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Plano's Historic Cemeteries

By: The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc.

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Plano's Historic Cemeteries

By: The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc.

The Plano of today would not be recognizable to the pioneers who settled this section of the blackland prairie. Arriving in the early 1840s, these colonists from Tennessee and Kentucky were captivated by Sam Houston's stump speeches about the rich, fertile farmland of North Texas. All of their frontier cemeteries, large and small, are now surrounded by golf courses, subdivisions, and commercial development. The final resting places of Plano's pioneers still exist because of the hard work of cemetery associations, civic groups, concerned citizens, the City of Plano Parks Department, and the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation. These silent spaces hold a wealth of history that helps tell the story of Plano's beginnings as a rural farming community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467132357

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9781467132350

Football and Integration in Plano, Texas

Stay in there, Wildcats!

By: The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc.

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Football and Integration in Plano, Texas

Stay in there, Wildcats!

By: The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc.

The year 1964 was momentous for civil rights as Congress passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment and Texas's own Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled his plan for the Great Society. That same year, the Plano school district integrated, setting an example for the state and nation. The tightknit community banded together through a language fluent to everyone--football. The Wildcats had few winning seasons and no state titles at that time, but with hard work and a trailblazing spirit, coaches Tom Gray and John Clark led the integrated team all the way to state championship victory in 1965. The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc. presents the inspiring story of the Wildcat fight for the title that made Plano a better place to live.

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1625850239

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9781625850232

Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails

By: Jeff Campbell and the Interurban Railway Museum

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Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails

By: Jeff Campbell and the Interurban Railway Museum

Texas has a long, romantic history when it comes to railroads. But even though steam engines and streetcars offer nonstop service to Nostalgia City, there's a dark side to Texas rail. The Black Widow of Fort Worth engineered a fatal double-cross at a railroad crossing. The Mountaineer Madman brought death to the Texas Electric Railway, while the Trolley Bandit terrorized the citizens of El Paso. From a freak accident involving a banana peel to a tragic trip to see Santa Claus, Jeff Campbell and the staff of the Interurban Railway Museum cross the Lone Star State on trains derailed by murder and mayhem.

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1467151459

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Plano's Historic Cemeteries

Plano's Historic Cemeteries

Football and Integration in Plano, Texas

Football and Integration in Plano, Texas

Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails

Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails

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