Vanished Texas Coast Lost Port Towns Mysterious Shipwrecks And Other True Tales
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Vanished Texas Coast Lost Port Towns Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales
Author | : Mark Lardas |
Publsiher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2021-07-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1540248615 |
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People may associate Texas with cattle drives and oil derricks, but the sea has shaped the state's history as dramatically as it has delineated its coastline. Some of that history has vanished into the Gulf, whether it is an abandoned port town or a gale-tossed treasure fleet. Revisit the shipwreck that put Texas on the map. Add La Salle's lost colony, the Texas Navy's forgotten steamship and Galveston's overlooked 1915 hurricane to the navigational charts. From the submarines of Seawolf Park to the concrete tanker beached off Pelican Island, author Mark Lardas scours the coast to salvage the secrets of its sunken heritage.
The Vanished Texas Coast
Author | : Mark Lardas |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781439673171 |
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People may associate Texas with cattle drives and oil derricks, but the sea has shaped the state's history as dramatically as it has delineated its coastline. Some of that history has vanished into the Gulf, whether it is an abandoned port town or a gale-tossed treasure fleet. Revisit the shipwreck that put Texas on the map. Add La Salle's lost colony, the Texas Navy's forgotten steamship and Galveston's overlooked 1915 hurricane to the navigational charts. From the submarines of Seawolf Park to the concrete tanker beached off Pelican Island, author Mark Lardas scours the coast to salvage the secrets of its sunken heritage.
Vanished Texas Coast The Lost Port Towns Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales
Author | : Mark Lardas |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781467149853 |
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People may associate Texas with cattle drives and oil derricks, but the sea has shaped the state's history as dramatically as it has delineated its coastline. Some of that history has vanished into the Gulf, whether it is an abandoned port town or a gale-tossed treasure fleet. Revisit the shipwreck that put Texas on the map. Add La Salle's lost colony, the Texas Navy's forgotten steamship and Galveston's overlooked 1915 hurricane to the navigational charts. From the submarines of Seawolf Park to the concrete tanker beached off Pelican Island, author Mark Lardas scours the coast to salvage the secrets of its sunken heritage.
Texas Gulf Coast Stories
Author | : C. Herndon Williams |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2010-12-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781614232469 |
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The middle Texas coast, known locally as the Coast Bend, is an area filled with fascinating stories. From as early as the days of de Vaca and La Salle, the Coastal Bend has been a site of early exploration, bloody conflicts, legendary shipwrecks and even a buried treasure or two. However, much of the true history has remained unknown, misunderstood and even hidden. For years, local historian C. Herndon Williams has shared his fascinating discoveries of the area's early stories through his weekly column, "Coastal Bend Chronicle." Now he has selected some of his favorites in Texas Gulf Coast Stories. Join Williams as he explores the days of early settlement and European contact, Karankawa and Tonkawa legends and the Coastal Bend's tallest of tall tales.
From a Watery Grave
Author | : James E. Bruseth,Toni S. Turner |
Publsiher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1585443476 |
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An account of the discovery and excavation of the French ship La Belle, shipwrecked in 1686 in Matagorda Bay, Texas.
Indianola and Matagorda Island 1837 1887
Author | : Linda Wolff |
Publsiher | : Eakin Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2016-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1681790785 |
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Indianola and Matagorda Island served a major role in the history and development of Texas. Matagorda Island served as a key point of entry for German immigrants as early as 1844.Incorporated in 1853, Indianola is now a ghost town. Once the county seat of Calhoun County, Indianola once had a population of more than 5,000 before a major hurricane destroyed the town in 1875, The town was rebuilt and again destroyed by a second hurricane in 1886. Linda Wolff goes into great detail in bringing the rich history of Indianola and Matagorda Island to life in this book. Designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1963. In addition to the history also provides a guide to the wildflowers, the birds, the wildlife and brings the reader to current time and the Matagorda Island State Park.
True Tales of Ghosts Gales
Author | : Wes Oleszewski |
Publsiher | : Nautical Books |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : UOM:39015071187788 |
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You'll want to add this one to your Wes collection, his latest tells true stories of ghosts and gales!
438 Days
Author | : Jonathan Franklin |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2015-11-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781501116292 |
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The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000.