• Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers - Paperback
Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers
Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers

    Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers - Paperback

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    by Betty Dooley Awbrey (Editor), Stuart Awbrey (Editor), The Texas Historical Commission (With)

    This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of town, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This Sixth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.

    Author Biography

    Betty Awbrey is a retired educator from San Antonio, Texas, and has been involved in educating gifted and bilingual children for thirty years. She continues her commitment to educating children through her volunteer work. She updates and expands each new edition of Why Stop? since the death of her father, Claude Dooley, a retired businessman and entrepreneur from Odessa, Texas, who compiled the original in 1978. Stuart Awbrey is retired from USAA and now spends much of his time gardening. He is an avid reader of Texas and American history. Betty and Stuart enjoy traveling and reside near Boerne, Texas.

    Number of Pages: 544
    Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN
    Illustrated: Yes
    Publication Date: April 16, 2013
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