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...
| Uniform Title: | Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series.
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| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series.
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 411 pages ; 29 cm. |
| Format: | Government Document Book |