A People, a Place: The Story of Abilene Volume I; The Future Great City 1881-1940 - Softcover

Sledge, Rob; Sledge, Robert W.

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ISBN 10: 1933337311 ISBN 13: 9781933337319

Verlag: TX A&M-McWhiney Foundation, 2008

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Book by Sledge Robert W

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Early biographers of Abilene, the present author included, laid heavy emphasis on ""the people,"" the human element in the establishment and continuing life of the city. But the geographical characteristics of ""the place"" is also important in its creation, its history, and its future. The intertwining of these two themes dictated much of the story of the town called Abilene, Texas. The Texas Pacific Railroad gave birth to Abilene in 1881. Among several dozen sister communities established along the T&P, the company designated the one at Milepost 407 to be ""the future great city of West Texas."" The original settlers of the town, alone among all the other railroad towns, received the right to pick their own name, and they chose ""Abilene"" after the raucous trailhead town in Kansas. Abilene, Texas, like its namesake, was a frontier town, less than a decade removed from Indian raids, buffalo hunts, and the open range. But on the day of the first sale of town lots, the population already stood at over 3,000- instant community.

Biografía del autor

ROBERT W. SLEDGE is Distinguished Professor Emertius of History, McMurry University, and Historian-in-Residence for the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation. He has written several pieces on the history of Abilene, a place he has called home for the past forty-seven years.

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• Verlag: TX A&M-McWhiney Foundation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1933337311
• ISBN 13: 9781933337319
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320