03569nam 2200709 a 450 991046223970332120200520144314.01-283-58428-X97866138967351-60344-753-9(CKB)2670000000234541(EBL)1100927(OCoLC)811265806(SSID)ssj0000711284(PQKBManifestationID)11411140(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711284(PQKBWorkID)10682163(PQKB)10046203(MiAaPQ)EBC1100927(MdBmJHUP)muse19787(Au-PeEL)EBL1100927(CaPaEBR)ebr10588014(CaONFJC)MIL389673(EXLCZ)99267000000023454120111213d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFaded glory[electronic resource] a century of forgotten Texas military sites, then and now /Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Press20121 online resource (242 p.)Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;no. 25"A Texas A&M travel guide."1-60344-699-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation. Each of the wars fought by Texans spawned the creation of scores of military sites across the state, from the lonely frontier outpost at Adobe Walls to the once-bustling World War II shipyards of Orange. Today, although vestiges of the sites still exist, many are barely discernible, their once-proud martial trappings now faded by time, neglect, the elements and, most of all, public apathy. ?In Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Texas Military Sites, Then and Now, Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley revisit twenty-nine sites-many of them largely forgotten-associated with what wTarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;no. 25.Military basesTexasFortificationTexasBattlefieldsTexasHistoric sitesTexasTexasHistory, MilitaryTexasAntiquitiesElectronic books.Military basesFortificationBattlefieldsHistoric sites355.009764Alexander Thomas E.1931-891052Utley Dan K627883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462239703321Faded glory2167265UNINA