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TEXAS
HISTORY*The
People, Incidents, Places and Things
that made and make Texas Interesting
Illustrated with vintage and contemporary photos | |
*"Civilization
is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people
killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while
on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs,
write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story
of what happened on the banks." - Will Durant
Texas Escapes is a living history being written by those who want to
celebrate their ancestors, state, towns and their love of place. Based on the
quote above, we would prefer to title this category "Texas Civilization"
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Combat
Over Texas by Dan
Heaton 6-8-12
No
listing of the key locations in the early days of flight – particularly the development
of military air power – would be complete without a reference to the southern
Texas city of Brownsville. It was from there that America’s first combat mission
was flown, way back in 1915.
Aviation pioneers Byron Q. Jones & Thomas D.
Milling |
| Massacre
at Goliad: A Texas Tragedy by Jeffery Robenalt 3-1-12
The massacre at Goliad
branded Santa Anna as an inhuman despot and the Mexican people, whether deserved
or not, with a reputation for cruelty. As a result of the needless slaughter,
a burning desire for revenge arose among the people of Texas, and Americans became
firmly united behind the Texas cause of independence. |
| The
Battle of the Alamo by Jeffery Robenalt
1-27-12
After
the defeat of General Cos at the siege of San Antonio, Texans thought their independence
was won. They failed to understand that General Santa Anna was enraged over the
disturbances at Anahuac and Cos's surrender. The dictator would never rest until
his soldiers either killed every Anglo-American and Tejano rebel who openly defied
his rule or drove them across the Sabine River and out of Texas for good. |
History
Columns by Texas Historians and Columnists
"A
Glimpse of Texas Past" (Monthly) by Jeffery Robenalt
Events And
People That Made Texas"Bob
Bowman's East Texas" (Weekly) by Bob Bowman
Texas history column
syndicated in over 70 Texas newspapers.
"All Things Historical" by Bob Bowman and Archie McDonald, PhD
Texas history column syndicated in over 70 Texas newspapers.
On people, places,
things, history, politics, war camps, folklore, music, industry, disasters, outlaws
...."Texas
Tales" (Weekly) by Mike Cox
History column appearing in 7 Texas
newspapers "Cannonball's
Tales" by W T Block Jr.
SE Texas and SW Louisiana history"Letters
from Central Texas" (Monthly) by Clay Coppedge
Published in Temple
Telegram "Lonestar
Diary" by Murray Montgomery
History column appearing in 5 Texas
newspapers"Charley
Eckhardt's Texas" by C. F. Eckhardt
Texas History & Folklore"Somewhere
in the West" by Linda Kirkpatrick
"Maggie
Van Ostrand's Texas" by Maggie Van Ostrand
Texas legends |
The
San Antonio Council House Fight
by Jeffery Robenalt 12-13-10
In
March of 1840, a meeting took place in old San Antonio between representatives
of the government of the Republic of Texas and the Penateka Comanches to discuss
terms of a peace treaty. The disastrous results of this meeting would soon lead
to the Great Comanche Raid of 1840 and the Battle of Plum Creek. The
Battle of San Jacinto April 21, 1836
by Murray Montgomery Eyewitness
to the Battle of the Alamo
by Murray Montgomery
An Unidentified Mexican Soldier's Personal Account of
the Historic StruggleFlash
by Mike Cox 4-15-09
Texans remember the Alamo, the Goliad massacre and Sam
Houston’s decisive victory at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, but some aspects
of Texas’ struggle for independence from Mexico have fallen through the figurative
cracks in the floor of history’s log cabin. The Flash is a good example... The
Galveston Storm
by Archie P. McDonald, PhD POW’s
in East Texas
by Bob Bowman
Texas
Cherokees by Clay
CoppedgeIndian
Emily by Mike
CoxKatie
Elder: Her True Story
by Maggie Van OstrandFannie
Potter of San Antonio
by Maggie Van Ostrand Lottie
Deno: Queen of the Paste Board Flippers
by Maggie Van OstrandConflict
on the Frio by
Linda Kirkpatrick
The McLaurin MassacreRe-examining
the Mexican War
by C.F. Eckhardt
If you believe the ‘politically correct historians’ and the
novelists who follow their lead, the mighty Norteños attacked poor, defenseless
Mexico and raped her of her northern territories. Frankly, that’s a myth, and
a simple examination of the various strengths, both military and political, of
the two countries will expose that myth. It is, however, considered ‘politically
incorrect’ to compare those strengths. Since I make a point of being ‘politically
incorrect,’ I have no hesitation in doing this. San
Antonio's Blue Book
by C.F. Eckhardt
'The Blue Book.' Those three words stir up quite an image
among those who delve into the more esoteric history of 19th and early 20th Century
America. 'The Blue Book' is the legendary directory of a city's 'red light' district....
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| Ghost
Counties of Texas Vintage maps courtesy TGLO 7-2-10
Buchel
and Foley Counties, Greer County, Wegefarth County, Encinal County, Perdido County,
Worth County, and the First Dawson County |
History
of Texas Buildings
Texas
Courthouses -
Vacant, Restored, or infested with lawyersTexas
Architecture
- Stories and images of jails, churches, bridges, theatres, libraries, depots,
ice houses, lodges, feed stores and more.Rooms
with a Past
- History and images of Texas hotels built before 1950 | |
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