History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846. E-book. Formato PDF H. Yoakum   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Circumstances alone have postponed to these latter days the development of the vast resources of Texas. Galveston, her principal harbor — situated about four hundred miles from New Orleans, seven hundred from Vera Cruz, and eight hun dred from Cuba — affords her a commercial outlet sufficient for her growing purposes. When her interior shall be sup plied with railroad facilities — and in no country can they be more cheaply built she will have nothing further to desire.

History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846. E-book. Formato PDF Henderson K. Yoakum   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In the compilation of this volume, the materials were so abundant, that the great difficulty was, to select the most prominent and connected facts, so as not to make the volume too ponderous, nor to break the unity of the story. In all this you will doubtless find errors, but — I have done the best I could, and hope you may find it sufficiently interesting to pe ruse it.