Historic Towns of Texas - Volume 1 - Davis, Joe Tom
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This is the first volume in a series of books about historic towns of Texas written by historian, Joe Tom Davis. Volume I covers two capitals of the Republic of Texas, the first major seaport, an important steamboat terminal, an outlaw haven, a significant crossroads settlement, and the ghost of intended Houston. Only one of them survives as a major city today, but they were all important in their glory days. The chapters include: East and West Columbia, Egypt, Matagorda, Houston, Texana, and Helena. Town histories tend to focus on institutions rather than individuals. This book, however, is…mehr

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This is the first volume in a series of books about historic towns of Texas written by historian, Joe Tom Davis. Volume I covers two capitals of the Republic of Texas, the first major seaport, an important steamboat terminal, an outlaw haven, a significant crossroads settlement, and the ghost of intended Houston. Only one of them survives as a major city today, but they were all important in their glory days. The chapters include: East and West Columbia, Egypt, Matagorda, Houston, Texana, and Helena. Town histories tend to focus on institutions rather than individuals. This book, however, is about much more than general stores, hotels, banks, and churches. An emphasis is placed on the achievements and exploits of the town founders, builders, and prominent later residents.
Autorenporträt
Joe Tom Davis is a fifth-generation Texan: his maternal great-great-grandfather, George Lord, was a survivor of the Mier Expedition and the "Lottery of Death." He attended public schools at Edna, Texas, where his interest in and love of Texas history was whetted by hearing Jackson County tales about the "Wild Man of the Navidad" and the ghost town of Texana, the Allen brothers' first choice for the site of the city of Houston. Davis is a Navy veteran and holds both B.S. and M.Ed. degrees from Sam Houston State University where he was elected to Alpha Chi, Who's Who, and received the James Ellison Kirkley Prize as outstanding social science student. After teaching at Sam Houston for two years, he joined the faculty of Wharton County Junior College in 1965 as an instructor of American and Texas history.