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Camino del Norte : how a series of watering holes, fords, and dirt trails evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas / Howard J. Erlichman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 105.Publication details: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781603445467
  • 1603445463
  • 1299052312
  • 9781299052314
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Camino del Norte.DDC classification:
  • 388.1/22/09764 22
LOC classification:
  • HE356.U55 E75 2006
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Contents:
Digging into the highway's past -- In quest of silver, 1519-1776 -- The roads to war, 1777-1840 -- The Texas frontier, 1840-1860 -- From trails to rails, 1860-1900 -- Good roads for Texas, 1870-1917 -- Federal dollars for roads, 1918-1938 -- A national system, 1938-1960 -- Interstate 35 comes to pass, 1960-2000.
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Summary: Some five hundred miles of superhighway run between the Rio Grande and the Red River-present-day Interstate 35. This towering achievement of modern transportation engineering links 7.7 million people, yet it all evolved from a series of humble little trails.
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Some five hundred miles of superhighway run between the Rio Grande and the Red River-present-day Interstate 35. This towering achievement of modern transportation engineering links 7.7 million people, yet it all evolved from a series of humble little trails.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index.

Digging into the highway's past -- In quest of silver, 1519-1776 -- The roads to war, 1777-1840 -- The Texas frontier, 1840-1860 -- From trails to rails, 1860-1900 -- Good roads for Texas, 1870-1917 -- Federal dollars for roads, 1918-1938 -- A national system, 1938-1960 -- Interstate 35 comes to pass, 1960-2000.

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