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Railroads of western Texas : San Antonio to El Paso
- Title
- Railroads of western Texas : San Antonio to El Paso / Douglas Lee Braudaway.
- Author
- Braudaway, Douglas Lee
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, ©2000.
- ©2000
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TF302.T4 B738 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- The Southern Pacific Railroad was the second transcontinental line built in America, and the first that was open year-round. Railroads of Western Texas brings to life the days of frontier towns, the open range, and the building of the state of Texas. This part of the state's railroad history includes politicians and movie stars, train wrecks and robberies, shoot-outs and gun-running. Railroads of Western Texas reveals engaging stories of San Antonio and El Paso during their boomtown years. It tells of the creation of communities out of whole cloth including Hondo, Sanderson, Marfa, and Sierra Blanca. Other towns-villages really-blossomed when the iron rails came through: Uvalde, Del Rio, Alpine, Valentine, and Judge Roy Bean's town Langtry (the man known as "The Law West of the Pecos"). The railroad featured the third highest bridge in the world (the High Bridge over the Pecos River), and the fourth largest man-made lake in the United States (Medina Lake). These rails carried men and munitions during the Spanish American War and the Punitive Expedition, and many more\ during the First and Second World Wars.--amazon.com.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Subject
- Southern Pacific Company > History
- Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad > History
- Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad
- Southern Pacific Company
- 1800-1999
- Railroad stations > Texas, West
- Railroads > Texas, West > History > 19th century
- Railroads > Texas, West > History > 20th century
- Railroads > Texas, West > Pictorial works
- Railroad stations
- Railroads
- West Texas
- Genre/Form
- History
- Pictorial works
- Contents
- The hubs : San Antonio and El Paso -- Laying the rails -- Bridging the Pecos -- Stations and stops : from San Antonio to Eagle Pass -- Stations and stops : from Del Rio to Alpine -- Stations and stops : from Marfa to El Paso -- Riding the rails.
- ISBN
- 0738507660
- 9780738507668
- LCCN
- 00105514
- OCLC
- ocm45726339
- 45726339
- SCSB-9469950
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library