Texas place names / Edward Callary with Jean K. Callary.

"Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town's original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over "Pin H...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series.
Main Authors:	Callary, Edward (Author) Callary, Jean K. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series.
Subjects:	Names, Geographical > Texas. Texas > History. Names, Geographical. Texas. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xviii, 411 pages ; 29 cm.
Format:	Government Document Book

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