The Guadalupe River Drive in the Texas Hill Country, now approaching its 100th anniversary, began as a small path carved from the rocky hillside. Today called River Road, this popular tourist destination is enjoyed by both residents of and visitors to New Braunfels. In" Hill Country ""Backroads"" Showing the Way in Comal County," Laurie E. Jasinski explores the time when roads such as the Guadalupe River Drive were unknown and unexplored. A time when it was nearly impossible to reach your destination without having to change a few tires or find a team of mules to pull you out of the mud....
The Guadalupe River Drive in the Texas Hill Country, now approaching its 100th anniversary, began as a small path carved from the rocky hillside. Toda...
Where the Paluxy River now winds through the North Texas Hill Country, the great lizards of prehistory once roamed, leaving their impressive footprints deep in the limy sludge of what would become the earth's Cretaceous layer. It wouldn't be until a summer day in1909, however, when young George Adams went splashing along the creekbed, that chance and shifting sediments would reveal these stony traces of an ancient past. Young Adams's first discovery of dinosaur tracks in the Paluxy River Valley, near the small community of Glen Rose, Texas, came more than one hundred million years after...
Where the Paluxy River now winds through the North Texas Hill Country, the great lizards of prehistory once roamed, leaving their impressive footprint...
"Celebrate the musical tapestry of Texas from A to Z! This book offers more than 870 articles that feature completely updated entries as well as new and expanded coverage of the musicians, ensembles, dance halls, festivals, businesses, orchestras, organizations, and genres that have helped define the Lone Star State's musical legacy."--Book jacket.
"Celebrate the musical tapestry of Texas from A to Z! This book offers more than 870 articles that feature completely updated entries as well as new a...
The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State s landscape. According to Casey Monahan, To travel Texas with music as your guide is a year-round opportunity to experience first-hand this amazing cultural force .Texas music offers a vibrant and enjoyable experience through which to understand and enjoy Texas culture. Building on the work of "The Handbook of Texas Music "that was published in 2003 and in partnership with the Texas Music Office and the Center for Texas Music History (Texas State University-San Marcos), "The Handbook of Texas Music,...
The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State s landscape. According to Casey Monahan, To travel Texas with...
