COMING IN NOVEMBER 2010!
IMAGES OF AMERICA: HELOTES, from Arcadia Publishing!
200 vintage photographs tell the story of Helotes, Texas.
HELOTES: WHERE THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BEGINS
The first comprehensive history book about the town that
is home to the world-famous John T. Floore Country Store.
Helotes celebrated its 25th anniversary of incorporation in 2006, however, the town, named from the Spanish word elotes, or corn-on-the-cob, has been on Texas maps since the nineteenth century. Founded by European and Mexican immigrants in the 1850s, Helotes, home of the famous honky-tonk, John T. Floore Country Store, has a rich history, even more intriguing than the myths and legends that have been the "official" lore of the town for decades. This book dispels those myths, offering a thoroughly researched and fascinating account of a town populated by hardworking pioneers, renegade Indians, elusive bandits, and impassioned citizens. Helotes, Where the Texas Hill Country Begins tells the story of a scrappy town that is quintessentially Texan.
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Books are also available at:
Ella's Barber & Beauty Salon
Helotes Park Shopping Plaza
12978 Bandera Road
Helotes, TX Ph: 210-695-3311
Helotes Bicycle Shop
Next to John T. Floore Country Store
Old Bandera Road
Helotes, TX Ph: 210-695-3159
Stellar Books
Behind Old Town Junction Antique Store
Old Bandera Road
Helotes, TX Ph: 210-372-9399
The Twig Bookshop
200 E. Grayson, Suite 124
San Antonio TX, 78209
Ph: 210-826-6411
About the Author
Cynthia Leal Massey is an award-winning author of several books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.
Former editor-at-large of SCENE IN SA Monthly, a general
interest magazine in San Antonio, she has also been a reporter for the San Antonio Light, an editor for
corporate communications at Southwest Research Institute and served on the adjunct English faculty at San Antonio
College.
The Broomfield Enterprise said this about her novels: “In Fire Lilies and The Caballeros of
Ruby, Texas, Massey has scored an impressive double coup; two books that tell a gripping story set against a fascinating
historical backdrop. …a stunning family narrative, a ‘Forsyte Saga’ set in northern Mexico and southern
Texas.”
