New book signing in Glen Rose, Texas

 

The Glen Rose Historic Preservation Commission invites you to the book signing for “A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose Texas” by Dr T. Lindsay Baker and photographer Paul Chaplo. The book signing takes place THIS Sunday, June 26th from 2-4pm at historic Oakdale Park.  ll ages are invited to attend. Admission is free. Books will be available for purchase.

We hope to see you there. Bring your swimsuit, as the event venue is next to the legendary Oakdale Plunge outdoor swimming pool! 

Glen Rose is a wonderful destination for a Sunday drive, and the event is an opportunity to get a signed book and meet the author and photographer!

Local restaurants offer delicious food and beverages, and if you want a get-away, stay overnight at a local inn.

Directions: Oakdale Park is located at 1019 NE Barnard St, Glen Rose, TX 76043

 

"A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas Bypassed, Forgotten, and Preserved" by T. Lindsay Baker and Paul V. Chaplo

The Glen Rose book is printed! Stand by for a book signing in Glen Rose!

"A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas

Bypassed, Forgotten, and Preserved"

By T. Lindsay Baker and Paul V. Chaplo

Located just west of the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex, the community of Glen Rose, on the banks of the spring-fed Paluxy River, has attracted people for a century and a half, not only for the shaded quiet of its streets and its historic structures, but also because of the fossilized dinosaur tracks plainly visible on the stone bottom of the nearby river.

Here, veteran Texas historian T. Lindsay Baker and photographer Paul V. Chaplo provide an illustrated tour of this picturesque town, transporting readers straight into its shaded streets and highlighting the many historic buildings.

A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas: Bypassed, Forgotten, and Preserved is based heavily on research conducted by Baker and a team of Tarleton State University graduate students during their historic site survey of the town in spring 2010. Subsequently, they prepared a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Glen Rose downtown district.

Opening with an introduction illustrated by historical photographs sketching the history of the town and placing the architecture of the community into context, the guide also includes a map showing the relative locations of each of the structures. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas, will offer heritage tourists, local history buffs, and general readers interested in Texas regional history and architecture an informative and visually engaging resource that is both authoritative and entertaining.

Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

T. LINDSAY BAKER is the author of numerous books, including Adobe Walls, The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town, and A Gangster Tour of Texas. Until his retirement in 2017, he held the W. K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas History at Tarleton State University. Additionally, Baker was for many years the host of the syndicated National Public Radio program T for Texas. PAUL V. CHAPLO is a photographer and author of Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of the Big Bend Country and Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of the Llano Estacado Country. His work has been displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

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