| The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou Contributor(s): Hall, Andrew W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540221172 ISBN-13: 9781540221179 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History |
| Dewey: 387.522 |
| LCCN: 2012039967 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 146 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Locality - Galveston-Texas City, Texas - Locality - Houston, Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |