Ebook: Texas Gulf Coast stories
Author: Williams Herndon C
- Tags: Coastal Bend (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes., Gulf Coast (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes., Coastal Bend (Tex.) -- History Local -- Anecdotes., Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Coastal Bend -- Anecdotes., Coastal Bend (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes., Coastal Bend (Tex.) -- Antiquities -- Anecdotes., Antiquities., Frontier and pioneer life., Manners and customs., Texas -- Coastal Bend., Texas -- Gulf Coast.
- Series: American chronicles (Series)
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- City: Charleston, SC, Coastal Bend (Tex.), Gulf Coast (Tex.), Texas--Coastal Bend., Texas--Gulf Coast
- Language: English
- epub
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 Read more...
Abstract: 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