Antebellum Jefferson, Texas
Bagur, Jacques D.
Antebellum Jefferson, Texas everyday life in an East Texas town / [electronic resource] : by Jacques D. Bagur. - 1st ed. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (640 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background -- What Jefferson was -- Foundations -- Townsite -- Emergence -- Development -- Censuses -- Women -- Slaves -- Roads and bridges -- County seat -- Municipal affairs -- Wharves -- Navigation -- Navigation controversies -- Market area -- Primary business types -- Commodity markets -- Warehouse district -- Earliest merchants -- Early 1850s merchants -- Middle 1850s merchants -- Late merchants -- Miscellaneous businesses -- Manufacturing -- Packeries -- Structural features -- The professions -- Politics -- Fraternal organizations -- Religion -- Education -- Hotels -- Stables -- Stagecoaches -- Newspapers -- Postal services -- Telegraph -- Railroads -- Sports -- Culture and entertainment -- Balls and dances -- Crime -- Vice -- Health and welfare -- Mortality.
9781574414547
City and town life--History--Texas--Jefferson--19th century.
Jefferson (Tex.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Jefferson (Tex.)--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
F394.J3 / B34 2012
976.4/193
Antebellum Jefferson, Texas everyday life in an East Texas town / [electronic resource] : by Jacques D. Bagur. - 1st ed. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (640 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background -- What Jefferson was -- Foundations -- Townsite -- Emergence -- Development -- Censuses -- Women -- Slaves -- Roads and bridges -- County seat -- Municipal affairs -- Wharves -- Navigation -- Navigation controversies -- Market area -- Primary business types -- Commodity markets -- Warehouse district -- Earliest merchants -- Early 1850s merchants -- Middle 1850s merchants -- Late merchants -- Miscellaneous businesses -- Manufacturing -- Packeries -- Structural features -- The professions -- Politics -- Fraternal organizations -- Religion -- Education -- Hotels -- Stables -- Stagecoaches -- Newspapers -- Postal services -- Telegraph -- Railroads -- Sports -- Culture and entertainment -- Balls and dances -- Crime -- Vice -- Health and welfare -- Mortality.
9781574414547
City and town life--History--Texas--Jefferson--19th century.
Jefferson (Tex.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Jefferson (Tex.)--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
F394.J3 / B34 2012
976.4/193