tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321972402024-03-15T20:09:39.222-05:00Texas History PageThe Texas History Page is for people around the world who love Texas and Texas history.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-79986657328161259362019-01-19T08:52:00.002-06:002019-02-08T09:46:49.382-06:00Another Lake Creek Settlement Soldier Located - John Bricker<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tablet Erected to the Memory of John Bricker at San Felipe, Texas in 1935. The marker was not erected by the Texas Historical Commission but instead "by his kinsmen."</td></tr>
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In my research regarding the once forgotten Lake Creek Settlement, I uncovered the names of several men from the Lake Creek Settlement who served in the Texas Revolution fighting for the independence of Texas from Mexico in 1835-1836. These names were gleaned primarily from the Republic Claims database at the Texas State Library and Archives in Austin. The Republic Claims is a wonderful collection of records including claims made by soldiers who fought in the Texas Revolution who sought payment for their time in the service of the Republic of Texas army during the war.<br />
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The Texas State Library and Archives website provides a more detailed description of the Republic Claims database and collection:<br />
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<i>The Republic Claims series of Comptroller's records includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846. It also includes records relating to Republic pensions and claims against the Republic submitted as public debt claims after 1846. The files include supporting documents such as vouchers, financial accounts, military records, receipts, notes, or letters.</i></div>
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<i>The records comprise four groups of payments made for services rendered during the period 1835-1846: Audited Claims, Republic Pensions, Public Debt Claims, and Unpaid Claims.</i></div>
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<i>Because the actual Republic Claims are extremely fragile, access to the records is restricted. In addition to the digital images linked within the index, high-quality microfilmed copies of the documents are available. The database provides the Reel and Frame location of more than 48,500 indexed names. The microfilm reels are available through interlibrary loan and, to view in person, at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.</i></div>
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The known Texian soldiers who fought in the Texas Revolution from the Lake Creek Settlement included: Jacob H. Shepperd, Mathew (or Matthew) Cartwright, William Cartwright, Raleigh Rogers, Jacob Shannon, Evin (or Evan) Corner, John Marshall Wade, A. U. Springer, and James J. Foster. It has been a few years since I have been able to add another name to this list. </div>
With additional research, we can now add John Bricker's name to the list of Texian soldiers from the Lake Creek Settlement. John Bricker was a member of Captain Mosely Baker's company and was killed by Santa Anna's soldiers while defending the San Felipe crossing of the Brazos River on April 7, 1836. Grape shot fired by the Mexican cannon passed through Bricker's head killing him instantly. John Bricker was the only Texian soldier killed defending the Brazos River crossing at San Felipe. Mosely Baker and his company prevented Santa Anna from reestablishing the ferry there and slowed Santa Ann's progress for several days which allowed the government of Texas just enough time to escape Harrisburg before Santa Anna's arrival. As Santa Anna had not been able to cross at San Felipe, he had had to travel south to the crossing captured by General Filisola near present day Richmond.<br />
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The Republic Claims which had been helpful with information about the other names was not helpful as John Bricker was killed in the war and and of course never applied for his back wages. The information proving that Bricker had been a resident of the Lake Creek Settlement comes from a collection of records which have been transcribed in Montgomery County, Texas. There is a collection of records in the Genealogy Department of the Montgomery County Memorial Library at Conroe, Texas entitled <i>Montgomery County District Court Exhibit Book of Letters and Documents, V. 3, of Statements of Facts (papers pertaining to the Bricker Family) The Bricker Papers, </i>transcribed by Vera Wimberly. (Montgomery County Memorial Library - Genealogy Library, Conroe, 976.4153Wim.)<br />
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On the 31st page of <i>The Bricker Papers</i> is a letter written to Cyrus Joy and probably written by David Bricker (brother of John Bricker) after 1838 which reads in part, "I received a
letter from Mr. W. W. Shepherd of Montgomery stating that my Brother had
been in his employ for a year previous and at the time he went into the Army
of Texas and think he had taken out Letters of Administration on his Estate..." It is now well established that W. W. Shepperd had operated a trading post in the Lake Creek Settlement in the north-western most corner of the John Corner League for several years prior to the Texas Revolution. See <i>The Early History of Montgomery, Texas</i> by Kameron Searle. This letter is evidence that John Bricker was residing in the Lake Creek Settlement for a year prior to his enlistment in the Texas army.<br />
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It was also known that Shepperd had a mill and a cotton gin in operation at the time he founded the town of Montgomery in the Lake Creek Settlement in July 1837. On the 91st page of <i>The Bricker Papers</i>, in a letter dated February 11, 1874, W. H. Bricker writing to David Bricker, wrote that John Bricker had "built a mill and a cotton gin" for W. W. Shepperd before joining the Texas army in 1836. This would put the construction of Shepperd's mill and cotton gin around 1835. The David Bricker to Cyrus Joy letter letter also states that John Bricker was living with Shepperd before joining the army.<br />
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W. W. Shepperd was in fact the administrator of John Bricker's estate. See the Administrator's Notice from the Telegraph and Texas Register newspaper below. See a pdf of <a href="http://www.countygenweb.com/txmontgomery/bricker/bricker_papers.pdf" target="_blank">The Bricker Papers</a> here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 13, 1838 <i>Telegraph and Texas Register</i> Newspaper, Houston, Texas, Vol. 3, No. 46, Page 8. Administrator's Notice placed by W. W. Shepperd for Estate of John Bricker.</td></tr>
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The marker erected at San Felipe, Texas in 1935 reads:</div>
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JOHN BRICKER </div>
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A PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN MOSELY BAKER'S </div>
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ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THIS SITE </div>
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MEXICAN CANNON, AND WAS BURIED </div>
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JANUARY 30TH 1791</div>
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THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED </div>
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APRIL 7TH 1935</div>
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Please help. There is no Texas State Historical Commission marker commemorating the defense of the San Felipe crossing of the Brazos by Mosely Baker's Company in early April of 1836 and its significance to the outcome of the Texas Revolution. I am considering working on just such a marker. If you are interested in working on this project, please contact Kameron K. Searle.<br />
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If you are descendant of John Bricker, a number of Texas historians are trying to determine if he became a Mason before coming to Texas. Contact Kameron K. Searle if you know the answer to this question.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-10824548746732951312018-04-08T14:29:00.000-05:002018-04-08T14:29:13.321-05:00Enrico Cerracchio - Texas Sculptor<br />
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Are you a descendant of Texas sculptor Enrico Cerracchio? I am researching Cerracchio for a book I am writing and I am looking for photographs and biographical information I can use for the book. In the book, Enrico Cerracchio will be featured prominently, especially his works in Texas. I have a basic outline of his biography from some online sources and a couple of books where he is briefly mentioned, but I am hoping for a more in-depth picture of the man and any photographs that have not been published before. I am especially interested in his work on the Sam Houston Monument (1923-1925). Please contact Kameron Searle at <a href="mailto:ksearle1@pdq.net">ksearle1@pdq.net</a> if you can help with this project. My mailing address is Kameron Searle, 21410 Park York, Katy, Texas 77450. Thank you.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-49003616446689813772018-02-15T13:55:00.000-06:002018-02-18T19:55:46.457-06:00Sam Houston IV Teaching Texas History - Watercolor Painting<br />
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Above is the watercolor painting Kameron Searle commissioned of Sam Houston IV teaching Texas history. From a photograph of Sam Houston IV passionately teaching Texas history as the keynote speaker at the 2011 Texas Independence Day celebrations at Washington-on-the-Brazos, the artist incorporated themes from the famous painting of General Sam Houston pointing towards the San Jacinto Battlefield. Sam Houston IV's avocation was teaching Texas history which he did exceedingly well and whenever he got the chance for most of his adult life.<br />
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The painting was the work of artist Maryna Voloshyna. The painting was commissioned at the time of Sam Houston IV's passing in 2017. Ben Warren IV, President of the Sam Houston Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas in Katy, Texas, presented the members of Sam Houston IV's family with framed copies of the print.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reggie Nalley and Gene Hennigan have provided the following information about the 2018 Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion:</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hey there Palmers!<br /><br />It's time for a reunion. This year we will be celebrating the reunion at the San Jacinto Battle
Reenactment the weekend of April 20th thru 22nd, 2018. The admission is Free. Bring all your family, kids, and grandchildren
for an eventful weekend. See the attached flyer for more details. <br /><br />We have a hotel (Candlewood Suites) set up with
a block of rooms with a special rate. Information and number is in the attachment. You need to call and reserve your room.
