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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 108 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more

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From the author: This study compares the spatial structure of commercial activities in the central business districts of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Greatest variations were for the categories of medical offices and restaurants and bars, which were relatively more significant in Nuevo Laredo, and electronic-appliance outlets and clothing stores, which had a higher percentage of commercial establishments in Laredo. Differences are attributed to both cultural and economic factors, including the expanding transborder consumer market. Despite complex functional linkages, the two commercial cores remain distinctive places in urban form and landscape character.

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Title: Central business districts of the two Laredos. (Laredo, Texas; Nuevo Laredo, Mexico)
Author: James R. Curtis
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: v83Issue: n1Page: p54(12)

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From the author: DR. HARDWICK is an associate professor of geography at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403.

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Title: Identity, Place, and Locale in Galveston.(Texas)
Author: Susan W. Hardwick
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Page: 335(7)

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Chapters: Old Bayview Cemetery, Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas, Ward Island, Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge, Parks of Corpus Christi, Texas, North Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas, Calallen, Corpus Christi, Texas, North Padre Island, Oso Bay, Gardendale, Corpus Christi, Texas, Clarkwood, Corpus Christi, Texas, Annaville, Corpus Christi, Texas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Old Bayview Cemetery, located on a small hill in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas at West Broadway and Waco streets and bordered by the I-37 access road, is the oldest federal military cemetery in Texas. Owned by the City of Corpus Christi, it presently comprises three and a half acres as a Historic Texas Cemetery and a State Archaeological Landmark of the Texas Historical Commission. Bayview Cemetery originated in 1845 during the occupation of Corpus Christi, or "Kinney's Ranch", by General Zachary Taylor. Taylor commanded the troops that were sent to the region when Texas joined the United States. Mexico claimed the Nueces River as Texas' southern border, while Texas and the United States claimed the Rio Grande as the border. In 1846 Taylor's forces marched south to Mexico. Since Corpus Christi Bay was too shallow for troop ships, these anchored at what's now Port Aransas and troops were ferried to the military camp on the city bayfront. On 13 September (some versions say 12 September) 1845 the steamboat Dayton left Corpus Christi heading toward St. Joseph's Island (AKA San José Island, north of Port Aransas). On board were Captain Crossman, Lieutenants Thaddeus Higgins, Benjamin A. Berry, Graham, and Woods of the Fourth Infantry, Lieutenant Gordon of the Third Infantry, a Dr. Crittenden, and several others. At about 12:30 PM near McGloin's Bluff, present day Inglesid...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12300649 ... Read more

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Chapters: North Franklin Mountain, San Jacinto Plaza, Franklin Mountains, Mission Valley El Paso, Chamizal National Memorial, Northeast El Paso, Keystone Wetlands, West Central El Paso, Hueco Mountains, Franklin Mountains State Park, Central El Paso, East El Paso, Northwest El Paso, El Paso Street, Mckelligon Canyon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: North Franklin Mountain -The Franklin Mountains are tilted-block fault mountains composed of sedimentary rocks, some of which date back to Precambrian times and are among the oldest in Texas. The mountains represent the southernmost tip of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S., and like the Rockies, were formed 60-70 million years ago during the Laramide orogeny. The Precambrian rocks atop North Franklin Mountain represent "the highest geological structure in the state of Texas." North Franklin gets its reddish color from the unusually-high levels of oxidized iron in the volcanic rocks coating its summit and higher slopes. For centuries, Native Americans and other travellers have used the vegetation and wildlife in the Franklins when crossing the Paso del Nortethe gap between the Franklin Mountains and the Juarez Mountains that is now the site of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso. Pictographs and mortar pits attest to a human presence in the mountains dating back more than 12,000 years. The Franklin Mountains are probably named after Benjamin Franklin Coons, who in 1849 purchased a ranch in what is now the El Paso area. Initially known as Coons Ranch, by 1851 the settlement had apparently taken Coons' middle name and was called "Franklin". Despite the town being officially named El Paso in 1852, the locals continued to call it Franklin throughout the 1850s. The El Paso Tin Mining and Smelting Company operated ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10410299 ... Read more

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Chapters: Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio River, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio National Cemetery, San Pedro Springs, San Antonio Springs, Friedrich Wilderness Park, O. P. Schnabel Park, Calaveras Lake, Victor Braunig Lake, Mitchell Lake, Bracken Cave, Ridgewood Park, San Antonio, Texas, Government Canyon State Natural Area, Military Plaza. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Downtown San Antonio is the central business district of San Antonio, Texas, United States. Downtown is encircled by three numerical freeways, I-35, I-37, and I-10. Together the three highways create a rectangular route around the downtown area of San Antonio: I-35 to the north and west, I-37 to the east, and I-10 to the south. Downtown is home to many districts including the Alamo District, Alamodome District, Central Business District, Convention Center District, Historic Civic District, Houston Street District, King William Historic District, Lavaca District, La Villita District, Market Square District, North Downtown, River North District, San Antonio CO-OP district, River Bend District, South Flores Warehouse District, SoSo (South of Southtown), Southtown Arts District, Eastbourough, and the University District. The Central Business District is home to Rivercenter Mall, anchored by a Macy's, an IMAX theater, and formerly Dillard's. The five-level Art Deco Dillard's, at the corner of Alamo and Commerce streets, opened in 1887 as Joske's. Joske's flagship store was 551,000 square feet (51,200 m) in floor space until Dillard's bought the Joske's chain in 1987. In August 2008, Dillard's moved out of the historic building as a part of a redevelopment plan for Rivercenter Mall. Many people travel to visit the historic district, which houses the famous Alamo. Attr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12346315 ... Read more

