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Nacogdoches
History - Featured Articles
- SFASU
by Archie P. McDonald
"Twenty-three Reasons Why The Stephen F. Austin State Normal
Ought to be Located at Nacogdoches."
- Chief
Executives by Archie P. McDonald
"East Texas has produced its share of prominent personages
in entertainment, business, medicine, and other professions but
prominent political figures have tended to call other sections
of the state their home, especially in the last half century.
It started out differently."
- WACs
by Archie P. McDonald
Women's Army Corps "saved Stephen F. Austin State College."
- The
Arthur Temple School of Forestry by Archie P. McDonald
- James
Harper Starr by Archie P. McDonald
- Albert
Thomas by Archie P. McDonald
One of the most famous photos ever made shows Lyndon B. Johnson
taking the oath as president aboard Air Force One shortly after
the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the photo,
a tall, trim man wearing a bow tie bends in to get a better view
of President Johnson and Justice Sarah Hughes, who administered
the oath. That man was Albert Thomas, who represented the Eighth
Congressional District—essentially, Harris County and Houston—in
Congress for fifteen terms.
Thomas was born in Nacogdoches on April 12, 1898....
- The
Millard Sorghum Silo of Nacogdoches by Robert Rand Russell
That old red brick silo, sound and plumb as it was in 1915 due
to the Old World craftsmanship of John "Dutch" Heaberlin and the
enterprising Jesse Millard, Sr., prevails as a witness of East
Texas history and prosperity... Another landmark casting a shadow.
Now this one also shines with a story...
- Disturbance
of 1832 (the Battle of Nacogdoches) by Archie P. McDonald
- Antonio
Gil Y'Barbo: Latter-Day Moses by Archie P. McDonald
It is impossible to overstate the importance of Y'Barbo to the
founding of Nacogdoches. He built a "casa piedras," or Stone House,
on Plaza Principal, and a separate residence. The Stone House,
though always private property, became the seat of government
and town gathering. Y'Barbo "fathered" Nacogdoches.
- The
Old Stone Fort by Archie P. McDonald
Y'Barbo's Stone House hosted meetings of the Nacogdoches Committee
of Public Safety and the selection of representatives to the conventions
and the Consultation during the Texas Revolution and it witnessed
the Battle of Nacogdoches in 1832.
- Lyne
Taliaferro Barret by Archie P. McDonald
Few East Texans remember Lyne Taliaferro Barret, but they should:
Barret drilled the first oil well in Texas.
- William
Goyens by Archie P. McDonald
This is the story of a free black man who lived and thrived in
Nacogdoches during the days of slavery.
- The
Lone Star Brand by Archie P. McDonald
Many things in Texas -- especially East Texas -- began in Nacogdoches,
and Texas Farm Products, known for its familiar logo that features
a Lone Star within ring inside a triangle, is one of them.
- Stone
Fort Bank by Archie P. McDonald
The Stone Fort Bank of Nacogdoches won its charter on February
14, 1903, and 100 years later, is still a familiar landmark in
downtown Nacogdoches.
Nacogdoches
History
"Nacogdoches...
was named for the Nacogdoche Indians, a Caddo group. Archeological
research has established that mounds found in the area date from approximately
A.D. 1250, when the Indians built lodges along Lanana and Bonita creeks,
which converge just south of Nacogdoches and continue as a single
stream to the Angelina River. The mounds were found to contain human
bones and pottery." - See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/hdn1.html |
Nacogdoches
Texas Forum
Nacogdoches claims
to be the oldest town in Texas, using 1716 as the date. Now, the Dallas
Morning News Texas Almanac and the Univ Texas Handbook of Texas, on
line, say it t'aint so. They say Ysleta and Socorro of ElPaso were
est. ~ 1680-2, which is an earlier date even using public school math.
I suspect there's some 'school pride' in this Nacogdoches-ites claim,
but is there a real, non-tall-tale truth for claiming to be the oldest?
Or maybe Mr.
Bowman has this covered somewhere? - J R Overton, May 04, 2004
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