02910cam a2200373 4500 113805290 TxAuBib 20120906120000.0 110727s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011031977 9781574413182 cloth : alk. paper 157441318X cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)727710246 TXA/DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Bonney, Lorraine G. The Big Thicket guidebook : exploring the backroads and history of southeast Texas / Lorraine G. Bonney ; edited and with contributions by Maxine Johnston and Pete A.Y. Gunter. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : Big Thicket Association/University of North Texas Press, 2011. xiv, 850 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Number 6 in the Temple Big Thicket series Temple Big Thicket series ; no. 6 Includes bibliographical references (P. 794-802) and index. Some east Texas history -- Introduction -- Meet the Big Thicket -- Geology of the Big Thicket -- The Indians -- G.T.T. : the pioneers -- Timbering the Big Thicket -- The blessed Trinity -- Some southeast Texas towns -- Batson, wildest of 'em all -- Beaumont: from sawdust town to bonanza city -- Out of a canebrake... Jasper, forest jewel -- Kountze, town with a sense of humor -- "Atascosito" becomes Liberty -- Saratoga, the heart! -- Silsbee, birthplace of industrial forests and conservation -- Sour Lake; springs versus oil -- Shootout in Woodville -- Roadside history of southeast Texas -- Tour 1 US 59: Houston to Lufkin -- Tour 2 TX 105: Cleveland to Beaumont -- Tour 3 FM 787: Cleveland via Saratoga to US 69 -- Tour 4 FM 770: Raywood, Hull, Batson, Saratoga, old Hardin -- Tour 5 FM 326: Nome to Kountze -- Tour 6 TX 146: Liberty to Livingston-- Tour 7 US 90: Houston, Dayton (Trinity River Wildlife Refuge), Libeerty, Beaumont -- Tour 8 US 287: Corrigan, Chester, Woodville -- Tour 9 US 190: Livingston, Indian Village, Woodville, Jasper -- Tour 10 US 69-287: Beaumont to Woodville -- Tour 11 US 96, FM 92: Beaumont to Steinhagen Lake (west side) -- Tour 12 TX 63, RR 255: Jasper/Bevilport/old Zavala/Ebenezer/forks of the river -- Tour 13 Old Jasper/Beaumont highway -- Tour 14 US 190 and TX 87: Jasper/Newton/Orange -- Tour 15 Interstate 10: Orange, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, San Jacinto, Houston. 20120906. Automobile travel Texas Big Thicket Guidebooks. Big Thicket (Tex) Tours. Big Thicket (Tex) History. Johnston, Maxine, 1928- Gunter, P. A. Y, 1936-, (Pete Addison Y.) Big Thicket Association. Number 6 in the Temple Big Thicket series. Temple Big Thicket series ; no. 6. TXTLL