Description: The Galveston-Houston Packet, Texas, Paperback 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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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781609495916
Book Title: Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Andrew w. Hall
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Navigation, United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), Ships & Shipbuilding / History, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Travel, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
