{"product_id":"sutherland-springs-texas-volume-2-richard-b-mccaslin-9781574416732","title":"Sutherland Springs, Texas, Volume 2: Saratoga on the Cibolo","description":"Winner of the San Antonio Conservation Society Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSutherland Springs, Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard B. McCaslin explores the rise and fall of this rural community near San Antonio primarily through the lens of its aspirations to become a resort spa town, because of its mineral water springs, around the turn of the twentieth century. Texas real estate developers, initially more interested in oil, brought Sutherland Springs to its peak as a resort in the early twentieth century, but failed to transform the farming settlement into a resort town. The decline in water tables during the late twentieth century reduced the mineral water flows, and the town faded. Sutherland Springs's history thus provides great insights into the importance of water in shaping settlement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beyond the story of resort spa aspirations lies a history of the community and its people itself. \u003cbr\u003e McCaslin provides a complete history of Sutherland Springs from early settlement through Civil War and into the twentieth century, its agricultural and oil-drilling exploits alongside its mineral water appeal, as well as a complete community history of the various settlers and owners of the springs\/hotel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard B. McCaslin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574416731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574416732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Richard B. McCaslin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453796495615,"sku":"9781574416732","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69b7fd2f-b438-499d-8147-bf8dbc23db21.jpg?v=1777302359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sutherland-springs-texas-volume-2-richard-b-mccaslin-9781574416732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}