Saving the Big Thicket

Saving the Big Thicket
Title Saving the Big Thicket PDF eBook
Author James Cozine
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 313
Release 2004
Genre History
ISBN 1574411756

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The Big Thicket of East Texas, which at one time covered over two million acres, served as a barrier to civilizations throughout most of historic times. This text is a classic account of the region's history and a play-by-play narrative of the prolonged fight for the Big Thicket Preserve.

The Big Thicket Guidebook

The Big Thicket Guidebook
Title The Big Thicket Guidebook PDF eBook
Author Lorraine G. Bonney
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 865
Release 2011
Genre History
ISBN 157441318X

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Follow the backroads, the historical paths, and the scenic landscape that were fashioned by geologic Ice Ages and traveled by Big Thicket explorers as well as contemporary park advocates as you explore this diverse area. From Spanish missionaries to Jayhawkers, and from timber barons to public officials, travel along fifteen tours, with maps included.

The Big Thicket

The Big Thicket
Title The Big Thicket PDF eBook
Author Pete Addison Y. Gunter
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 252
Release 1993
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780929398525

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When a bill creating the Big Thicket National Preserve was signed into law, it climaxed more than half a century of environmental debate, planning and destruction. The preserve opened new vistas for recreation. In this revised and updated version, Gunter not only describes the history and rich diversity of the region saved from the bulldozers of real estate developers and lumber companies, but also the dimensions of the new Big Thicket Preserve. He makes it possible to plan a trip there by including descriptions of each stream corridor unit, maps and canoeing conditions, hiking trails, and camping facilities. He lists representative flora and fauna. The book provides a background—both historical and biological—which will make clear just what the visitor to the Big Thicket is seeing; why it has mattered, and why it will continue to matter.

Big Thicket Legacy

Big Thicket Legacy
Title Big Thicket Legacy PDF eBook
Author Campbell Loughmiller
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 255
Release 2002
Genre Big Thicket (Tex.)
ISBN 157441156X

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In Big Thicket Legacy, Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller present the stories of people living in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Many of the storytellers were close to one hundred years old when interviewed, with some being the great-grandchildren of the first settlers. Here are tales about robbing a bee tree, hunting wild boar, plowing all day and dancing all night, wading five miles to church through a cypress brake, and making soap using hickory ashes.

Reflections on the Neches

Reflections on the Neches
Title Reflections on the Neches PDF eBook
Author Geraldine Ellis Watson
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 377
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN 1574411608

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Annotation Having been a plant ecologist and park ranger for the US National Park Service, Watson has now returned to her native east Texas and settled in her private nature preserve. She documents a voyage (accompanied by her old blind dog) down the river Neches River, called Snow River by natives. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Tales from the Big Thicket

Tales from the Big Thicket
Title Tales from the Big Thicket PDF eBook
Author Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 260
Release 2002
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781574411423

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Abernethy presents the history and folklore of the Big Thicket and its people, including a collection of Alabama-Coushatta tales, a search for hidden Jayhawkers during the Civil War, a nineteenth-century travel account, and a family history of the legendary Hooks.

Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and Western Louisiana

Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and Western Louisiana
Title Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and Western Louisiana PDF eBook
Author Geyata Ajilvsgi
Publisher
Pages 380
Release 1979
Genre History
ISBN

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"A total of 475 wild flowers from the area of Texas' Big Thicket are described and spectacularly pictured in true-to-life, full-color photographs in this field guide to one of the United States' most diverse, complex, and biologically lavish wild-flower regions"--Inside flap.