Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers
- ISBN-10
- 1589797892
- ISBN-13
- 9781589797895
- Category
- Historical markers
- Pages
- 531
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Betty Dooley Awbrey
Description
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of town, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This Sixth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.
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Other editions
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- 2013-02-22
- 544 pages
- Ebook
- Taylor Trade Publishing
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- 2005-10-25
- 568 pages
- Ebook
- Taylor Trade Publications
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