Hearne (Images of America)
ISBN-13:
9780738585406
ISBN-10:
0738585408
Author:
Melissa Freeman
Publication date:
2012
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Format:
Paperback
128 pages
Category:
History
,
Photography & Video
,
Travel
,
State & Local
,
United States History
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9780738585406
ISBN-10:
0738585408
Author:
Melissa Freeman
Publication date:
2012
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Format:
Paperback
128 pages
Category:
History
,
Photography & Video
,
Travel
,
State & Local
,
United States History
Summary
Hearne (Images of America) (ISBN-13: 9780738585406 and ISBN-10: 0738585408), written by authors
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H earne earned the title “the Crossroads of Texas” by virtue of two rail lines and two highways crisscrossing within its boundaries. A small town with an inordinate amount of heavy traffic, Hearne has always been a place where a lot of moving and shaking occurs. Indeed, “moving and shaking” characterized Hearne from its beginnings when namesake Christopher Columbus Hearne convinced the Houston & Texas Central Railroad to make a tiny, unincorporated village its terminus. Some years after, a visitor referred to Hearne as “19 saloons surrounding an artesian well.” Ninety-year resident Bill Palmos described Hearne as a rough town of good-hearted people with a matching reputation. He added that when people traveled by rail, “Houston, Hempstead, and Hell” was the conductor’s call. Even after saloons gave way to churches, schools, and service clubs, Hearne’s reputation for roughness stuck.
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