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Events · History
The Grass Fight – Texas HistoryToward the end of November 1835, it was reported to the Texans around San Antonio that a shipment of silver coming from Mexico. According to the report, the silver was being transported on a train of pack mules…
Events · History
The Battle of Gonzales – Come and Take it!The Battle of Gonzales was the first battle of the Texas Revolution and occurred on October 2, 1835. Leading up to the battle, tensions had been growing between the Texians and the Mexican government as Santa…
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Goliad Campaign of 1835The town of Goliad held a strategic position at the time of the Texas Revolution. It was located about 50 miles up the San Antonio River on a key route between San Antonio and the port of Copano on the Gulf…
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The Goliad Massacre – Texas HistoryAs part of the Mexican invasion of Texas in early 1836, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his main force of at least 5000 men followed an inland route toward San Antonio. At the same time, Mexican General Jose…
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The Battle of Galveston – Texas HistoryIn the fall of 1862, Union Commodore William B. Renshaw sailed into Galveston harbor and demanded the surrender of the island city by its occupants. With virtually no defense force, the Confederate commander on…
Books · History
The Last of the TroubadoursO. Henry is known for writing short stories with unexpected twists at the end. “The Last of the Troubadours” is no exception. Set in southwest Texas in the late nineteenth century, it may well have taken place…
Books · History
THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXASThe Trail Drivers of Texas is a collection of narrative sketches of early cowboys and their experiences in driving herds of cattle through the unfenced Texas prairies to northern markets. They are true…
Books · History
Guide to Life and Literature of the SouthwestJ. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) was already widely known as a Texas author and folklorist when he first published his Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest in 1943. The Guide evolved from notes Dobie had…
Events · History
Texas Secession Convention of 1861For many southerners, the election of Abraham Lincoln in the fall of 1860 was equivalent to a declaration of war on the South. A few, including Texas’ aging Governor Sam Houston, argued against secession. They…
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The Convention of 1836 – Texas HistoryFifty-four delegates of the Convention of 1836 began meeting on March 1st at the village of Washington-on-the-Brazos. Each of the settlements of Texas was represented by delegates elected one month earlier.…
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The Convention of 1833 – Texas HistoryAlmost before the Mexican authorities had a chance to reject the resolutions adopted by the Convention of 1832, a new convention was planned to meet again in San Felipe on April 1, 1833.
History · People
The Yellow Rose of Texas – The Legend, The Rose and the SongTexas history is full of legend and lore. One such tale is the “Yellow Rose of Texas” – a legend commemorated in song. But is there such a rose? And if there is, which rose is it?