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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 125 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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With its dignified courthouse set among shade trees and lawns dotted with monuments to prominent citizens and fallen veterans, the courthouse square remains the civic center in a majority of the county seats of Texas. Yet the squares themselves vary in form and layout, reflecting the different town-planning traditions that settlers brought from Europe, Mexico, and the United States. In fact, one way to trace settlement patterns and ethnic dispersion in Texas is by mapping the different types of courthouse squares. This book offers the first complete inventory of Texas courthouse squares, drawn from extensive archival research and site visits to 139 of the 254 county seats. Robert Veselka classifies every existing plan by type and origin, including patterns and variants not previously identified. He also explores the social and symbolic functions of these plans as he discusses the historical and modern uses of the squares. He draws interesting new conclusions about why the courthouse square remains the hub of commercial and civic activity in the smaller county seats, when it has lost its prominence in others. ... 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 179 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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Chapters: Galveston Bay Area, Greater Houston, Geographic Areas of Houston, Buffalo Bayou, Houston Energy Corridor, Texas Medical Center, Port of Houston, Trinity River, White Oak Bayou, Houston Ship Channel, Geography of Houston, Olivewood Cemetery, Sheldon Reservoir, Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas), Houston Theater District, Lake Houston, Clear Lake, San Jacinto River, Armand Bayou, Houston Skyline District, Main Street/market Square Historic District, Lake Anahuac, Taylor Lake, Dickinson Bay, Moses Lake, Buckhorn Lake. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 142. 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: The Galveston Bay Area is a region that surrounds the Galveston Bay estuary of Southeast Texas in the United States within the metropolitan area. Residents of Houston and surrounding areas typically call it simply the "Bay Area". Normally the term refers to the mainland communities around the bay and excludes Galveston as well as most of Houston. Originally part of the pirate kingdom of Jean Lafitte, this area played a role in the early history of Texas having been the site of some early rebellions against Mexican rule and the site of the victory of the Texas army over the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution. Ranching interests became early economic drivers around the bay. As the nearby cities of Galveston and Houston developed as commercial centers, the Bay Area communities became part of a principal commercial corridor between the cities. Despite being seen by some as a sleepy region of the Houston metro area, the region in fact has become a world leader in both manned space exploration and the petrochemical industry. The landscape around the bay features a mix of swamps, beaches, industrial facilities, tourist attractions, and historic sites. The area's developing population is eth...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12593222 ... Read more

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Chapters: Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Rose Hill, Garland, Texas, Embree, Garland, Texas, Centerville, Garland, Texas, Duck Creek, Garland, Texas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 21. 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: The Spring Creek Forest Preserve is a county-owned nature park located in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. In 1978, Bobby C. Scott, a self-taught botanist, recognized some plants in a section of woods in Garland, Texas as indicators of virgin forest. The existence of virgin forest within city limits is highly unusual, as the 19th Century settlers in the area typically cut down the forests for use in construction or to clear land for farming. For the next decade, Mr. Scott fought for the preservation of this area, known as the Spring Creek Forest, named for the primary creek running through it. He and Dallas naturalist Edward C. "Ned" Fritz worked together to present a case to the City of Garland and Dallas County for preservation. The pair brought in academic and government botanists, who confirmed the unique nature of the Forest, and identified several rare and unique plants. In 1988, Dallas County and the State of Texas purchased 69 acres (28 ha) of the land to set aside as the Spring Creek Forest Preserve. The land was given to Garland for maintenance. Since 1987, the City of Garland and the Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest are responsible for maintaining the nature trails within the Preserve. The preserve is situated in northern Dallas County, and features old-growth bottomland forest with a gentle, wide spring water stream that flows over a bed of solid limestone. The force of the water has cut cliffs from the surrounding Austin Chalk. The towering 20- to 40-foot-tall (6 to 12 m) cliffs contain Cretaceous fossils dated at 87 million years old, a ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18211977 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mexico - United States Border. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. 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: The Mexico United States border is the international border between Mexico and the United States. It runs from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east, and traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from major urban areas to inhospitable deserts. From the Gulf of Mexico it follows the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) to the border crossing at El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; westward from that binational conurbation it crosses vast tracts of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert, the Colorado River Delta, westward to the binational conurbation of San Diego and Tijuana before reaching the Pacific Ocean. The border's total length is 3,169 km (1,969 miles), according to figures given by the International Boundary and Water Commission. It is the most frequently crossed international border in the world, with about 250 million people crossings every year. San Diego together with Tijuana creates the bi-national San DiegoTijuana metropolitan area. On the left: Nogales, Arizona; on the right, Nogales, Sonora Border Patrol patrolling the Rio Grande in an airboat in Laredo, Texas U.S. Border Patrol helicopter along El Camino del Diablo, Arizona-Sonora border, 2004The nearly 2,000-mile (3,138 km or 1,950 miles) international border follows the middle of the Rio Grande according to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between the two nations, "along the deepest channel" (also known as the thalweg) from its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico a distance of 2,019 km (1,254 miles) to a point just upstream of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. It then follows an alignment westward overland and mar...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2817606 ... Read more

