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2. History of Fredericksburg, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Fredericksburg has become attractive to retirees and people looking to relocate to a simpler way of life. [67] Real estate became a prime business as prices rose. [63] [70] The city has become a weekend destination for people in Central Texas, specifically those from Austin and San Antonio. [71] Fredericksburg in the 21st century is in a state ...

3. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Wikipedia

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   Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. , and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War".

4. Texas Hill Country - Wikipedia

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   Central Texas, United States. Elevation. 980–2,460 ft (300–750 m) The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the American Southeast and Southwest. [ 1 ]

5. Slave quarters in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A former slave cabin near Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, still in use as a residence and photographed c. 1936 for the Slave Narratives project of the Works Progress Administration. On average, slave quarters were log cabins with dirt floors, clay chimneys, wood-shingle roofs, and one unglazed window.

6. Dogtrot house - Wikipedia

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   Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site is a historic hotel in Anderson, Texas, originally built as a dogtrot-style cedar cabin that was enlarged in about 1850 to accommodate its usage as a hotel and store. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the 6-acre (2.4 ha) site by purchase in 1977 from a Fanthorp descendant. On July 3, 1845, Kenneth ...

7. Wichita Falls, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Website. City of Wichita Falls. Wichita Falls (/ ˈwɪtʃɪtɑː / WITCH-i-tah) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. [ 6 ] It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita Counties. According to the 2020 census, it had a ...