PALO ALTO, Historic Site, Texas

locality not far from Brownsville, Tex., where the first battle of the Mexican War was fought on May 8, 1846. American troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated a Mexican force led by Gen. Mariano Arista, who retreated to Resaca de la Palma.

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books on: Palo Alto Historic Site Texas  - 4 results

 
 
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Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology
Book by Charles E. Orser Jr.; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Archaeology And History--Encyclopedias, Excavations (Archaeology)--Encyclopedias, Historic Sites--Encyclopedias
...Montana, USA. The site yielded thousands...other battlefield sites have been studied...patterning analysis. Sites studied include the English Civil War site of Naseby investigated...American War site of Palo Alto, Texas, succeeded in finding...
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Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864
Book by Earl J. Hess; University of North Carolina Press, 2005
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army Of Northern Virginia--History, Confederate States Of America--Defenses--History, East (U.S.)--History, Military--19th Century, Fortification, Field--History--19th Century, Fortification--East (U.S.)--History--19th Century, Historic Sites--East (U.S.), United States--Army Of The Potomac--History, United States--Defenses--History--19th Century, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...Charles M., and Jeffrey G. Mauck. On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical Archaeology of the U.S.-Mexican War Battlefield. College Station: Texas A M University Press, 1997. Hagerman, Edward. The American...
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Shadowed Ground: America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy
Book by Kenneth E. Foote; University of Texas Press, 2003
Subjects: Disasters--United States--History, Historic Sites--Social Aspects--United States, United States--History, Local, Violence--United States--History
Figure 2-15. The remains of a small memorial in Palo Alto, California, marking the site of an accident that claimed the life of a school child at a railroad crossing. This photograph, which was taken in 1995, just...
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Daughter of the Regiment: Memoirs of a Childhood in the Frontier Army, 1878-1898
Book by Mary Leefe Laurence, Thomas T. Smith; University of Nebraska Press, 1996
Subjects: Army Spouses--West (U.S.)--Biography, Laurence, Mary Leefe--1872-1945, United States--Army--Military Life, West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890, West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945
...New York State historic landmark one mile...Fort Ringgold, Texas, 1883-1886...who died at Palo Alto, Ringgold Barracks...frontier posts in Texas. Established...War, near the site of Davis Landing...hottest post in Texas, Fort Ringgold...


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journal articles on: Palo Alto Historic Site Texas  - 13 results

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The Life Magazine Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore 1958-1965
Journal article by John Kaplan; Journalism History, Vol. 25, 2000
Subjects: Blacks, Civil Rights Act 1964-US, Historic documents, Moore, Charles, Photography, Segregation, United States
...build a rapport with models on the site of a fashion shoot. When he began...Francis Pharr Jones, of Austin, Texas, wrote, "We assume the guilt of...Memphis on April 4, 1968, he was in Palo Alto, California, doing a sex education...
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Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty: Why Race Still Matters after All of These Years
Journal article by Robert D. Bullard, Paul Mohai, Robin Saha, Beverly Wright; Environmental Law, Vol. 38, 2008
Subjects: Environmental justice--Research, Hazardous waste sites--Research, Race discrimination--Research
...Cited on Waste at Danvers Site, BOSTON GLOBE, Nov. 29...waste_at_danvers_site/ (last visited Apr. 13...Firefighters Use Foam at Blast Site, Described as a War Zone...State Orders Roinic Closed, PALO ALTO DAILY NEWS, Aug. 31...
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Annual Bibliography of Works about Life Writing, 2009-2010
Journal article by Phyllis E. Wachter; Biography, Vol. 33, 2010
Subjects: Biographies--Bibliography, Biography--Bibliography
...writing, and the presentation of memorial sites in Tadjos L Ombre dImana. Dauge-Roth...U of Minnesota P, 2010. Challenges sites where the representational dimensions of...circulation in a variety of representational sites and cultural narratives of the myth of...
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Annual Bibliography of Works about Life Writing, 2006-2007
Journal article by Phyllis E. Wachter, William Todd Schultz; Biography, Vol. 30, 2007
Subjects: Biographies--Bibliography, Biography--Bibliography
...Cultural Memory. Palo Alto: Stanford, UP...contradictory historic mystery of Herod...Holocaust Survival. Palo Alto: Stanford...Austin: U of Texas P, 2007. Shows...modern London as sites of contention...grown up on the site of the Milford...Parsonage as tourist sites, highlights Victorian...
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Dirty Dishes, Dirty Laundry, and Windy Mills: A Framework for Regulation of Clean Energy Devices
Journal article by Lavonda N. Reed-Huff; Environmental Law, Vol. 40, 2010
Subjects: Alternative energy sources--Usage, Energy conservation--Laws, regulations and rules, Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers--Laws, regulations and rules, Green technology--Laws, regulations and rules, Nuisance--Environmental aspects, Nuisances--Environmental aspects, Preemption (Legislative power)--Laws, regulations and rules, Property rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Renewable energy--Usage, Right of property--Laws, regulations and rules
...systems for on-site power. (176) Despite...211) an Abilene, Texas court held that noise...nuisance claims under Texas law. (213) Similarly...provide exceptions for historic property. The federal...over solar panels in Palo Alto, California...
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magazine articles on: Palo Alto Historic Site Texas  - 21 results

