Title History ahead : stories beyond the Texas roadside markers / Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman ; foreword by Truett Latimer.

Publication Info.	[College Station] : Texas A and M University Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.
Series	TAM travel guides
	TAM travel guides.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	A Texas sense of place -- Saving Elmer's woods -- Roberts Cemetery -- "While you are hesitating others are buying--act to-day!" -- George H. Paul, South Texas land promoter -- A crop of suckers -- A plan for the coming season -- George Sessions Perry -- Robert S. Munger -- The healer of Los Olmos -- Dobie's Los Olmos -- Too many barrels of oil -- Santa Rita smiled -- "We shall come rejoicing" -- Waugh campground -- Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle -- The music man of Schulenburg -- "Shorthorns forever" -- Passing through Texas -- Lindbergh landed here -- Lindbergh historical markers -- Pyramids on the road to Monte Ne -- The Nat -- A gathering in the woods -- Texas Forestry Association -- Ghosts at Mitchell Flat -- Fort D.A. Russell -- Chasing the next frontier -- Wiley Hardeman Post -- Alien city in a strange land -- Kenedy Alien Detention Camp Cemetery -- Texans on the national stage -- Fighting every step of the way -- Minnie Fish -- Companion courthouses -- Crossing the great divide -- Charlie's unmarked friends -- Harvest of the devoted heart -- Wyatt C. Hedrick -- Queen of the air -- The flying Stinsons -- "Hellooo, baby!" -- Jefferson Theatre -- City of Lubbock Cemetery -- The theater of tomorrow today -- Stoneleigh Hotel -- Sherman Little Theater.
Subject	Historical markers -- Texas.
	Geographical perception -- Texas.
	Texas -- History.
	Texas -- History -- Anecdotes.
	Texas -- Description and travel.
	Texas -- Biography.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	Geographical perception. (OCoLC)fst00940459
	Historical markers. (OCoLC)fst00958139
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
Genre/Form	Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Beeman, Cynthia J.
Other Form:	Print version: Utley, Dan K. History ahead. 1st ed. [College Station] : Texas A & M University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009023264
ISBN	9781603443449 (electronic bk.)
	1603443444 (electronic bk.)

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