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Gulf Coast Magazine V.3 No.4, Front Matter, William Doherty Oct 1908

Gulf Coast Magazine V.3 No.4, Front Matter, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Includes cover, advertisements and table of contents for the issue.


Culture Of Alfalfa, A. Hays, William Doherty Jan 1908

Culture Of Alfalfa, A. Hays, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the importance of deep plowing land and sowing alfalfa before planting, as well as the cost of it and how much rain can affect the production. Includes images of the Lower Rio Grande and Orange Grove.


Cameron County Ranch: Home Of The Armstrongs, William Doherty Jan 1908

Cameron County Ranch: Home Of The Armstrongs, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the home of the Armstrongs, which is a ranch in Cameron County. Their home is considered one of the most ideal places to live.


Gulf Coast Country, William Doherty Jan 1908

Gulf Coast Country, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses crop productions in several areas of The Gulf Coast. Includes several images of lands where mass production of crops were produced.


Sarita Flower, Hattie C. Shefner, William Doherty Jan 1908

Sarita Flower, Hattie C. Shefner, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Tells the story of a family who welcomes a new family, into their town to seek a home of their own. As well as the story of a dog and a man. Includes images of the vegetable garden of the South Texas garden.


South Texas Garden At Old Fort Brown, William Doherty, E. C. Green Jan 1908

South Texas Garden At Old Fort Brown, William Doherty, E. C. Green

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the establishment of the South Texas Garden at Fort Brown, as well as the first telegraph in America. Includes images of the South Texas Garden before and after plowing it.


Egyptian Long-Staple Cotton, William Doherty Jan 1908

Egyptian Long-Staple Cotton, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses how Egyptian long-staple cotton as well as oranges and figs grow to perfection in the town of Raymondville. Includes images of oranges and long-staple cotton in Raymondville and Kingsville.


Southern Lyric: Sweet Beulah Rowe, Jeff Mclemore Jan 1908

Southern Lyric: Sweet Beulah Rowe, Jeff Mclemore

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

A poem about a Southern woman.


Needs Of Texas, William Doherty Jan 1908

Needs Of Texas, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses an interview with two engineers about the needs that Texas faces. A picture of Lower Rio Grande Sorghum appears on the last page.


Monroe Doctrine Bar To Progress, William Doherty Jan 1908

Monroe Doctrine Bar To Progress, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the famous interview of Mr. Thomas Quirk (the richest American in Mexico) who openly spoke about the abolishment of the Monroe Doctrine. Includes images of the main canal in the Hill Harlingen Farm.


Our Roads Are The Best: Col. B. F. Yoakum Says They Are The Finest In The World And Far Ahead Of Those Of Europe, William Doherty Jan 1908

Our Roads Are The Best: Col. B. F. Yoakum Says They Are The Finest In The World And Far Ahead Of Those Of Europe, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the opinion of Col. B. F. Yoakum how Texas roads are the finest in the world and far ahead from those in Europe, as well as having lower freight rates and pay better wages. Includes an image of a "Ricardo melon."


Editorial: Conservatism Versus Radicalism, William Doherty Jan 1908

Editorial: Conservatism Versus Radicalism, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Contents: Conservatism versus radicalism-- A wilderness converted into a garden--Humor,wit and repartee --Houston's great no-tsu-oh celebration--A worthy tribute eloquently bestowed--What some of our readers think--In the peril of change.


Kingsville's Great Progress, William Doherty Jan 1908

Kingsville's Great Progress, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the progress that Kinsgville has gone through. It includes images of the parade that Kingsville hosted, celebrating their fourth anniversary as a town.


Gulf Coast Line Magazine V.3 No.4, Back Matter, William Doherty Jan 1908

Gulf Coast Line Magazine V.3 No.4, Back Matter, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Includes advertisements,and information about the publication.


Big Money In Onions, William Doherty Jan 1908

Big Money In Onions, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the topic of how the business of onion production in the lower Rio Grande Valley is a good booming business. Additional articles mentioned are: drainage proof against Boll-Weevil, writers and publications, a type of what all Texas should be, and the manly man.


Corpus Christi By The Sea, William Doherty Jan 1908

Corpus Christi By The Sea, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the re-birth of Corpus Christi with the building of the Brownsville & Mexico Railroad. Includes images of the Corpus Christi sunrise, as well as before and after images of buildings.


