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To Live Again: Archeology and History of the Robinson-West  River Plantation 1857-2011
To Live Again: Archeology and History of the Robinson-West  River Plantation 1857-2011
To Live Again: Archeology and History of the Robinson-West  River Plantation 1857-2011
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To Live Again: Archeology and History of the Robinson-West River Plantation 1857-2011

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The reader of this book will be taken on a fascinating journey from the earliest days of the historic Robinson plantation of 150 years ago, to its present day name of the West River Plantation. Carved out of the wilderness of east Texas , the estate rose to immense prosperity during the industrial revolution, only to fall into inevitable decline and tragedy. Reduced to a few acres, and the home in disrepair in the late 1970s, the estate would be sold to the West family. The era of the once great plantation of 3500 acres was fast fading into history, as well as the memory of the Robinson family. But with the recent discovery of a multitude of artifacts by the West family, and the building of a museum on the estate, the dying plantation, and the memory of the Robinsons is beginning to live once again.
The book delivers eye-witness accounts of life changing events in the Robinson family, and lists many of the artifacts found, and follow-up research done by the author. From the days of General Sam Houston dancing in the foyer of the Victorian house, to the sounds of many children laughing and playing, to the designation of the plantation as a State Archeological Landmark, the reader will be captivated by this account of early Texas history.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateFeb 21, 2011
ISBN9781456721046
To Live Again: Archeology and History of the Robinson-West  River Plantation 1857-2011
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Bill D. West

A graduate of Sam Houston High School in Houston, Bill West spent most of his childhood summers playing baseball in the city, and hunting and fishing in the piney woods of east Texas. In 1959, he was granted a baseball scholarship to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Bill is a retired educator and coach, teaching school for 45 years, both in Arizona and Texas. While employed as a United States forest ranger in the summers of northern Arizona, he authored the non-fiction book ‘’Battle at Oak Creek,’’ which reflected the struggles of the forest ranger in trying to preserve and protect the natural beauty of the Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon area. Bill and his wife of 53 years, Barbara, were selected as the 1976 ‘Sedona Man & Woman of the Year.’ In 1978, Bill moved his family home to Texas, where he bought the historic Robinson plantation. In 2000, he was honored as ‘Teacher of the Year’ at the Huntsville ISD. In 2011, Bill published his first book about the plantation entitled, ‘To Live Again’, to which this book is a sequel.

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