Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One: The State
  • La Salle in Texas
  • The Texas Climate
  • The Alamo
  • The Texas Navy
  • Immigration
  • Swedes to the Sweet
  • Land Agents
  • The Old Veteran
  • Lost Boundaries
  • The Texas Rangers
  • Portraits at the Capitol
• Part Two: Cities
  • San Antonio Sidewalks
  • Ditches of San Antonio
  • The San Antonio River
  • San Antonio Elections
  • Austin and San Antonio Compared
  • Houston as a Seaport
  • Galveston
  • Peddlers
  • Born on the Island
  • The Galveston Cotton Exchange
• Part Three: People
  • Boys
  • The Big Firecracker
  • A Boyhood Memory
  • The Texas Carrier Boy
  • That Typical Texan
  • General Sheridan, Texas, and Hell
  • Lawyers
  • Sweet in the Militia
  • The Dentist
  • Another Mystery Explained
  • Houston Indians
  • Ladies' Choice
• Part Four: Life
  • Border Troubles
  • Eighty-five Little Indians
  • A Mexican Revolution
  • Throwing the Lasso
  • Guide Posts
  • Mail Delivery
  • Country Store
  • Billboards
  • The Stovepipe Hat
  • Spoofing Good Works
  • The Circus
  • H.M.S. Pinafore
  • An Oil Painting
  • Christmas
  • New Year's Day Calls
• Part Five: Natural Resources
  • Northers
  • Cattle
  • The Chaparral Cock
  • The Texas Red Ant
  • The Tarantula
  • The Horned Frog
  • Mosquitoes
  • The Centipede
  • The Devil's Horse
  • The Family Dog
  • The Awful Coal Bug
  • The Shark
  • Tarpon and Redfish
  • Parrots
  • Chile con Carne
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Virginia Eisenhour is the author of The Strand of Galveston and Galveston: A Different Place.

Reviews

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