Reflections on the Neches: A Naturalist's Odyssey Along the Big Thicket's Snow RiverUniversity of North Texas Press, 2003 - 361 من الصفحات When Geraldine Watson's father was a teenager around the turn of the last century, he spent a summer floating down the Neches River, called Snow River by the Indians. Watson grew up hearing his tales of the steamboats, log rafts, and the flora and fauna of East Texas. So when she was sixty-three years old, she decided to repeat his odyssey in her own backwater boat. Reflections on the Neches is both the story of her journey retracing her father's steps and a natural and social history of the Neches region of the Big Thicket. The Neches, one of the last "wild" rivers in Texas, is now being subjected to dams. Watson's story captures the wildness of the river and imparts a detailed history of its people and wildlife. Profusely illustrated with drawings by the author and including maps of her journey, Reflections on the Neches will appeal to all those interested in the Big Thicket region and those indulging a feeling of wanderlust--and float trips--down the river. |
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... Camp 132 Martin Ramer 134 Second Night 149 Part Two , Day 3 - 140 Third Day 140 Smith's Bend 140 The Ranch 142 Bush Lake 143 Pebble Island 145 Sand 146 Crawfish 148 I. C. Eason 150 Part Two , Day 4 - 163 Log Rafting 163 Yellow Bluff 168 ...
... Camp 132 Martin Ramer 134 Second Night 149 Part Two , Day 3 - 140 Third Day 140 Smith's Bend 140 The Ranch 142 Bush Lake 143 Pebble Island 145 Sand 146 Crawfish 148 I. C. Eason 150 Part Two , Day 4 - 163 Log Rafting 163 Yellow Bluff 168 ...
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... 197 21. Caney Head Camp 205 22. Indians 230 23. Old Wagon Road 236 24. Toys 238 25. Laura 265 26. Country Music 288 27. Still 297 28. Snakes 331 29. Madonna Tree 343 PREFACE This book is written primarily for the layman, so xii.
... 197 21. Caney Head Camp 205 22. Indians 230 23. Old Wagon Road 236 24. Toys 238 25. Laura 265 26. Country Music 288 27. Still 297 28. Snakes 331 29. Madonna Tree 343 PREFACE This book is written primarily for the layman, so xii.
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... camping and fishing on the Jasper County side in the Boat Lake area in what is now the Neches Bottom Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve. As was usual, women, children, and old folks rode in a wagon while the men rode horseback. While ...
... camping and fishing on the Jasper County side in the Boat Lake area in what is now the Neches Bottom Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve. As was usual, women, children, and old folks rode in a wagon while the men rode horseback. While ...
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... dam before night fell. My heart was set on camping the first night on the big sandbar at Cowart's Bend. Another reason was that my muscles , unused to sustained paddling 20 Reflections on the Neches Part One Day 1 LAUNCH OFF.
... dam before night fell. My heart was set on camping the first night on the big sandbar at Cowart's Bend. Another reason was that my muscles , unused to sustained paddling 20 Reflections on the Neches Part One Day 1 LAUNCH OFF.
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... camp, eat and drink, and run the lines every few hours all night to, hopefully, take fish off and rebait the hooks. In between running the lines, the fishermen sit around the campfire, playing cards, telling lies about the number and ...
... camp, eat and drink, and run the lines every few hours all night to, hopefully, take fish off and rebait the hooks. In between running the lines, the fishermen sit around the campfire, playing cards, telling lies about the number and ...
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الصفحة 21 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
الصفحة 68 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
الصفحة 212 - Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
الصفحة 132 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
الصفحة 146 - Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. — William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence...
الصفحة 133 - Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
الصفحة 132 - For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more...
الصفحة xiii - It was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies ; but I find myself proceeding and attaching myself to it for my own ; the virtues of these great men serving me as a sort of looking-glass, in •which I may see how to adjust and adorn my own life.
الصفحة 146 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
الصفحة 53 - Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never to be told...