Be sure to tell them your with the Palmer Reunion. We will have a meet and greet there Friday night. Bring your pictures
and artifacts to share.<br /><br />Saturday the reenactment will be held at the San Jacinto Battlegrounds and Monument. It's
a great show and there is tons of history inside the monument. The Battleship Texas is also right across the road if you
haven't seen it.<br /><br />Saturday night we will have a banquet just down the street from the monument at the Monument Inn.
We have Jack Edmondson who plays General Sam Houston in the reenactment as a guest speaker.<br /><br />Please contact Reggie
Nalley or Gene Hennigan at the numbers and emails below if you have any questions.<br /><br />Please RSVP with your dinner meal
selections asap for the banquet.<br /><br />Thanks<br />Reggie Nalley<br />281-413-0938<br />txcottontop50@gmail.com<br />Gene Hennigan<br />713-516-8062<br />tghennigan@comcast.net</span></i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<b>The Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion is held by the descendants of Martin Parmer (born Martin Palmer) 1778-1850. Originally a frontiersman and Indian fighter known as the Ring Tailed Panther, Martin Parmer was a key player in every major political event of the Texas Revolution including the Consultation of 1835 at San Felipe, the General Council of the Texas Provisional Government and the Convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos in March 1836. He had also been a leader during the Fredonian Rebellion in 1826-1827. He nominated Henry Smith to be the first American born Governor of Texas, he voted to create the Texas Rangers, he seconded Sam Houston's motion to adopt the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico, and he was chairman of the committee that drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Texas.</b><br />
<br />K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-58867562558922423502017-02-10T11:18:00.001-06:002017-04-07T15:33:19.910-05:00Lake Creek Settlement Marker Dedication Ceremony; Montgomery, Texas; February 25, 2017<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The dedication ceremony for the Texas Historical Commission marker for the Lake Creek Settlement was held on Saturday, February 25, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. in Montgomery, Texas in front of the Nat Hart Davis Museum located on Liberty Street near the intersection of Texas 105 and Liberty Street (FM 149).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Kameron K. Searle was the marker historian for this marker and did more than a decades worth of research on the Lake Creek Settlement before applying for the marker with the Montgomery County Historical Commission and the Texas Historical Commission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">By the 1920s, the Lake Creek Settlement had been completely forgotten to Texas historians as well as local historians. Searle rediscovered the Lake Creek Settlement and its importance to Texas history, the Texas Revolution and Montgomery County history about 15 years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Empresario Stephen F. Austin had gotten permission to settle 500 more families in Texas in his second contract with the State of Coahuila y Tejas in 1825 (Austin's Second Colony). </span><span style="font-size: small;">Under this contract, he settled colonists between the west fork of the San Jacinto River and the stream called Lake Creek. By 1833, this settlement had become known as the Lake Creek Settlement. The Lake Creek Settlement was the earliest Anglo-American settlement in what became Montgomery County.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1835, W.W. Shepperd, a colonist originally from North Carolina, established a trading post/store near the intersection of the Coushatta Trace, the Grimes Road and the Contraband Trace in the center of the Lake Creek Settlement. <span style="font-size: small;">Shepperd's store quickly became the community center of the Lake Creek Settlement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A number of men from the Lake Creek Settlement fought in the Texas Revolution in the Battle of Concepcion, the Grass Fight, the Siege of Bexar and the Battle of San Jacinto. </span><span style="font-size: small;">In the Battle of San Jacinto, men from the Lake Creek Settlement fought in the infantry, the cavalry, and one, John Marshall Wade, manned one of the famous Twin Sisters cannons during the battle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1837, W.W. Shepperd founded the town of Montgomery at the site of his store, and about 5 months later, Montgomery County was created by an Act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas which was signed into law by President Sam Houston. Montgomery County was named after the town of Montgomery. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The town of Montgomery became the first county seat of Montgomery County and served as such for several decades. To read the marker, click on the image above. For more information about the Lake Creek Settlement, click on the link below.</span></span></div>
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Below are some of the pictures from the Lake Creek Settlement marker dedication ceremony taken by Pat Spackey with the Judge Nathaniel Hart Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Texas Heritage Society. She is also a descendant of the founder of Montgomery, Texas, W. W. Shepperd.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Creek Settlement marker unveiled in front of the Nathaniel Hart Davis Museum and Pioneer Complex in Montgomery, Texas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Texas Army fires twenty-one gun salute in memory of the colonists and settlers who broke the frontier in the Lake Creek Settlement in Austin's Second Colony.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marker sponsor and historian, Kameron Searle, gives a brief history of the Lake Creek Settlement in Austin's Second Colony, the role of the Lake Creek Settlement in the Texas Revolution and the founding of the town of Montgomery.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sons of the Republic of Texas present at the Lake Creek Settlement marker dedication ceremony. Left to right: Bart Dawson; Ben F. Warren IV, President General Bob Steakley, Jr. KSJ; Tom Green, KSJ; Tom Houston, KSJ; Phil Whitley; and Kameron K. Searle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marker sponsor and historian Kameron K. Searle together with Luine Hancock with State Senator Robert Nichols's office who read the Resolution passed by the Texas Senate on behalf of Senator Nichols for the Lake Creek Settlement, and C. K. "Ken" Stephenson, a bagpiper with the Capitol City Highlanders in Austin, Texas.</td></tr>
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Below are scans of the proclamations and resolutions commemorating the dedication of the Texas Historical Commission marker for the Lake Creek Settlement from the Governor, Lt. Governor, Texas House of Representatives and Texas State Senate.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Senate Resolution No. 228 celebrating the commemoration of the Texas Historical Commission marker for the Lake Creek Settlement signed by the President of the Senate, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and by Senator Nichols.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Letter from Lt. Governor Dan Patrick recognizing the Lake Creek Settlement's place in Texas history.</td></tr>
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K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-79084697311604887912016-12-21T13:25:00.000-06:002016-12-21T13:25:22.489-06:00John P. Coles' Description of the Boundary of Early Washington County in the Republic of Texas Including the Lake Creek Settlement<br />
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On one or two of my web sites about my research into the history of the Lake Creek Settlement I have included a transcription of Washington County Chief Justice John P. Coles' boundary description of Washington County, Texas from early 1837. I located my transcription in <i>Annotated Civil Statutes of the State of Texas</i> by John Sayles, 1894, Abilene, Texas, St. Louis Missouri, The Gilbert Book Company, Pp. 930-931. I had always wondered if I would see an actual primary source for Coles' description dating from the period. And now I have.<br />
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Jim Tiller, Ph.D., Professor of Geography, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas did me a huge favor by sending me a copy of the document which he had located while conducting research for his forthcoming book. Dr. Tiller advises the citation is: Texas. Department of State. Executive Record Books. Letters Received, November 26, 1836-March 24, 1841, Pp. 27-28. The document is also an important primary source regarding the attempt to create a new county from the territory of Washington County. Washington County Chief Justice Coles is letting the Congress of the Republic of Texas know that he is opposed to the creation of a new county on the grounds that there is not enough population to justify it.<br />
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In a Joint Resolution passed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas and signed into law by President Sam Houston on December 17, 1836, the Chief Justice of each county in the Republic of Texas was required to provide a description of his county's boundaries to the Secretary of State by the first day of May 1837.<br />
