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ONLINE

1st ed.

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012

1 online resource (xvi, 224 p.) : col. ill., col. maps

ISBN 9781603447539 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 1603446990 (flex alk. paper)

ISBN 9781603446990 (flex alk. paper)

aTarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;$$vno. 25

"A Texas A&M travel guide."

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton’s skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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