How does James A. Michener use imagery in Texas?

Imagery:

"The paper he signed still exist in the archives of Texas. It is rain-spotted and not legally binding but its import is unquestioned, and was the foundation of everything good that was to happen to the Quimpers in Texas" (Chapter IV, pg. 238.)

"The woods of East Texas contained as many failed plantations as the plains and prairies of West Texas displayed the charred roots of what had once been farmhouses and ranch headquarters. Some said: 'The armorial crest of Texas should be an abandoned house whose root stumps barely show" (Chapter XII, pg. 1003.)