| A Day's Ride from Here Volume 2: Noxville, Texas Contributor(s): Caldwell, Clifford R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 160949394X ISBN-13: 9781609493943 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - Travel | United States - South - West South Central (ar, La, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 976.488 |
| LCCN: 2011023478 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.08" W x 9.04" (0.54 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Join historian Cliff Caldwell for volume two of A Day's Ride from Here as he takes you through the hidden history of Texas Hill Country. Follow the San Saba trail the old Spanish route from San Antonio to Menard to the famous Pegleg Crossing, where Rangers brought down Dick Dublin in 1878. Visit frontier posts like Camp Verde and Camp Ives near Bandera Pass and see the sites of the earliest Texas Paleoindians along the Pecos River. Explore early pioneer settlements and once bustling towns in this unforgiving terrain: Albert, near Fredericksburg; London in Kimble County; and Tuff in western Bandera County. |
Contributor Bio(s): Caldwell, Clifford R.: - Cliff Caldwell is a Texas historian and author of several books on Texas local and state history. Ron DeLord worked in various roles in the field of law enforcement, and for thirty years served as president of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas. |