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Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou
by Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou
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Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races, makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional gamblers and horrific accidents.
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Product Details
- History Press Library Edi Brand
- Oct 30, 2012 Pub Date:
- 9781540221179 ISBN-13:
- 1540221172 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 146.0 pages Hardcover
- 9 in * 0.38 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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