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Exploring The Brazos River
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Author : Jim Kimmel
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-16
Exploring The Brazos River written by Jim Kimmel and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-16 with Nature categories.
From its ancient headwaters on the semiarid plains of eastern New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River carves a huge and paradoxical crescent through Texas geography and history. Its average flow is the largest of Texas rivers, but its floods, low flows, silt, and natural salt have often frustrated human desires. It is one of the most dammed of Texas rivers, but its lower four hundred miles constitute one of the longest undammed stretches of river in North America. In Exploring the Brazos River, Jim Kimmel follows this long, changeable river from its rocky “arms” in West Texas, through the stretch made famous by John Graves in his classic book, Goodbye to a River, to its lumbering presence as it flows, undammed and mostly untouched, down the Brazos Valley and into the Gulf of Mexico. Exploring the entire river system, Kimmel first sets the context of climate and geology that determines the characteristics of the Brazos. He then explains the ecological processes that define the Brazos watershed before focusing on four reaches of the river, from the headwaters to the mouth. Each chapter features the captivating photography of Jerry Touchstone Kimmel and includes maps, charts, and descriptions of the water, land, ecology, and people. To encourage readers to explore on their own, Kimmel closes the chapters with tips on where best to experience the river and the surrounding countryside. Amateur and professional naturalists and outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes will find Exploring the Brazos River a practical and inspiring guide for the introduction of—or re-acquaintance with—one of the most important, historic, and diverse natural resources in the Lone Star State. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Exploring The Brazos River
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Author : Jim Kimmel
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2011
Exploring The Brazos River written by Jim Kimmel and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
"Come with us to learn about a great Texas river ... We will explore ... camp on its banks ... and look for places of excitement, beauty and learning - some of them surprising." From its ancient headwaters on the semiarid plains of eastern New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River carves a huge and paradoxical crescent through Texas geography and history.
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana
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Author : United States. War Department
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana written by United States. War Department and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Geology categories.
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana In The Year 1852
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Author : Randolph Barnes Marcy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana In The Year 1852 written by Randolph Barnes Marcy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with America categories.
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana In The Year 1852
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Author : Marcy
language : en
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Release Date : 1853
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Author : United States. War Department
language : en
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Release Date : 1854
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana In The Year 1852 written by United States. War Department and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Natural history categories.
Unruly Waters
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Author : Kenna Lang Archer
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Unruly Waters written by Kenna Lang Archer and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with History categories.
Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation’s rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology.
Goodbye To A River
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Author : John Graves
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Goodbye To A River written by John Graves and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Brazos River (Tex.) categories.
Personal account of a three-week canoe trip down the Brazos River in Texas, into which is woven a history of the people who have lived along its banks.
Spanish Texas 1519 1821
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Author : Donald E. Chipman
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-15
Spanish Texas 1519 1821 written by Donald E. Chipman and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with History categories.
This revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas features significant new discoveries throughout. Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas eventually received the stamp of Anglo-American culture, so that Spanish contributions to present-day Texas tend to be obscured or even unknown. Spanish Texas, 1519–1821 undercores the significance of the Spanish period in Texas history. Beginning with an overview of the land and its inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans, it covers major people and events from early exploration to the end of the colonial era. This new edition of Spanish Texas has been extensively revised and expanded to include a wealth of new discoveries. The opening chapter on Texas Indians reveals their high degree of independence from European influence. Other chapters incorporate new information on La Salle's Garcitas Creek colony and French influences in Texas, the destruction of the San Sabá mission and the Spanish punitive expedition to the Red River in the late 1750s, and eighteenth-century Bourbon reforms in the Americas. Drawing on new and original research, the authors shed new light on the experience of women in Spanish Texas across ethnic, racial, and class distinctions, including new revelations about their legal rights on the Texas frontier.
Rivers Of Texas
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Author : Verne Huser
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2004-03-31
Rivers Of Texas written by Verne Huser and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-31 with History categories.
Explores the landscape, history, geology, and recreational opportunities afforded by the rivers of Texas, presenting information about each river's size, location, tributaries, discharge, and special sites.