Texas Place Names / / Jean K. Callary, Edward Callary.
Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Ho...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
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