Description: Lighthouses of Texas, Texas, Images of America, Paperback Not long after winning their independence from Mexico in 1836, Texans began clamoring for lighthouses. Hundreds of miles of barrier islands, shifting sandbars, and shallow bays made the Texas coast treacherous at a time when few overland routes provided access to the new republic. Beginning in 1852, twenty-eight lighthouses were built along the Texas coastline, on land and over water. Lighthouse service was often a family affair, with husbands, wives, and children working together as keepers and assistants. For nearly 70 years, construction continued as coastal erosion, hurricanes, and wars regularly damaged or destroyed those lighthouses already built. These "sentinels of the sea" lessened but did not eliminate the chance of shipwreck, so lifesaving stations, manned by able seamen with unsinkable surfboats, were established as well. As Texas's lighthouses were gradually automated throughout the 20th century, many were sold to private owners or abandoned. Today, several have been restored, and two--at Aransas Pass and Port Isabel--still function as aids to navigation.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467130912
Book Title: Lighthouses of Texas
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Steph Mcdougal
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Customs & Traditions, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Photography, Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
