Hill Country Chronicles

Hill Country Chronicles

by Clay Coppedge
Hill Country Chronicles

Hill Country Chronicles

by Clay Coppedge

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Overview

Texas Hill Country is a rugged and hilly area of central Texas known for its food, architecture and unique melting pot of Spanish and European settlers. The area's rich history is filled with quirky and fascinating tales about this landscape and the animals and people who have called it home. Clay Coppedge has been gathering Texas stories for over thirty years. This collection of his favorite columns includes his best Texas-sized stories on Hill Country history. From the legend of Llano's Enchanted Rock and the true story of Jim Bowie's famous knife to one rancher's attempt at bringing reindeer to the hottest area of the country and an oilman's search for Bigfoot, Hill Country Chronicles has them all and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596299801
Publisher: History Press, The
Publication date: 08/23/2010
Series: American Chronicles
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 1,138,950
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Clay Coppedge is a journalist and freelance writer who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and has lived and worked as a sportswriter and regional reporter for several central Texas newspapers over the last four decades. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Acres USA, the Austin Chronicle, Field & Stream, Texas Co-op Power, Texas Golfer, Texas Highways and others.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Part I A Forbidding Land

Easter Fires 11

The Scalping of Josiah Wilbarger 14

Packsaddle Mountain 16

Trail of the Tonkawas 19

Enchanted Rock 21

Llano Gold 24

Barringer Hill 26

Charcoal Burners and Cedar Choppers 28

White Gold 32

Capitals of Texas 34

Part II The Good, the Bad and the Witty

Wild Ram of the Mountains 39

Blind Man's Town 42

The First War Correspondent 44

The Steamboat Hotel 46

Treu Der Union 49

Jim Bowie and his Knife 52

The Name Rings a Bell 54

Jacob Brodbeck Takes Flight 57

Alex Sweet and his Siftings 60

O. Henry in Texas 62

Part III From Dinosaurs to Polo

In Praise of the Unappreciated Mule 65

Camels for Texas 68

First in War, First in Polo 71

Cowboy King of Polo 73

Batty in Texas 75

The Strange Saga of Tom Slick 78

Plight of the Pleurocoeleus 81

Ode to the Horny Toad 84

Home with the Armadillo 87

A Bluebonnet by Any Other Name 90

Part IV Texas Originals

From Sad Irons to Big Dams 93

Sharpshooters Ad and Plinky Toepperwein 97

Old Yeller Country 100

Roy Bedichek: Texas Original 103

Everybody's Somebody in Luckenbach 106

The Bamberger Place 108

Thanksgiving as a Texas Thang 112

The Reindeer of Texas 114

Bibliography 119

Index 123

About the Author 127

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