charlie's Unmarked Friends	p. 217
Harvest of the Devoted Heart	p. 219
Sidebar	p. 235
Queen of the Air	p. 237
Sidebar: The Flying Stinsons	p. 250
"Hellooo, Baby!"	p. 253
Sidebar	p. 266
Sidebar: City of Lubbock Cemetery	p. 267
The Theater of Tomorrow Today	p. 269
Sidebar: Stoneleigh Hotel	p. 282
Sidebar: Sherman Little Theater	p. 284
Notes	p. 287
Index	p. 305
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