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By Bill D. West

The reader of this publication might be taken on a desirable trip from the earliest days of the ancient Robinson plantation of a hundred and fifty years in the past, to its modern identify of the West River Plantation. Carved out of the wasteland of east Texas , the property rose to gigantic prosperity throughout the commercial revolution, simply to fall into inevitable decline and tragedy. lowered to some acres, and the house in disrepair within the past due Seventies, the property will be offered to the West family members. The period of the as soon as nice plantation of 3500 acres was once quick fading into background, in addition to the reminiscence of the Robinson relatives. yet with the new discovery of a mess of artifacts by means of the West kin, and the development of a museum at the property, the death plantation, and the reminiscence of the Robinsons is starting to stay as soon as again.
The ebook gives you eye-witness debts of lifestyles altering occasions within the Robinson kin, and lists the various artifacts came upon, and follow-up examine performed through the writer. From the times of normal Sam Houston dancing within the lobby of the Victorian residence, to the sounds of many childrens giggling and taking part in, to the designation of the plantation as a country Archeological Landmark, the reader could be captivated by means of this account of early Texas history.

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