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Paperback Lighthouses of Texas Book

ISBN: 1467130915

ISBN13: 9781467130912

Lighthouses of Texas

(Part of the Images of America: Texas Series)

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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,...

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