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A Texas Past Revisited

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Author : B. Bryce Davis
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris
Release Date : 2006-03

A Texas Past Revisited written by B. Bryce Davis and has been published by Xlibris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03 with Texas categories.

A TEXAS PAST REVISITED IN SEARCH OF TEXANA BELLE contains twenty five chapters separated into four sub divisions: (1) The Dawning of Texas (2) The Branding of Texicans, (3) Where Are You Texana?, and ( 4) Battle or Massacre? This division was necessary in order to guide the reader to an understanding of one Tall Texas Tale and its truthfulness. If you are a history buff, as I am, you will enjoy section one. Here I review the emerging of the only State of these United States once existing as an independent nation. An attempt is made to make Texas history entertaining, long enough to cover essentials, but brief enough to retain interest. Texas history is a bloody struggle from inception. Mexican armies, Indians, new settlers, and outlaws were competing to stay alive in a hostile, environmentally unfriendly, wilderness expanse. Many families traveling to Texas, in the hope of new beginnings, reaped only disaster. Here I write of one such family who experienced this altered expectancy. I proudly lived with, and related this family story on many occasions before realizing it could be an untruth, a myth, or just another Tall Texas Tale. Have I been a liar all these years? This epistle invites you along on my search for historical truth. The second division of my book could best be labeled, Formation of the Texas Personality. Have you from other states ever queried why Texicans are always talking, even bragging, about Texas? Moreover, do you Texans truly understand your own braggadocio tendencies? These important issues are answered in this section, along with a little bragging, storytelling, and Texas humor all my own. In segment three we get down to the serious business of researching my family saga. You will learn, and I do apologize, how not to do a genealogical study. I take you with me on a trip through several parts of colorful Texas. You will tag along as I struggle with two- and three-hundred-year-old records, books, and genealogical notes. You will also meet some very helpful librarians, genealogists, and other individuals. Elation and depression continually fight for control of my psyche as both disappointment and fantastic findings are dug from secluded hiding places. In section four, Battle or Massacre, I researched the career of Texas Ranger Captain John R. Waller. He played an important role in my family narrative and I needed to follow his career to ferret out information on Texana Belle. It was in this pursuit I discovered and questioned an important piece of Texas and Indian history. Looking at the writings of contemporary historians for understanding, I found misinformation, major discrepancies in reporting, and an interpretation of past history with present day ideologies. The event is too important to Texas history to ignore such variations. Thus, I open this phase of my book with a chapter titled History, True or False. My intentions are not to sway the reader's opinion but rather to present sufficient facts for a discerning individual to establish his own idea of truth. The citizens participating in the so-called "Massacre of Indians" on December 27, 1858, are finally given the opportunity to present their sworn statements. The author accomplishes this with a fictitious dramatization of a meeting between the accused and the angry, frightened citizens of a frontier community. I believe you will enjoy this unusual presentation of history. I conclude my tome with a summary of findings, a looking back at personal history, and conceding how I finally reached understanding of my resistant to accept societal change. B. Bryce Davis

Our Texas

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Author : Kari Cornell
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Release Date : 2004

Our Texas written by Kari Cornell and has been published by Voyageur Press (MN) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

Color photographs.

Yesterday Revisited

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Yesterday Revisited written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fannin County (Tex.) categories.

The Texas Courthouse Revisited

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Author : June Rayfield Welch
language : en
Publisher: Yellow Rose Press
Release Date : 1984

The Texas Courthouse Revisited written by June Rayfield Welch and has been published by Yellow Rose Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.

Texas

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Author : Jorge Luis Garcia Ruiz
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-04-26

Texas written by Jorge Luis Garcia Ruiz and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-26 with categories.

According to the official version, the name of the State of Texas comes from the word tasha, which in the Caddo indigenous language, spoken by the Indians of the Hasinai nation, means "friendship." This conclusion was reached by the American historian Herbert Eugene Bolton in 1907 based on the claim that, during the 1689 expedition led by Alonso de Leon, there was a meeting between Fray Damian Massanet and some Indians who said techas to them, as a sign of friendship. From the study of the bibliography, we find that in 1606 this territory was already called Tejas, fact that, by itself, invalidates the official version.Probably the name of the State of Texas has its origin in the word texa, or texo, as it was written in old Spanish. These were the names given to a very familiar, sacred tree in Spain. The Neches River was baptized at first with the name of River of the Texas because of the abundance of trees of this species that populated the river.

Texas The False Origin Of The Name

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Author : Jorge Luis Ruiz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-02-19

Texas The False Origin Of The Name written by Jorge Luis Ruiz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-19 with categories.

According to the official version, the name of the State of Texas comes from the word tasha, which in the Caddo indigenous language, spoken by the Indians of the Hasinai nation, means "friendship." This conclusion was reached by the American historian Herbert Eugene Bolton in 1907 based on the claim that, during the 1689 expedition led by Alonso de Leon, there was a meeting between Fray Damian Massanet and some Indians who said techas to them, as a sign of friendship. From the study of the bibliography, we find that in 1606 this territory was already called Tejas, fact that, by itself, invalidates the official version.Probably the name of the State of Texas has its origin in the word texa, or texo, as it was written in old Spanish. These were the names given to a very familiar, sacred tree in Spain. The Neches River was baptized at first with the name of River of the Texas because of the abundance of trees of this species that populated the river.

Llano Gem Of The Hill Country Revisited

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Author : Wilburn Oatman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Llano Gem Of The Hill Country Revisited written by Wilburn Oatman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.

The Texas Book

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Author : Richard A. Holland
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2006-11-01

The Texas Book written by Richard A. Holland and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-01 with History categories.

Provides personality profiles, historical essays, and first-person reminiscences of the history of the University of Texas. Topics include recurring attacks on the school by politicians and regents, the institution's history of segregation and struggles to become a diverse university, the sixties' protest movements, and the Tower sniper shooting.

Family History Revisited

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Author : Richard Wall
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2001

Family History Revisited written by Richard Wall and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Family & Relationships categories.

This collection of original essays by scholars on the historical study of the family from various parts of the world represent a new departure in this field. The essays cover a great variety of topics, and many countries are represented. The essays open up new debates and point to new directions in the field by examining dimensions of family relations that had not been sufficiently addressed in previous scholarship.

Sharpstown Revisited

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Author : Mickey Herskowitz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-01-01

Sharpstown Revisited written by Mickey Herskowitz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with History categories.

Describes the life and career of the Houston banker and real estate developer.