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The description provided by Chief Justice Cole reads as follows:<br />
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"Jno. P. Coles<br />
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To the Hon. J. P. Henderson Secy of State<br />
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In compliance with a resolution of the Congress passed at their late session I have the honor to report to you such information as is in my possession respecting the boundary lines of the County of Washington. I know not whether the act of the Legislature of Coahuila & Texas organizing this County was ever published, but this Court has exercised undisputed jurisdiction over the territory included with the following boundaries. viz.<br />
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Beginning at the mouth of Caney Creek on the west bank of the Brazos River thence following said Creek to its source, thence west on the dividing ridge between the waters of New Years Creek & the principal or western fork of Mill Creek until it strikes the eastern line of the County of Mina and thence north on said eastern line of the County of Mina to the San Antonio Road, from thence following said road eastward crossing the Brazos River to the west bank of Trinity River, from thence following down said west bank to the County of Liberty (which is undefined) from thence following said northern line of Liberty to the north east corner of the County of Harrisburg, from thence following the north line of the County of Harrisburg to the north east corner of the the County of Austin, so as to include Lake Creek Settlement, from said north east corner of the County of Austin following the north line of Austin to the mouth of Ponn Creek on the east bank of the Brazos River, & thence up said east bank to a point opposite the mouth of Caney Creek & thence across the Brazos River to the place of beginning.<br />
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A Petition was before the last session of Congress & will be probably renewed at the next for a division of this County, from an examination of the foregoing limits upon the Map it will be seen to include a large Territory, but our population is small and ill able at present to bear the Taxes necessary for the erection of proper public buildings & the payment of other County expenses, under these circumstances it would I think be bad policy to divide the County until our population becomes more dense. I would therefore recommend the passage of an Act of Congress defining the boundaries of the County as set forth above or with such alteration as may be thought necessary.<br />
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I have the honor to be<br />
very Respectfully<br />
Your obt. Servt.<br />
Jno. P. Coles<br />
Chief Justice"K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-83827498943420984232016-11-24T08:26:00.000-06:002016-11-24T08:26:28.424-06:00Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North by Gary L. Pinkerton<br />
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"Trammel’s
Trace tells the story of a borderland smuggler and an important passageway into
early Texas. Trammel’s Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route
from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the
Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in
Nacogdoches. By the early nineteenth century, Trammel’s Trace was largely a
smuggler’s trail that delivered horses and contraband into the region. It was a
microcosm of the migration, lawlessness, and conflict that defined the period.
By the 1820s, as Mexico gained independence from Spain, smuggling declined as
Anglo immigration became the primary use of the trail. Familiar names such as
Sam Houston, David Crockett, and James Bowie joined throngs of immigrants
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Indeed, Nicholas Trammell opened trading
posts on the Red River and near Nacogdoches, hoping to claim a piece of
Austin’s new colony. Austin denied Trammell’s entry, however, fearing his poor reputation
would usher in a new wave of smuggling and lawlessness. By 1826, Trammell was
pushed out of Texas altogether and retreated back to Arkansas. Even so, as
author Gary L. Pinkerton concludes, Trammell was “more opportunist than outlaw
and made the most of disorder.” GARY L. PINKERTON, the author of numerous
articles on East Texas history, resides in Houston. Red River Valley Books,
sponsored by Texas A&M University - Texarkana $35.00 cloth. 320 pp. 11
b&w photos. 10 maps. Bib. Index. Also available in ebook edition. Trammel's Trace is now available on Amazon."<o:p></o:p></div>
K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-33328662485283939052016-09-11T16:13:00.000-05:002016-09-11T19:49:05.019-05:00Book Review - The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football by S C. Gwynne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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something significant or unusually interesting. When I was asked to read and possibly review S. C. Gwynne’s
latest work <i>The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of
Football</i>, I almost begged off, as it appeared at first blush to be neither
a Texas history nor a biography of a Texan of note. I certainly had never heard
of Hal Mumme.</strong></div>
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review copy of <i>The Perfect Pass</i> arrived, I deigned to read the
introduction since I had thoroughly enjoyed Gwynn’s excellent history, <i>Empire
of the Summer Moon</i>. The introduction was very intriguing, so I went ahead
and read the first chapter, and after that I voraciously devoured the rest of
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<strong><i>The Perfect
Pass</i></strong><strong> is the story of how Hal Mumme, a Texas high
school coach, tried to figure out a way for his less athletic and less talented
football teams to defeat much bigger and better teams. Taking a lesson from the
story of David and Goliath, Mumme decided that the only way to defeat giants
was by going to the air. Using an entirely new offensive system with an
obsessive emphasis on the passing game and by honing techniques that he begged,
borrowed or stole from others, Mumme then perfected what would later become
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began to defeat teams that were much better on paper by lopsided scores on the
playing field. If this were not enough,
he began to seek out even bigger and tougher giants to crush with the Air
Raid. As Mumme’s teams racked up
unbelievable passing yardage and huge scores, football coaches across the
country were forced to take notice of Mumme and his almost mysterious offensive
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I would recommend <i>The
Perfect Pass</i> to just about anyone. Though it is very entertaining story for
football fans, there is so much more to <i>The Perfect Pass</i>. It is important to take note of the words <i>“American
Genius”</i> found in the full title of the book. If you are a coach, a manager, an entrepreneur, an executive, an
MBA student, etc. looking for a real life example of thinking way outside the
box and changing your industry or field completely, then <i>The Perfect Pass</i>
is the book for you. Read it, digest
it, and then apply it to your life’s work.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A soon to be </span>inspirational<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> self help classic,</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;"> The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> has a scheduled publication date of September 20, 2016, and will be </span>available<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> from Scribner. The book should make for a very </span>inspirational<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> movie. We at the Texas History Page can't wait.</span></span></strong>K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-45715897656206832662016-08-01T17:14:00.001-05:002016-08-01T17:14:09.117-05:00Book Review - Texas Ranger, The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, The Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde<br />
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<i>Texas Ranger, The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, The Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde</i> is the best biography of a single Texas Ranger I have ever read. As my readers know, I am a big fan of historians who rely on primary sources and John Boessenecker has done an incredible amount of research into previously unexplored archival sources. Usually books on the Texas Rangers are collections of the same well worn stories repeated over and over again. In some of these you might find a couple of paragraphs relating the same old stories about Frank Hamer, but that is about it. From a Texas Ranger on horseback in the Texas Hill Country, to fighting bandits on the Texas border, to the killing of Bonnie and Clyde on the backroads of Louisiana, to Hamer's later years, Boessenecker brings us an incredibly detailed picture of the man who became a Texas and an American legend. <i>Texas Ranger, The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, The Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde</i> is the most complete biography of a Texas Ranger ever produced. Boessenecker’s detailed description of the killing of Bonnie and Clyde is also the most detailed description of this event I have ever read and is worth the price of the book all by itself. But there is so much more, lots more! Many hours of fascinating reading about at least two distinct periods in Texas history that are now gone forever.<br />
