The Life and Diary of Reading W. Black: A History of Early Uvalde - Hardcover

Black, Reading Wood

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1258463555 ISBN 13: 9781258463557

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012

Synopsis

Early History Of Uvalde Texas, From Its Founder. Uvalde Is On U.S. Highways 90 And 83, State Highways 55, 117, And 140, And The Southern Pacific Railroad, Eighty-Three Miles West Of San Antonio And Seventy Miles East Of Del Rio In South Central Uvalde County. It Was Founded By Reading W. Black, Who Settled There In 1853. Black And Nathan L. Stratton Operated A Ranch On The Road Between San Antonio And Fort Duncan. By 1854 Black Had Opened A Store, Two Rock Quarries, And A Lime Kiln; He Also Prepared A Garden And An Orchard, Repaired Nearby Roads, And Built A Permanent Home. Black Hired Wilhelm C. A. Thielepape As Surveyor In May 1855 To Lay Out A Town Which He Called Encina. The Town Plan Had Four Central Plazas Which Still Existed In 1989. This Book Was Published By The El Progreso Club Of Uvalde Texas In 1934.

About this edition

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1258463555
• ISBN 13: 9781258463557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 104
• Editor: Moore Ike