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Chapters: Lakes of Dallas, Texas, Neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, Parks in Dallas, Texas, Rivers of Dallas, Texas, Dealey Plaza, List of Neighborhoods in Dallas, Trinity River Project, Wynnewood, Dallas, Texas, White Rock Lake, Dallas Zoo, Thanks-Giving Square, Pegasus Plaza, Koreatown, Dallas, Texas, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Woodall Rodgers Park, Lake Ray Hubbard, Pioneer Plaza, Main Street Garden Park, Pacific Plaza Park, Casa View, Dallas, Texas, Kleberg, Dallas, Texas, Bachman Lake, North Lake (Dallas County, Texas), Mountain Creek Lake, Belo Garden Park, Reverchon Park, Lake Cliff, Rylie, Dallas, Texas, Aston Park, Dallas, Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park, Bird's Fort, Texas, Loryland, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Fruitdale, Dallas, Texas, Audelia, Dallas, Texas, Arlington Park Northwest Dallas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 113. 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: The city of Dallas, Texas (USA) is home to many areas, neighborhoods, and communities. The following is a list of neighborhoods placed within larger areas and sometimes communities. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3513951 ... Read more

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Chapters: Lady Bird Lake, Zilker Park, Barton Springs, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, Pilot Knob (Austin, Texas), Downtown Austin, Mckinney Falls State Park, Hippie Hollow Park, Barton Creek Greenbelt, Barton Creek, Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas), Mount Bonnell, Williamson Creek Greenbelt, Lake Walter E. Long, Bull Creek, Wooldridge Park, Texas Highland Lakes, Levi Rock Shelter, Smith Rock Shelter, Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve, Pease Park, Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, Zilker Botanical Garden, Emma Long Metropolitan Park, Auditorium Shores. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 83. 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: Lady Bird Lake -The reservoir was formed in 1960 by the construction of Longhorn Dam at its eastern boundary by the City of Austin. The western end of the lake is bounded by Tom Miller Dam, built in 1939. The lake was created for several reasons, including the need for a cooling pond for the Holly Street Power Plant. The reservoir was also envisioned from the beginning as a recreational venue for the city. By the 1970s, Town Lake and its shoreline had become neglected, polluted and overgrown with weeds. KTBC referred to the lake as an "eyesore." During his two terms in office (1971-1975), the Mayor of Austin Roy Butler partnered with former United States First Lady Lady Bird Johnson to establish the Town Lake Beautification Committee with the purpose of transforming the Town Lake area into a useable recreation area. A system of hike and bike trails was built along the shoreline of the lake in the 1970s, establishing (what was then known as) Town Lake as a major recreational attraction for the city of Austin. On July 26, 2007, the Austin City Council passed a resolution authorizing the renaming of the reservoir from Town Lake to Lady Bird Lake in honor of Lady Bird Johnson...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=165936 ... Read more

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This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts about the regions of Texas and their valuable resources. You'll find colorful maps that help you locate Texas' regions and understand their features. You will learn about the many natural and man-ma

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