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Published by Thomas Dunne Books and available at Amazon and fine book stores everywhere. Review by Kameron K. SearleK K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-75278399544761106222016-07-18T14:33:00.000-05:002016-07-18T14:35:34.090-05:00Texas Heritage Society - September 8, 2016 Quarterly Meeting - Featuring Dr. Caroline Crimm<div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<big>"Everyone has heard of Galveston, but did you know that the man for whom it was named helped George Washington win the American Revolution? Bernardo de Galvez spent 2 years (1777-1779) outwitting the British by sending supplies up the Mississippi in secret to General Washington, then spent the next three years (1779-1781) beating the British soundly on the Mississippi and in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to Washington's victory at Yorktown. It is a fascinating and little known story of a Spanish Patriot who helped create the United States."</big><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0026px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 16px;">Everyone is welcome. The motto of the Texas Heritage Society is "Discover, Understand and Preserve." The Texas Heritage Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of Texas' rich and unique history. It is based in The Woodlands, Texas.</span><br />
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K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-41872871205010231212016-04-17T00:22:00.000-05:002016-11-25T09:15:40.613-06:00Lake Creek Settlement High School - Montgomery Independent School District<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recently, the Montgomery Independent School
District Board of Trustees began seeking input from the general public with
regard to nominations for school names for the 2</span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nd</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> High School, 2</span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nd</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">
Junior High School, 5</span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Elementary School, and the renaming of
Montgomery Intermediate School. The MISD Board policy for the naming schools
provides that “High Schools shall be named after geographical areas.” The first
high school is of course named Montgomery. Local historians, community leaders and students are
hopeful that the new high school will be named for the geographical area in
which the Town of Montgomery was originally founded in 1837 – the Lake Creek
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over the last decade, new historical research has
uncovered many significant and previously forgotten facts regarding the town and the county’s earliest history. Most notable among these was the rediscovery
of the Lake Creek Settlement. The Lake Creek Settlement was a settlement of
Anglo-American settlers in Austin’s Colony located between the west fork of the
San Jacinto River (now dammed to form Lake Conroe) and the stream known as Lake
Creek. These settlers from the United States received land from Empresario
Stephen F. Austin in 1831 as an incentive to leave the United States and settle
in his colony which was then located in the Mexican State of Coahuila y
Tejas. Heads of households in Austin’s
Colony at this time each received a League of land (4,428.4 acres). By 1833,
the area these colonists had settled had become known as the Lake Creek
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1835, W. W. Shepperd established a store in
center of the Lake Creek settlement near the intersection of three important
roads or traces. During the Texas
Revolution, a number of the men from the Lake Creek Settlement volunteered to
fight for Texas’ independence from Mexico (1835-1836). One of these men, John
Marshall Wade, manned the famous Twin Sisters canons during the Battle of San
Jacinto when Texas won her independence on April 21, 1836. Wade would later
publish the first newspaper in Montgomery appropriately named the <i>Montgomery
Patriot</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the year following Texas independence, W. W.
Shepperd founded the town of Montgomery at the site of his store in the center
of the Lake Creek Settlement. Five
months later, Republic of Texas President Sam Houston signed the act creating
Montgomery County on December 14, 1837. On March 1, 1838, the county government
was organized in the town of Montgomery and the town of Montgomery was selected
to be the first county seat of Montgomery County.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is important to note that the Lake Creek
Settlement comprised almost exactly the same geographic area as the Montgomery Independent
School District does today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Historians and many others believe naming the new
high school after the Lake Creek Settlement would be a wonderful way to
remember the area’s history and honor the memory of the those brave colonists
and settlers who left the comfort and security of their homes in the United
States to seek an uncertain but potentially better future in Austin’s Colony in
Mexico and later the Republic of Texas.
Their efforts, struggles, and battles laid the very foundation upon
which Texas is built today. Billy Ray
Duncan, President of the Montgomery Historical Society supports the idea to
name the new high school after the Lake Creek Settlement, “Before there was a
school district, before there was a county, before there was a town; there was
the Lake Creek Settlement - a truly unique naming opportunity for MISD.” The
school’s mascot would be easy enough – “Patriots.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On January 29, 2016, the Texas Historical
Commission approved a Texas Historical marker for the Lake Creek Settlement
which will be dedicated in late 2016 or early 2017. </span></span></div>
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Lake Creek Settlement, see <a href="http://www.lakecreeksettlement.info/">lakecreeksettlement.info</a>
or visit the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Creek_Settlement" target="_blank">Lake Creek Settlement</a> page on Wikipedia. Also see <i><a href="http://www.texashistorypage.com/The%20Early%20History%20of%20Montgomery%20Texas.pdf" target="_blank">The Early History of Montgomery, Texas</a></i>. Or click here to read the <a href="http://www.lakecreeksettlement.info/Lake%20Creek%20Settlement%20Marker%20-%20Historical%20Narrative-%20June%20%E2%80%A6.pdf" target="_blank">Historical Narrative</a> in support of the Texas Historical Commission marker for the Lake Creek Settlement which was approved on January 29, 2016.</span></span></div>
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K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-26362448543903140672016-04-12T12:23:00.000-05:002016-04-12T12:23:16.652-05:00Confederate Memorial & Ben Thompson Book - Saturday, April 16, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On April 16, 2016, at 10:00 am at Oakwood Cemetery, in Austin, Texas, SCV Camp Littlefield #59, will unveil a Memorial for all Confederates buried at Oakwood Cemetery. Following the cemetery light refreshments will be served at the Austin History Center. At the Austin History Center, there will also be a book launch for Austin’s Confederate, gambler, gunfighter, and City Marshal Ben Thompson - <i>Life and Adventures of Ben Thompson: The Famous Texan</i>. There will be a book panel with author Major Buck Walton’s great-granddaughter and Ben Thompson’s great-granddaughter and authors Chuck Parsons and Lisa Lach.<br />
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Files for all the Confederate Veterans including Civil War Records are being donated to the Austin History Center.<br />
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Hope everyone can make it.<br />
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See <a href="http://www.benthompsonfoundation.org/">www.benthompsonfoundation.org</a> for more information.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Adventures-Ben-Thompson-Famous/dp/1530581281/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1459554652&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Life-Adventures-Ben-Thompson-Famous/dp/1530581281/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1459554652&sr=8-1</a>K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-59536832933914657462016-04-11T10:03:00.001-05:002016-05-06T18:14:33.488-05:002016 Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony - Montgomery, Texas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Frank Johnson has forwarded an invitation to the 2016 Confederate Memorial Day ceremony being conducted by the Capt. Thomas J. Peel Camp #2268, Sons of Confederate Veterans, being held in conjunction with Maj. General Patrick Cleburne's 7th Texas Infantry Camp #2182, Sons of Confederate Veterans; Montgomery Rose 47, Texas Society Order of Confederate Rose; and The Woodlands Rose 53, Texas Society Order of Confederate Rose.<br />
