Cover of Central Texas Tales

Book 2012

Central Texas Tales

Publisher
The History Press
Language
English
Published
2012
  • Social life and customs
  • Local History
  • Texas
  • Biography
  • Anecdotes
  • Texas, history, local
  • Texas, social life and customs
  • Texas, biography

Central Texas is an area as diverse culturally as it is geographically. Bordered by Hill Country in the west, green farmland in the east and Waco and New Braunfels in the north and south, this area has drawn settlers from around the globe for over two centuries, leaving their mark and their stories along the way. From a surprising story of nineteenth-century psych ops at Fort Mason and what really happened to Bevo, the UT longhorn, in 1920 to Mrs. Ross's Croghan Cobbler recipe and rumors of a Lone Star visit by old Abe himself, historian Mike Cox regales readers with over fifty stories about the fascinating people, history and places of middle Texas.--Amazon.com.