Texas Along the Line of the Texas and Pacific Ry (Classic Reprint)

Texas and Pacific Railway Company

ISBN 10: 1333149131 / ISBN 13: 9781333149130

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book is a fascinating exploration of the history and development of Texas, focusing on the period from the 17th century to the late 19th century. The author skillfully intertwines narratives of Spanish exploration, Native American communities, and the arrival of Anglo settlers, ultimately culminating in the state's dramatic rise as a major economic and agricultural powerhouse. The book delves into the region's rich natural resources, tracing the evolution of its diverse landscapes, from the fertile timberlands of Eastern Texas to the vast open plains of the western frontier. Readers are taken on a captivating journey through the complexities of the Texas frontier, witnessing the impact of railroad construction, the growth of industry, and the transformation of a sparsely populated territory into a dynamic state. This captivating account of Texas's development provides a valuable historical perspective on the factors that shaped the state's identity and its place within the American landscape. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Texas Along the Line of the Texas and Pacific Ry (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1333149131
• ISBN 13: 9781333149130
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
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Excerpt from Texas Along the Line of the Texas and Pacific Ry

It can hardly be expected that there should be in so vast a domain, a uniformity as to soils, climate or resources, indeed the surface of the State presents a variety of features, common to no other commonwealth in the United States. It is a vast inclined plain, with a gradual descent from the northern and northwestern boundary to the Gulf of Mexico. For convenience of description, it has, by general custom, been divided geographically into five parts, commonly known as Central, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Texas, though the dividing lines are not by any means well defined. In this publication it is intended to more fully describe Northern and Western Texas, which are traversed by the Texas Pacific Railway, yet such description would be incomplete without reference to the other parts of the State.

The chief characteristics of the Gulf Coast are extensive flat prairies, extending inland from 50 to 80 miles, forming a broad belt of dark fertile soil and following the-contour of the coast. Seaward a few miles distant, separated from the mainland by long but narrow bays, is a chain of islands and peninsulas, extending in a very regular line from Sabine Lake to Corpus Christi, and thence to the mouth of the Rio Grande. In many places along the coast the change from terra firma to tidewater is almost imperceptible, owing to the very gradual slope of the land. The soils of the coast counties are as a rule very fertile, producing abundantly of early vegetables, sugar cane, corn, rice, sea island cotton and semi-tropical fruits. Artificial drainage is necessary in many places, and in some localities new comers suffer more or less from malaria and kindred ailments, though as a whole the coast country is considered salubrious and healthful.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.