Reflections on the Neches: A Naturalist's Odyssey along the Big Thicket's Snow River

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Reflections on the Neches: A Naturalist’s Odyssey along the Big Thicket’s Snow River Geraldine Ellis Watson Number Three in the Temple Big Thicket Series Big Thicket Association University of North Texas Press Denton, Texas ©2003 Geraldine Ellis Watson All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Permissions: University of North Texas Press P.O. Box 311336 Denton, TX 76203-1336 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48.1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Watson, Geraldine Ellis, 1925Reflections on the Neches : a naturalist’s odyssey along the Big Thicket’s Snow River / Geraldine Ellis Watson. p. cm. — (Temple Big Thicket series ; no. 3) ISBN 1-57441-160-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Natural history—Texas—Neches River Valley. 2. Neches River Valley (Tex.)—Description and travel. I. Title. II. Series. QH105.T4 W35 2003 508.764’15—dc21 2003001869 Design by Angela Schmitt Reflections on the Neches is Number Three in the Temple Big Thicket Series This book was made possible by a generous grant from the T.L.L. Temple Foundation and the assistance of the Big Thicket Association. DEDICATION My Father, Herbert Ellis Dr. Saul Aronow Dr. Richard Harrell Maxine Johnston Without whom this book would not have been published Ernest Spell Without whom there would be no Jack Gore/Neches River Unit Arthur Temple, Jr. Good and Faithful Steward of this land and its people ...