Burnet County [Texas] History: A Pioneer History 1847-1979, Vol. I

Title: Burnet County History: A Pioneer History 1847-1979, Vol. I

Author: Darrell Debo

Description: Signed by author on title page. Boards in burgundy-brown cloth with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Covers lightly rubbed. Light damp staining on a handful of pages near the beginning, else interior is clean and unmarked. Many historic photos throughout. Detailed footnote references at the end of every chapter. Index. pp. x, 390.

Contents:
[I] Prehistory.
[II] Early Explorations and Settlements 1829-1852.
[III] The Mormons and Mormon Mill 1851-1853.
[IV] Birth and Naming of the County 1852-1860.
[V] War Between the States and Reconstruction 1860-1870
[VI] Development and Growth 1870-1900.
[VII] Burnet--The County Seat.
[VIII] Marble Falls.
[IX] Bertram.
[X] Briggs.
[XI] Small Communities and Place Names.
[XII] Burnet Schools.
[XIII] Marble Falls Schools.
[XIV] Bertram Schools.
[XV] Rural Schools.
[XVI] Churches.
[XVII] Banks.
[XVIII] Post Offices.
[XIX] Institutions and Organizations, Hospitals, Library, Lodges and Newspapers.
[XX] Catastrophes, Calamities and Extremes.
[XXI] Epilogue.
[Appendices, including lists of Civil War and WWI veterans; county sheriffs and other officials; extraction of the 1860 census; and marriage records 1852-1874 ].
[Index].

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Burnet County Historical Commission / Eakin Press
Place: Burnet, Texas
Year: 1979

ISBN: 0890152292

Keywords: Texas, history, Marble Falls, Bertram, genealogy,