Alamo
$58.11
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2025
Summary
Alamo: A Century of Growth in the Land of Two Summers
The modern city of Alamo, where “Winter Texans” come to enjoy the “Land of Two Summers,” is far different from what Peter Ebenezer Blalock and George T. Hawkins from Mississippi envisioned as a great cattle ranch when they purchased 32,000 acres of Spanish land grants on the north side of the Rio Grande. In 1909, the land was sold to John T. Beamer and his backers, who envisioned a sugarcane empire; they formed t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781467162111 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1467162116 |
| Series: | Images of America |
| Author: | Alex Leal Oyoque, Herb Moering, J.R. Garza |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing (SC) |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 165mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Alex Leal Oyoque
Alejandro Oyoque is a history buff and the director/curator of the City of Alamo Museum. Herb Moering is also a history enthusiast, a 20-year Alamo resident, and a journalist originally from Wisconsin. Both are members of the Friends of the Alamo Museum.
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