Ghosts Along the Texas Coast by Williams, Docia Schultz -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction “There are Ghosts” Dedication Chapter 1 Ghosts that Dwell in Coastal Towns and on the Windswept Beaches

“Ghosts” Ghostly Guardians of Buried Treasure The Three-Master El Perro Negro House Plays Host to Live-in Ghost The Night the Karankawa Came Calling Someone’s in the Kitchen at Beulah’s The Graveyard Ghost

Chapter 2 Ghosts of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

“They Are Here” Fort Brown, Where Old Soldiers Never Die Concerts on a Phantom Organ The Pasture of Souls La Abuela The Man With the Shovel The Brick-Throwing Ghost A Dead Dog’s Devotion Is There an Explanation for This?

Chapter 3 History and Mystery in Far South Texas

“Bright Shines Bailey’s Lights” The Light on Bailey’s Prairie The Legend of Knox Crossing Reeves Thicket’s Ranch House A Strange Visitor to Reeves Thicket The Spirits at Sutton’s Mott The Ghosts at Goliad Poor Chipita The Ghost at Little Egypt

Chapter 4 Corpus Christi’s Resident Spirits

Corpus Christi The Ghost at Blackbeard’s on the “C.C.” Beach The “Great Blue Ghost” Has Ghosts of Her Own! The Disappearing Nun The Circle of Flames

Chapter 5 The Ghosts of Galveston

Galveston Island Strange Spirits at the Williams House Miss Bettie’s Still in Charge at Ashton Villa A Welcome to The Oaks Sarah, the Friendly Spirit The Boarding House on Avenue K The Ghost of Fire Station Number Six Is the Captain Still There? The Ghost Who Left His Walking Cane The Haunted Portrait

Chapter 6 Houston . . . a Haunting City

Hauntings in Houston The Spirit Goes On The Sounds of Strings The Strange Old Pagan Church House The Newport Story More Spirits Than Ale at the Ale House A Couple of “Mini” Ghost Tales Spring’s Haunted Saloon

Chapter 7 Ghosts of the Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle Area “Mysterious Nights” Spirits at the Sabine Pass Lighthouse Joe Lee Never Left Nederland Is the Spirit Still Around? The Ghost of Christy Hardin The Cove Light The Ghost of Turtle Bayou The Mysterious House at Browndell Where the Ghost Car Used to Run Jasper’s Old Haunted House

Chapter 8 Legends Worth Telling Again

“Strange Unexplained Things” Legends Worth Telling Again La Llorona The Ghostly Lady in Black The Girl in the Pink Dress The Romantic Story of Princess Kisselpoo The Legend of the Indian Maidens The Legend of El Muerto The Headless Rider at Dead Man’s Lagoon The Strange Legend of Bouton Lake “Sara Jane . . . oh, Sara Jane . . .” Saratoga’s Ghostly Light

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