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All members of the public interested in Texas and Confederate history are welcomed to attend the 2016 Confederate Veterans Memorial Day Ceremony to be held at the Old Baptist Church Building (currently the Church of Christ), at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 16th, 2016, located at 301 Pond Street, Montgomery, Texas (corner of Caroline and Pond Streets). The ceremony will be followed by the chartering ceremony for the new Capt. Thomas J. Peel Camp #2268, Sons of Confederate Veterans.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-71688088097392086012016-02-29T16:02:00.001-06:002016-03-03T21:23:20.260-06:00For Want of a Texas Education<div class="MsoTitle">
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When I was a kid growing up in Texas in the 1960’s and 70’s,
every Texas school student was taken on one or two “field trips” to historical
sites around Texas. Throughout the
school year, buses loaded with children from all over Texas headed for these
sites sacred to the history of Texas. We went to the Alamo, we went to the San
Jacinto Battlefield, and we went to Washington-on-the-Brazos. Schools don’t seem to do that anymore. I guess it’s not on the STAAR test, so it
must not be deemed important enough to teach. Not one of my four children was
ever taken to visit any of these historic sites by their schools in order to
learn those aspects of their history and their culture which are so distinctly
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As my children’s education was found lacking, I made sure
that they visited all of these sites and knew who James Bowie, William Barret
Travis, David Crockett, Sam Houston, and the 59 signers of the Texas
Declaration of Independence were and how they laid down the foundation upon
which the Texas of today was built.</div>
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Texas Independence Day, March 2, used to be a holiday in
Texas and every school child in Texas was given the day off to visit these
sites revered in Texas history. Texas Independence Day marks the anniversary of
the day that Texas declared its independence, ceased to be part of Mexico and
became an independent nation – The Republic of Texas. Alas, Texas Independence Day has not been celebrated as a school
holiday for many decades.</div>
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If you are a brand new Texan or a 7<sup>th</sup> generation
Texan and would like to further your education of what it means to be a Texan,
then you, your children, and your grandchildren should go out to
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site on Saturday and Sunday, March 5
and 6, 2016, for the Texas Independence Day Celebration. Learn your history at The Star of the
Republic Museum, the only museum in Texas dedicated exclusively to the study of
the Texas Revolutionary and Republic of Texas periods (1830’s-1840’s). Visit Barrington Living History Farm and
walk through the original plantation home of Anson Jones, the last president of
the Republic of Texas and the man most responsible for the annexation of Texas
by the United States of America. Then, go to Independence Hall and stand on the
exact spot where the founding fathers of Texas bravely and unanimously adopted
the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836 while the
battle of the Alamo was still raging. </div>
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Independence Hall, the Star of the Republic Museum and Barrington
Living History Farm are all free on March 5 and 6, 2016 during the Texas
Independence Day Celebration. There
will be plenty of music, food, historical re-enactors, artisans, vendors, etc.
Located between Brenham and Navasota, it’s a short day trip. Don’t wait for a
bus. Go and stand on the exact spot where Texas became Texas and be proud that
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kameron K. Searle</span></b>K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-44582765264777352472016-01-29T19:25:00.000-06:002016-01-29T19:33:03.830-06:00Second Annual Frontier Families of Texas Symposium<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Republic of Texas Museum</span>
presents Second Annual Frontier Families of Texas Symposium on February
25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Austin Club 110 E. 9th Street Austin, Texas. Buffet Luncheon is $75.00. Presenters will be Dr.
Carolina Crimm speaking about “DeLeon, A Tejano Family History;” Mary M. McAllen speaking about “I Would Rather Sleep in Texas - McAllen Family;” and James
Haley speaking on the “Texas Hill Country.” Reservations can be made by
PayPal on <span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.drtinfo.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">www.drtinfo.org</span></a>
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K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-25671888061799345202015-12-31T15:26:00.000-06:002015-12-31T15:26:26.653-06:00Clearing on the Halves - The Discovery of a Forgotten Real Estate Practice in Austin's Colony Pertaining to Mexican Land GrantsFor several years I have been researching the early history of Montgomery County, Texas. The earliest Anglo-American settlement in what is today Montgomery County, Texas was the Lake Creek Settlement. The Lake Creek Settlement was located in Austin's Second Colony. While doing my research, I discovered a long forgotten real estate practice in Austin' Colony that was quite common in colonial Texas known as "clearing on the halves" or "clearing land."<br />
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First, it is important to know that Mexican land grants were not actually free. There were a number of costs and fees associated with "clearing land" out of Stephen F. Austin's office in the town of San Felipe de Austin. To demonstrate this, we will use Owen Shannon's League which is located today in western Montgomery County. Using Owen Shannon's League as an example, the costs and fees of obtaining a league of land in Austin's Second Colony in 1831 have been detailed by Galen Greaser, Translator with the Spanish Collection in the Archives and Records Division of the Texas General Land Office:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"In 1829, preparatory to the arrival of Commissioner General Juan Antonio Padilla in the colony, Austin put out a "Notice" advising settlers of the process for obtaining a land grant. The first step was to obtain a certificate of admission showing that the settler had Austin's consent to locate in the colony. The cost of the certificate was two dollars (pesos and dollars were on par at this time). As the Empresario, Austin also collected a fee of $50.00 for his services, $10 upon receipt of the title and the balance due one year later. The Secretary (Samuel M. Williams) was due $10.00, $5.00 on presenting the petition to the commissioner and $5.00 one year later. The title was written on stamped or revenue paper of the third stamp, for which the interested party paid two reales (two bits). Two pages were required , making the total for paper 50 cents. These are what we might label "office fees." They totaled $62.50.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The settler also had to pay a surveyor for surveying his land. Decree No. 128 of the Congress of Coahuila y Texas, dated April 1, 1830, set the fee at $8.00 for surveying a league of land. You can find this decree in Gammel's, <i>The Laws of Texas</i>, Vol. 1. Previously, on May 15, 1828, the same Congress passed a decree, No. 62, setting the commissioner's fee at $15.00 for a league of grazing land and $2.00 for each labor of temporal land. Finally, Article 22 of the 1825 Colonization Law fixed the government dues required from each settler. The land was classified when it was surveyed. The two main classifications were grazing or pastureland and arable or temporal land. Each league of land contains 25 labors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As an example, in Owen Shannon's title, 20 labors were classified as grazing land and 5 labors were deemed arable. The fee for grazing land was $1.20 per labor, making $24.00, and arable land brought $2.50 per labor, or $12.50 in this case. The total government dues were, thus, $36.50. Settlers were given six years in which to pay the government, the first payment being due in the fourth year. If the commissioner charged $15 and the surveyor collected $8.00, added to the $36.50, the total would be $59.50 for this part, which added to the "office fees" make a total of $122.00. There may have been a few other incidentals, such as the cost of preparing the certified copy of the title that was given to the grantee, but I would be comfortable with stating that the cost of obtaining a title for one league of land in Austin's Colony in 1831 was in the neighborhood of $125 dollars."</span><br />
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$125 was a lot of money in 1831. Often, early settlers did not have enough money to pay these costs and fees to clear their land out of Stephen F. Austin's office at San Felipe.<br />
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"Clearing on the halves" or "clearing land" had nothing whatsoever to do with clearing trees or brush from land, as the name would initially suggest. Many settlers that came to Texas had waited for years to get their land grants in Austin's Colony. By the time the Empresario (Austin) had the deed papers ready, the settlers were often out of cash money when it came time to pay the costs and fees described above. Enterprising businessmen with ready cash would offer to pay these closing costs on behalf of the settlers in return for a portion of the league of land the settler was to receive. Typically the person "clearing land on the halves" got, as the name suggests, half of the settler's league of land.<br />
