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Lewisville

By: Robin Cole-Jett

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Originally known as Holfords Prairie, Lewisvilles name is not the only thing that has changed about this town in its long history. Settlers sponsored by the Peters Colony Company founded the small community in the 1840s. In the ensuing years, the settlement, renamed to Lewisville by Basdeal W. Lewis in 1856, consistently grew and prospered until its incorporation in 1925. Cotton farming and ginning, the arrival of the Dallas and Wichita Railroad in 1881, the expansion of Lake Dallas into Lake Lewisville in 1954, and the opening of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in 1974 ensured that Lewisville became an important commercial center in booming North Texas. Throughout its phenomenal growth, however, Lewisville still retained the charm and bonds of its farm-centered past. Today Lewisville boasts the largest population and school district in Denton County and serves as a suburb for the bustling Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

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1439624909

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9781439624906

The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest

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The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest

By: Robin Cole-Jett

The Red River's dramatic bend in southwestern Arkansas is the most distinctive characteristic along its 1,300 miles of eastern flow through plains, prairies and swamplands. This stretch of river valley has defined the culture, commerce and history of the region since the prehistoric days of the Caddo inhabitants. Centuries later, as the plantation South gave way to westward expansion, people found refuge and adventure along the area's trading paths, military roads, riverbanks, rail lines and highways. This rich heritage is why the Red River in Arkansas remains a true gateway to the Southwest. Author Robin Cole-Jett deftly navigates the history and legacy of one of the Natural State's most precious treasures.

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1625846282

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9781625846280

Traveling History Up the Cattle Trails

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Traveling History Up the Cattle Trails

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American culture has grown up around the mythic West - the cowboy, the open range, and the longhorn. What better way to discover the legends surrounding the Old West than to follow the history of the cattle drives? "Traveling History Up the Cattle Trails" offers three historic road trips that trace the Shawnee, Chisholm, and Great Western Cattle Trails from Texas all the way to Kansas. Complete travel itineraries, vintage photographs, depictions of relics from the past, and trail drive histories make this book a great traveling companion for all readers enthralled with the open road.

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0615418767

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9780615418766

Traveling History With Bonnie and Clyde

A Road Tripper's Guide to Gangster (and Gangster Movie) Sites in the Southwest

By: Robin Cole-Jett

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Traveling History With Bonnie and Clyde

A Road Tripper's Guide to Gangster (and Gangster Movie) Sites in the Southwest

By: Robin Cole-Jett

Wanton criminals who forged a short but deadly path of destruction during the Great Depression, the exploits of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow continue to fascinate. With lives spent inside stolen cars while continuously evading law enforcement, their story creates a perfect backdrop for road trippers who seek authentic sites and experiences. This new, improved guide to actual locations frequented by Bonnie and Clyde takes the traveler throughout the American Southwest and Midwest, to places where murders, movies, and mayhem collide with the "gangster era," a brief but unique time in U.S. history. Readers can take road trips through Dallas and Fort Worth; through Louisiana; through Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas; and through all of Texas to discover the places where Bonnie and Clyde committed their crimes and faced off with the law. The tour through Dallas includes the site of a murder. The tour through Oklahoma includes banks that the couple robbed; the tour through Louisiana includes the ambush location.

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Lewisville

Lewisville

The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest

The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest

Traveling History Up the Cattle Trails

Traveling History Up the Cattle Trails

Traveling History With Bonnie and Clyde

Traveling History With Bonnie and Clyde

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