| Hillsboro Contributor(s): The Hillsboro Heritage League (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738599581 ISBN-13: 9780738599588 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| LCCN: 2013941712 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.63" W x 9.23" (0.68 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Situated on the Main Street of Texas, Hillsboro s influence has radiated far beyond its locale on Interstate 35 in Central Texas. Once a part of the Texas frontier, the area was settled by pioneers in the 1840s, and in 1853, the Texas legislature created Hill County. Located east of the Brazos River on the Blackland Prairie, the dusty cattle town of Hillsboro soon became the county seat. In 1881, the railroad transformed Hillsboro, attracting migrant farmers and merchants from the Old South. By 1900, Hillsboro was a center for cotton production, and public buildings and homes still testify to the influence of king cotton. Politics have long been a staple of the culture, and Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, Attys. Gen. Thomas S. Smith and Crawford Martin, Speakers of the House T.S. Smith, Robert Lee Bobbitt, and Robert W. Calvert, and Sam D. Johnson have all called Hillsboro home." |
Contributor Bio(s): The Hillsboro Heritage League: - Hillsboro Heritage League provided leadership for this project and has drawn extensively from local museum archives and public and private collections. Former Hillsboro mayor and first lady Will and Betty Lowrance have chaired the project for the Hillsboro Heritage League. |