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The practice was a win-win-win situation. The Empresario and the Mexican government won because they got all their costs and fees paid. The settler won because he received clear title to his league of land without paying any money out of his own pocket. And the business man "clearing on the halves" immediately got half of the league of land the settler received (about 2,214 acres) for an investment of about $125.00 (or just over 5 and a half cents per acre).<br />
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For instance, in the example in the section above, Thomas Taylor paid Owen Shannon's costs and fees on his behalf. In return for paying these expenses on behalf of Owen Shannon, Owen Shannon deeded half of his league to Thomas Taylor. This practice was known as <b>"clearing on the halves."</b><br />
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<br />K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-35334133795909173532015-12-14T11:01:00.001-06:002015-12-14T11:01:16.067-06:00Montgomery County History Road Rally. Historic Willis and Danville, Texas, January 23, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Montgomery County Historical Commission will be holding its 3rd annual History Road Rally on Saturday, January 23, 2016. Each year the Montgomery County Historical Commission picks a different part of historic Montgomery County, Texas to make the focus of the History Road Rally. Two years ago, the History Road Rally focused on Montgomery, Texas and the historic sites around Montgomery. Last year, the History Road Rally focused on Conroe, Texas and the historic sites around Conroe. This years History Road Rally will focus on historic sites in and around Willis, Texas and Danville, Texas.<br />
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There will be trophies and prizes for the winning teams. Teams of 2-5 participants per vehicle will be given clues to historic sites such as cemeteries, historic homes and churches, 1936 Centennial markers, Texas State Historical markers, etc. Those wishing to participate in the History Road Rally will meet at the North Montgomery County Community Center located at 600 Gerald at Lincoln Ridge in Willis, Texas beginning at noon. The Rally will be held rain or shine. Check-in is from Noon-1:00 p.m. Road rally will start at 1:30 p.m. Each team will follow the clues given at the beginning of the rally. Historical sites will be located by the teams and photographs of team members will be taken in front of the historic sites, markers etc. So be sure and bring your cell phones and make sure your batteries are charged. Each team will have two hours to complete the History Road Rally. There will be free meals and team recognition beginning at 4:00 p.m. including trophies and prizes.<br />
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There is a pre-registration fee of $30 per vehicle and the registration fee will be $40 on the day of the event. This event is sponsored by Gullo Ford of Conroe, Gullo Mazda of Conroe and Gullo Toyota of Conroe. For more information or to register, call 936-525-7311 or 936-537-9070.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-2430880140655321942015-12-12T12:55:00.002-06:002015-12-12T13:53:56.671-06:00Descendants of the Signers Sought by Genealogical Consultant, Shelby Rowan, for Texas 180th Celebration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Are you a descendant of a Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence (one of the 59 delegates or the secretary of the Convention)? The Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico was signed beginning on March 2, 1836. The Star of the Republic Museum located at Washington on the Brazos State Park maintains a Registry of the Descendants of the Signers who have proven their descent genealogically. Have you wanted to be a member listed on the Registry of Descendants of the Signers? Do you need a little help with your application? Then read on.<br />
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In 2011, the Star of the Republic Museum celebrated the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and over 1500 descendants were in attendance. That number was largely due to the research done by many volunteer genealogists who compiled family trees of the 60 signers and located a significant number of living descendants who were subsequently invited to the 2011 celebration. 2016 will mark the 180th anniversary and there is currently an effort being made to locate the many additional living descendants. New research has shown that there are hundreds, perhaps as many as a thousand, living descendants of the Signers still unidentified. <br />
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To learn more about the Star of the Republic Museum and the Signers Project, you can go to the Museum's website (<a href="http://www.starmuseum.org/">www.starmuseum.org</a>), visit the museum at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park just outside Navasota, Texas, or call the Star of the Republic Museum (936-878-2461), and talk to Dr. Shawn Carlson, Curator, (ext. 214), or Dr. Houston McGaugh, Director, (ext.238). On the Star of the Republic Museum website, you will find family trees of all the signers (the 59 delegates and the secretary, Henry Kimble), and information about the project and about the Descendants Registry project.<br />
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For help with your application for the Descendants Registry, Shelby Rowan, Genealogical Consultant for the Museum, can also help. It is her objective to review all current family trees and then see where descendants of the signers, dead or living are missing. If you are a descendant of one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and you have not previously been identified, Shelby Rowan is looking for you. There is still a lot of work to do. Although most of the family trees of each of the signers have most of their children in the second generation identified and listed, Shelby Rowan has discovered several instances where any number of grandchildren or great-grandchildren are missing and thus long lines of living descendants are yet to be located. You are encouraged to contact Shelby Rowan and forward this to your cousins because Miss Rowan needs your help in finding those missing living descendants. You need to know that NO INFORMATION ABOUT LIVING PEOPLE is put on the website and the Museum does not share any of the information about living people with anyone!! Occasionally people will contact Miss Rowan looking for cousins and she will only share contact information if she is given permission. The best plan is be at the 180th celebration in 2016 and meet those cousins who descend from your signer ancestor personally!<br />
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March 5th and 6th have been selected as the dates for the 2016 Texas Independence celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos as well as the Descendants of the Signers activities. Information will be online and sent to the Descendants of the Signers beginning sometime in the fall of 2015. There will be a variety of activities on both Saturday and Sunday followed by a roll call of all the families on Sunday, the 6th. Feel free to contact Shelby Rowan by phone, email or snail mail with any questions OR with additional names for her to add to her files. Remember, if the Star of the Republic Museum does not have your information (correct address and correct email) you will not receive formal invitations to the activities. Whether they have your contact information or not, be sure and come up to Washington-on-the-Brazos March 5-6, 2016 for all the fun and to celebrate what your ancestor did "Where Texas Became Texas."<br />
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Contact:<br />
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Shelby Rowan, Genealogical Consultant for the Star of the Republic Museum<br />
2300 Avon Street, Bryan, Texas 77802<br />
979-822-2769<br />
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For more information about the Descendants of the Signers activities for the 180th celebration, visit: <a href="http://wheretexasbecametexas.org/">wheretexasbecametexas.org</a> or call 936-878-2214.<br />
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Photograph of Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick speaking at 2015 Texas Independence Day celebrations at Washington-on-the-Brazos with the Descendants of the Signers flag in the background is courtesy of Jennifer Searle.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-49131713046240296382015-08-13T13:25:00.000-05:002015-08-13T13:25:44.119-05:00Fifth Annual Houston History Conference - “On the Cusp of War: Houston in the 1860s”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The
Houston History Alliance is hosting its fifth annual Houston History Conference
on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the M.D. Anderson Library at the University
of Houston, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.<br />
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Titled “On the Cusp of War:
Houston in the 1860s,” the conference will address not only the social,
institutional and economic changes in the Houston area as a result of the Civil
War, but also address historical movements since the 1860 through presentations
and discussions with Houston leadership, scholars, academics and the public.