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Silicon Valley's 'Capital City'
Magazine article by Gayle M.B. Hanson; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, March 15, 1999
Subjects: Computer industry--Location, Palo Alto, California--Influence, Stanford University--Influence
...has been the site of such technological...around in a Palo Alto garage. "Dave...walk down Palo Altos main retail...success" says Palo Alto Mayor Gary Fazzino...surfacing is historic preservation. Where Palo Alto once was...as Austin, Texas, certainly...
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Aaai News
Magazine article; AI Magazine, Vol. 31, Spring 2010
Subjects: Competition, Councils, Historic buildings & sites, Intelligence, Meetings, Research, Web sites
...Jr. National Historic Site and the Woodruff...competition will be Texas Holdem poker...University of Texas, Austin), Craig...University of Texas, Austin), and...ICWSM-10 web site at www.icwsm...University adjacent to Palo Alto, California...AIIDE-10 web sites: www.aaai...
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Leap of Faith
Magazine article by Janine E. Guglielmino; American Forests, Vol. 104, Winter 1999
Subjects: Conservation, Environmental protection, Forests, Public private partnerships
...shrubs at four sites along the Sammamish...ReLeaf Forest site along the Rio...southern tip of Texas. Today jaguars...near Alamo, Texas. More than...chachalaca, Texas ebony trees...acres at the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site, near...
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Sharing the Martial Heritage of the Southwest
Magazine article by Shannon Hanson; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 91, September 2003
Subjects: Military history, Museums, States
...210) 225-1391. Site of famous 1836 battle...Outdoor displays. Other Sites of Military Interest Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site, Brownsville (Mexican...Battleground State Historic Site, Fannin (Texas War of Independence...
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State-to-State Survey of Underground Railroad Activities
Magazine article by Ann E. Eskridge; American Visions, Vol. 14, February 1999
Subjects: African Americans--History, Slavery--History, Underground railroad--History
...became a national historic landmark in 1997...Wisconsin, a national historic landmark. "The...any remaining sites." Research is...Brownsville, Texas, where runaway...at Brownsvilles Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site, is currently...
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newspaper articles on: Palo Alto Historic Site Texas  - 1 result

 
 
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Card Tells Charges: Beware of Cameras
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 31, 2000
Subjects: Bush, George W., Card, Andrew H., Jr.
...speaker, like Texas first lady Laura...grabber. It said Texas Gov. George W...Carpenters Hall, a site where the Continental...principles of freedom. Historic Pennsylvania Colonial...program in El Paso, Texas. Pilar Gomez...program in East Palo Alto, Calif. 10...


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encyclopedia articles on: Palo Alto Historic Site Texas  - 2 results

 
 
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Palo Alto , Historic Site, Texas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PALO ALTO , historic site, Texas locality not far from Brownsville, Tex., where the first battle of the Mexican War was fought on May 8, 1846. American troops...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...350 (3,785) Historic Yorktown, Jamestown...connects some sites with Williamsburg...1992 86 (35) Site honors life and...defensive system of W Texas, guarding (1854...698 (687) Site of military encampments...123 (860) 38 sites that preserve...1996 161 (65) Site of town established...War stronghold. Palo Alto Battlefield HS...


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