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Chapters: Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth Japanese Garden, Trinity River Vision Project, Fort Worth Water Gardens, Fort Worth Prairie Park, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Tandy Hills Natural Area, Ymca Camp Carter. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Downtown Fort Worth is the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The United States Postal Service operates the Downtown Fort Worth Post Office at 251 West Lancaster Avenue. The Livestock Exchange Building (constructed 1903) in Fort Worth Longhorn cattle are driven for exhibition purposes through the Fort Worth Stockyards at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. A glimpse of the Stockyards MuseumThe stockyards offer a taste of the old west and the Chisholm Trail at the site of the historic cattle drives and rail access. The Old West comes alive again each year during the Fort Worth Stock Show. The District is filled with restaurants, clubs, gift shops, and attractions such as the twice daily longhorn cattle drives through the streets, historic reenactments, the Stockyards Museum, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, and Billy Bob's, the world's largest country and western music venue. The Tarrant Regional Water District, City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Streams ... Read more

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Title: Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province.(Book Review)
Author: Susan W. Hardwick
Publication: The Geographical Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 94Issue: 4Page: 550(3)

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Nature takes a surprising turn in the heart of Texas. The flat Gulf Coastal Plains, which become the fertile Blackland Prairies in Central Texas, end abruptly at the Balcones Escarpment, one of the state's most dramatic geological features, and the rolling, more sparsely vegetated Hill Country begins. The animal life varies as dramatically as the land. More than 400 species of birds alone, nearly three-fourths of all Texas birds, can be spotted in the region. This handbook offers a concise natural history of Central Texas and a complete checklist of all native and naturalized vertebrate animals, including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, as well as invertebrates that include butterflies and land snails. The listings cite both scientific and common names for each species, relative abundance in the region, and preferred habitats. A distinguishing feature of the handbook is its list of parks and recreational areas in the region, which includes the counties of Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Lee, Llano, Milam, Travis, and Williamson. The authors describe the recreational facilities available in each park and list the animal species likely to be encountered there. For birdwatchers, naturalists, visitors, and residents alike, this popular handbook will be the essential "where-to-find-it" reference. ... Read more

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Great Book for a Great Part of Texas
Having lived a great part of my life in South Central Texas, I was very happy to stumble upon Birds & Other Wildlife of South Central Texas by Edward A Kutac.
Kutac used extensive research and has drawn from many sources.
Although it might not be everyone's idea of excitement, it is inclusive and goes the extra mile.

Birds and other wildlife of south central Texas- Corrie Hern
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The changing image of a faroff land
Americans, and probably many foreigners, carry a very definite image of Texas in their heads.It's not a place like Delaware or Saskatchewan, known mostly to those who live there.We know Texas from the Westerns and the soaps, from "Giant",the novels of Larry McMurtry, and dozens of films, songs, and paintings.We "know" Texas to be a warm-hearted, big-talking place of oil, cattle, vast landscapes, barbeque, chilli con carne, laissez faire capitalism, violence, and life sentences for carrying a little pot.It's a place, in other words, full of contradictions.AT HOME IN TEXAS amazes us because the original image of Texas, at least in the words of those who wrote about it between 1820 and 1870, was entirely different, but never small.

"Our ability to know the world in an unconscious or taken-for-granted sense is the heart of the experience of being at home.It is that feeling of being familiar and comfortable in a place or situation.The passage of time is necessary or the experience of place.The individual develops a feeling of ease by repeated interactions with his or her world...."Imagination and perception are important to understanding human attachment to the land.We should recognize the role of attitudes and values in shaping the American landscape. This is the often-stated, enormous theme of Doughty's book.I feel that the author did not really come close to proving or establishing anything that resembles this.We do not find "how settlers developed their view of Texas as home" in a volume of 145 pages.The book cannot focus on the topic because he bit off more than hecould chew, if I may express myself so boldly.We read descriptions by people at many moments in Texas history, but few show how those people changed over time.Thus "development" is difficult to show since we are dealing with separate people at separate times.They arrived in Texas with ideas shaped by their particular times.However, it is still an interesting book which may stimulate a lot of thought as to how such a theme could be developed.

What we do get here is an interesting glimpse of Texan history---the development of the image of Texas in the world, if not in the minds of Texans.The original Anglo settlers saw Texas as untamed wilderness.Doughty notes the Puritan value still alive in America then of "man's destiny to redeem the wilderness".Stephen Austin's writings may be taken as exemplary here.After the wilderness was somewhat tamer, the now-familiar look of the landscape was emphasized by books, newspapers, journal articles, and travel guides which were read throughout eastern America and Europe.Writers started likening Texas to a garden, a bounteous land---almost a virgin to be impregnated by the arriving colonists.As time passed, the image of Texas came to be "Mediterranean", Texas compared favorably with Italy, Greece or Egypt !Boosters picked up this image, emphasizing health and fertile soil, and used it to attract immigrants, though another reality soon impinged on new arrivals.The decline and total disappearance of this `Classical" image is worth more than the few lines the author devotes to it.

If you come to this book with the intention of learning how settlers became attached to the land in Texas, I fear you may be disappointed.(Hence 3 stars)But, if you just want to read something interesting about Texas and about the process of writing history---definitely give AT HOME IN TEXAS a try. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 167 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more