The format includes keynote speakers, breakout sessions with the choice of two
or more panel presentations per session, and exhibits/interactive displays from
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At the conference, former
Mayor Bill White will present two special awards to living history legends J.P.
Bryan (Houston History Hero Award) and John Britt (Betty Trapp Chapman Houston
History Award), in appreciation of their tireless work in the field of history.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Juneteenth </i>– former Texas legislator Albert "Al"
Edwards—author and sponsor of House bill making June 19th a paid holiday in
Texas; Alvia Wardlaw, Ph.D., Texas Southern University; Merline Pitre, Ph.D.,
Texas Southern University; Naomi Carrier, Independent Scholar; Portia Baker
Hopkins, Lee College<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Worrying Women, Working
Women: Houston Area Women during Civil War and Reconstruction - </i>Angela Boswell, Henderson State University<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>The Slaves of Houston from
Steamboat Arrival to Emancipation - </i>Kelly
M. Ray, Chicago, Museum Curator and Independent Scholar<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Civil War on the Upper
Gulf Coast - </i>Ken Grubb, Battle of
Galveston, Wharton County College; Brady Hutchinson, Sabine Pass, San Jacinto
College<o:p></o:p></div>
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University <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Antebellum Wilderness: The
Natural History of the Houston Area</i> -
Jaime Gonzalez, Independent Scholar<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>The Changing Images of
Houston, 1860-1900 </i>- Ann Becker, Harris
County Historical Commission.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Community</i> - Debbie Z. Harwell, managing
editor<o:p></o:p></div>
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the Election of 1960</i> - John S. Huntington,
University of Houston<o:p></o:p></div>
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Houston, Texas, 1960-1</i>969 - Stephanie
Weiss, University of Houston<o:p></o:p></div>
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1975-1995</i> - Chris Haight, University of
Houston <o:p></o:p></div>
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Travel For Chan</i>ge - Michael Mitchell,
College Library Director, Houston Community College Southeast<o:p></o:p></div>
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National Treasure</i> - Debra Winegarten,
independent scholar and author of “Oveta Culp Hobby: Colonel, Cabinet Member,
Philanthropist”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Houston during the 1960s</i> - Wesley G.
Phelps, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Sam Houston State University<o:p></o:p></div>
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Weller, Ph.D. San Jacinto College<o:p></o:p></div>
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Latina/o, and Anglo Baptists in Houston’s Civil Rights Movements</i> - David Cameron, Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sponsorships
are welcome; all sponsors will be invited to attend a private cocktail
reception and tour of the Nau Civil War Collection on Friday, September 11,
2015 Hosted by Bobbie and John Nau and Silver Eagle Distributors, the event
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conference include Ralph and Miki Lusk Norton, Jan and Jack Cato, Bill Barnett,
Betty Trapp Chapman, The Strake Foundation, Humanities Texas, University of
Houston-Center for Public History, Summerlee
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“It has been an extremely successful year for Houston
History Alliance as it becomes a model for preserving and disseminating local
history for the rest of the state,” says Cecelia Ottenweller, Co-President,
HHA. “Besides this incredible annual history conference which is also the
launching place for articles and scholarly papers about Houston’s history, HHA
is dissipating history through a monthly local history radio program, a
bimonthly newsletter and—soon—its Handbook of Houston History project that will
be available online. HHA also recently finalized partnerships with TSHA for the
funding of an editor position to direct the Handbook project, and an
affiliation with the Center for Public History at the University of Houston to
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The cost of the conference is $50 per person before
September 11; $40 for seniors, for those presenting in the breakout sessions,
and for representatives of exhibiting organizations; and $25 for teachers not
covered by scholarships from their respected school systems. If space allows,
on-site registration will be available for $60 per person. All tickets include
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register or inquire about exhibition opportunities, visit
www.houstonhistoryalliance.org, email info@houstonhistoryalliance.org or call
713-828-3030. </span>K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-19556840752851059602015-07-12T17:57:00.000-05:002015-07-12T18:12:17.934-05:00Sad Day For Texas - Editorial by Margo I. Green - Removal of Daughters of the Republic of Texas as Alamo Custodians<div class="MsoNormal">
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Friday, July 10, 2015 was a “Sad Day for Texas” with the
removal of the Daughters of <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">the Republic of Texas” as </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">custodians of the “Alamo”. My husband, Tom Green, member of the Sons of the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Republic of Texas; Knight of San Jacinto; Texas Army; Texas Navy Admiral and </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">past State President of the Sons of the American Revolution, and I participated </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">in the final hour of the Daughters of the Republic (DRT) custodianship of the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Alamo. </span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Catholic Church sold the “Alamo” chapel (only) to the State of Texas in 1883. In 1892, a portion of the land surrounding the “Alamo” chapel was saved from becoming a hotel when DRT members Adina de Zavala and Clara Driscoll raised the money to purchase what was left of the “Alamo” battle field from Charles Hugo and Gustav Schmeltzer, merchants. In September, 1905 the State of Texas drafted a bill, sponsored by Adina De Zavala, reimbursing Clara Driscoll for the purchase of the Alamo grounds. Ownership of the surrounding “Alamo” grounds was transferred to the state at that time. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1905 the state of Texas awarded The DRT with the custodianship of the “Alamo” chapel and remaining grounds The DRT would lovingly hold the custodianship of the Shrine of Texas Liberty and honored their commitment for 110 years with little or no state financial support. The DRT has supported the “Alamo”
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, The Congress of the state of Texas voted to remove the DRT as custodians of the “Alamo”. The “Alamo” is now placed under authority of the Texas Land Commissioner, George P. Bush. It is indeed a “SAD DAY FOR TEXAS” when the Daughters of the Republic of Texas have been basically kicked out of the “Alamo”. Saving the “Alamo” was a masterful fete in the first place and continued care by mostly their own expense has now disrespectfully been discounted by the state. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Many reasons can be cited on both sides, (political, personal vendetta's, private business investments, and differences of opinions on how the “Alamo” should be run) for the termination of the involvement of the DRT. However, I do believe that a compromise could have been reach between the state of Texas and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to allow the DRT to have an honorary role in daily operations of “The Shrine of Texas Liberty” after the DRT’S 110 years of dedicated care and service. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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lowered at 5PM Friday, July, 2015 as the bagpipes played the “Yellow Rose of Texas” followed by a salute by the Texas Army to the Daughter followed by the singing of “Texas Our Texas”. </span><b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> A “Sad Day for Texas”, indeed!</span></b><o:p></o:p><br />
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Save the date this fall, October 17, 2015 for the 2015 Texian Heritage Festival in historic Montgomery, Texas from 10:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. Put on your cowboy hat and have fun capturing a glimpse of the living history of Texas and supporting several excellent charities while you do it. <br />
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There will be fun for everyone!: Pioneer Activities, Frontier Children Activities, Civil War Era Fashions, Chikawa Aztec Dancers, Gunslingers and Shoot-outs, Vendors with Texas Cultural Products, Dutch Oven Cooking, Texian Heritage Army (1835-1836) Tent Encampment, Texas Independence Battle Reenactments, Cannon Barrages, Music of the 1800's, AND a whole lot more! The Texian Heritage Festival will be held at Fernalnd Historical Park, 708 Clepper, Montgomery, Texas. Adult Donation are $5.00. Children are Free! Parking is Free! For more information about the 2015 Texian Heritage Festival, go to the website at: <a href="http://texianheritage.org/">TexianHeritage.org</a><br />