Pioneer Of Mexican Commerce: Account Of The Trials And Tribulations Of James Baird Who Blazed A Path For Progress Across The Mexican Border, William Doherty, Wheelus Jan 1906

Pioneer Of Mexican Commerce: Account Of The Trials And Tribulations Of James Baird Who Blazed A Path For Progress Across The Mexican Border, William Doherty, Wheelus

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses John Baird, an American merchant who was arrested while attempting to trade in Mexico in the early 19th century. Image of a water slide and people swimming in Corpus Christi, men inspecting a garden, and a cotton gin. Some photos by Wheelus.


Cotton Culture In Southwest Texas, William Doherty Jan 1906

Cotton Culture In Southwest Texas, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses cotton production. Includes image of a tomato field.


Prairie Nymph, Poem, Judd Mortimer Lewis Jan 1906

Prairie Nymph, Poem, Judd Mortimer Lewis

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Includes a drawing of a woman on horseback and a poem. "Dedicated to Miss Sarita Kenedy."


Stupendous Irrigation Enterprise: Building The Biggest Irrigation System In The World, William Doherty, Wheelus Jan 1906

Stupendous Irrigation Enterprise: Building The Biggest Irrigation System In The World, William Doherty, Wheelus

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company and it's irrigation project, and building projects in Mercedes, Texas. Includes images of Mercedes, Texas, irrigation canal and construction, and a camp with a family of Mexican laborers. Some photos by Wheelus.


Vanderbilt: A Coming City, William Doherty Jan 1906

Vanderbilt: A Coming City, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses visit of W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. to the Gulf Coast. Includes an image of him in a car with two other men.


Jackson County: An Ideal Land, S.M Lesesne, William Doherty Jan 1906

Jackson County: An Ideal Land, S.M Lesesne, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the land and agricultural potential of Jackson County. Includes images of men with wagons filled with cabbage, a vineyard, a man standing in a cornfield, and men standing near an artesian well.


Some Important Texas Attractions, Norman G. Kittrell, William Doherty Jan 1906

Some Important Texas Attractions, Norman G. Kittrell, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses weather, schools, and the advantage of the "homestead law." Includes image of produce on display in a wagon surrounded by men, ducks on a lake - photo by Wheelus.


Climate Of Extreme Southern Texas, Joseph F. Cline, William Doherty Jan 1906

Climate Of Extreme Southern Texas, Joseph F. Cline, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses weather and climate conditions in south Texas region. Includes tables of weather data and images of various crops and farming activities including: pineapple, cassava, a banana grove, workers baling alfalfa, palm trees and a corn field, a lake with men in a boat, men loading boxes of onions onto a refrigerated railcar. Some photos by Wheelus.


Health Conditions In Southwest Texas, Arthur E. Spohn, William Doherty Jan 1906

Health Conditions In Southwest Texas, Arthur E. Spohn, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the region's landscape, water sources, climate, diseases, and typical health conditions of people living in the region. Includes image of Mexican laborers clearing chapparal. Photo by Wheelus.


Building Of The (Gulf Coast Lines) Railroad, William Doherty, Jeff N. Miller Jan 1906

Building Of The (Gulf Coast Lines) Railroad, William Doherty, Jeff N. Miller

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses the construction of the Gulf Coast Line. Includes portrait of Jeff N. Miller, images of the railroad tracks, railroad construction, and depots and stations in Brownsville, Kingsville, and Vanderbilt. Some photos by Wheelus.


Some Important Texas Attractions, Norman G. Kittrell, William Doherty, Wheelus Jan 1906

Some Important Texas Attractions, Norman G. Kittrell, William Doherty, Wheelus

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Discusses weather, schools, and the advantage of the "homestead law." Includes image of produce on display in a wagon surrounded by men, ducks on a lake - photo by Wheelus.


Gulf Coast Line Magazine V.2 No.2, Back Matter Jan 1906

Gulf Coast Line Magazine V.2 No.2, Back Matter

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Includes advertisements, and information about the publication.


Maid Of La Puerta, Judd Mortimer Lewis, William Doherty Jan 1906

Maid Of La Puerta, Judd Mortimer Lewis, William Doherty

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Poem. "Dedicated to Miss Mary King with sincerest admiration of the writer." Includes photographs of 'Los Cedros', the residence of Jeff N. Miller, in Corpus Christi , Texas. Some images depict people engaged in various domestic activities.


San Patricio And Refugio Counties: Statistical Facts, William Doherty, Wheelus Jan 1906

San Patricio And Refugio Counties: Statistical Facts, William Doherty, Wheelus

Gulf Coast Line Magazine

Article describing the economic and other statistical data for Refugio and San Patricio counties. Includes a photo of a Eucalyptus tree. Photo by Wheelus.