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The Board of Directors of this year's Texian Heritage Festival are: Margie Taylor, President; Bea Rouse, Vice President; Annmari Cooper, Billy Ray Duncan, Bella Dall Flynn, Jack Flynn, Barbara Frazier and Jeredith Jones. If you would like to be a <b>preferred sponsor</b> of this great event, contact the Texian Heritage Festival Board or President Margie Taylor at 936-828-6881 or email: margie@taylorizedpr.comK K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-57406220464008544752015-07-07T12:43:00.001-05:002015-07-07T12:44:47.469-05:00The Save Texas History Symposium - November 14, 2015 - In the Shadow of the Dome: Austin by Day & by Night<br />
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On November 14, 2015, the 6th Annual Save Texas History Symposium will be held at the William B. Travis Building, 1701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year's speakers will include Lt. Doug Dukes (APD, Ret.), Dr. David Gracy, James L. Haley, Ali James, Jeff Kerr, Dr. Andres Tijerina, Juanita Tijerina and Richard Zelade. There will be book signings, archive tours, vendors and exhibitors. The Save Texas History Symposium is a project of the Texas General Land Office. If you have been before, you will want to go again. If you have never been, save the date.<br />
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Returning to Austin for its sixth year, the symposium will look at the capital of Texas, Austin. The symposium will feature eight speakers, including, James L. Haley, who will recount tales from the Texas Supreme Court; Ali James has details on the destruction and and construction of the State Capitol; Jeff Kerr will discuss the Pig War; Richard Zelade , will discuss his book, <i>Guy Town by Gaslight</i>; Retired Lieutenant from the Austin Police Force, Doug Dukes, brings his expertise to the story of the <i>Servant Girl Annihilator</i>; Dr. David Gracy will discuss cattle baron and Driskill Hotel founder George W. Littlefield; and Dr. Andres Tijerina, and his wife Juanita Tijerina, will talk about the <i>Slave Narratives of Austin, Texas</i>.. <br />
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Space is limited. Register Today! For more information see <a href="http://savetexashistory.org/">savetexashistory.org</a> or call 512-463-3289.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-178934695037560852015-04-25T15:45:00.000-05:002015-07-07T13:15:09.306-05:00Texas Rising Trailer - Travis Letter "Victory or Death"The mini-series <em>Texas Rising</em> starring Bill Paxton as General Sam Houston is about to premier on the History Channel on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015. If you have not seen the trailer yet, please click on the image below for one of the most artistically unique readings of the famous William Barret Travis "Victory or Death" letter you will ever see.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXVyPBwC7rY"></a><br />
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The William B. Travis letter is read by various actors of the series line by line with Sam Houston reading the final line - "Victory or Death."
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Commandancy of the The Alamo<br />
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To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World—<br />
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Fellow Citizens & compatriots—<br />
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I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna — I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man — The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken — I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls — I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch — The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country — Victory or Death.<br />
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P. S. The Lord is on our side — When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn — We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.
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Bill Paxton as Sam Houston<br />
Olivier Martinez as Santa Anna<br />
Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Emily West<br />
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Deaf Smith<br />
Christopher McDonald as Henry Karnes<br />
Brendan Fraser as Billy Anderson<br />
Trevor Donovan as Kit Acklin<br />
Stephen Monroe Taylor as Gator Davis<br />
Gerardo Taracena as Manuel Flores<br />
Joe Egender as Bean Wilkins<br />
Rhys Coiro as Vern Elwood<br />
Jeremy Davies as Ephraim Knowles<br />
Ray Liotta as Lorca<br />
Antonio De La Vega as Almonte<br />
Harold Torres as Portilla<br />
Geoffrey Blake as George Hockley<br />
Raúl Méndez as Juan Seguin<br />
Jeff Fahey as Thomas Rusk<br />
Johnathon Schaech as Colonel Sherman<br />
Chad Michael Murray as Mirabeau Lamar<br />
Crispin Glover as Mosely Baker<br />
Max Thieriot as Jack Hays<br />
Robert Baker as Bigfoot Wallace<br />
Darrel Fetty as Doc Ewing<br />
Vico Escorcia as Sarah Ewing<br />
Molly McMichael as Rebecca Pit<br />
Adam Hicks as Truett Fincham<br />
Dillon Lane as Yancey Burns<br />
Jacob Lofland as Colby Pitt<br />
Sarah Jones as Pauline Wykoff<br />
Mayra Sérbulo as Guadalupe<br />
Amen Igbinosun as Nate<br />
Robert Knepper as Empresario Buckley<br />
Nigal Haaswijk as Clarance<br />
Miguel Angel Fuentes as Romolo<br />
Horacio García Rojas as Buffalo Hump<br />
John Elvis as Yellow Knife<br />
Courtney Gains as Cole Hornfischer<br />
Rob Morrow as Colonel Fannin<br />
Jake Busey as Samuel Wallace<br />
Thomas Jane as James Wykoff<br />
Kris Kristofferson as Andrew Jackson<br />
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The Annual State Convention of the Sons of the Repubic of Texas is Friday afernoon through Saturday evening, April 10-11, 2015 at the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel, 1701 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817-335-7000). For hotel information contact: <a href="http://hotelbargain.org/hotel/268769?s1=goog&s2=BP-SI-B&s3=hotel&th=main&kw=Sheraton+Fort+Worth">Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel</a>. The Conference is Friday afternoon, 4:30 - 6:00 PM and on Saturday, 8:30 AM - 9:00 PM. Registration to attend should be received by the SRT State Office by March 18, which is not far off. For more information contact: The Sons of the Republic of Texas at <a href="http://www.srttexas.org/">http://www.srttexas.org</a>. Click here for additonal <a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe24a1_3d77afabcc29407fb24112132c45021a.pdf">registration fees and details</a>.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32197240.post-32929374864480537802015-03-16T10:18:00.000-05:002015-03-16T10:33:22.567-05:00James Bevill at Heritage Society Tea Room March 19, 2015 <br />
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Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series presents How to Spend Your Way Out of a Debt Crisis: Lessons from the Republic of Texas by James P. Bevill Thursday, March 19, 2015 The Heritage Society Tea Room 12–1 p.m. Free for members, $5 for non-members Award-winning author James P. Bevill pulls no punches in this enlightening presentation about the role that money and finances played in the founding of and the ultimate loss of sovereignty by the Republic of Texas. The story covers handwritten promises, treasury warrants, audited paper, stock, debt instruments and all issues of Republic of Texas paper money. An overview of how these fit together will tell an uncensored history of Texas which describes a government on the brink of both military and financial extinction. The surprising and sometimes shocking revelations about the Republic of Texas' finances and the consequences for Texas' brief independence will forever change the listener's view of the revolution and its aftermath. Jim Bevill has spent his career in the financial services industry since graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1983. He is a Senior Vice President – Wealth Management in the River Oaks office of UBS Financial Services. He is the author of The Paper Republic: The Struggle for Money, Credit and Independence in the Republic of Texas, a non-fiction work on the social and economic history of Texas from the colonial period through the annexation by the United States in 1845. If you would like to reserve a box lunch for this lecture, please contact Elizabeth Martin at emartin@heritagesociety.org or 713|655|1912, ext. 101 by 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series is made possible by the generosity of the Jerry and Nanette Finger Foundation & the Marvy Finger Family Foundation. The Heritage Society is funded in part by a grant from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.K K Searlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147876728957604345noreply@blogger.com0