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texas history: Make Texas History Come Alive
- 03/06/14 01:29 AM
You can make Texas History Come Alive by becoming a member of the Texas State Historical Association. This is a great association decitated to keeping Texas History in the forfront of interestied Texas History generations; if not each generation would need to start over. It srives to research, document and preserve the dynamic history of the Lone Star State.The most notiable projects include the following: The Handbook of Texas Online provides more than 26,000 authoritavite entries on Texas. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly serves as a trusted source for writers and scholars of Texas history. The Texas Almanac, is a comprehensive resource
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texas history: History Murals of Kerr County Texas III
- 04/06/11 02:16 PM
This is number three in a series of Murals depicting the history of Kerr County Texas. The murals were painted on the back wall of Tom Moore Lumber Company in Ingram Texas. They are located at the intersection of Hwy. 27 and Hwy39. and can be viewed or photographed from the property. Painted by Patrick Westphal over about two years.
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texas history: History Murals of Kerr County Texas II
- 04/02/11 04:45 PM
This is the second in a series of murals depicting the history of Kerr County Texas. These murals are located on the back of the Tom Moore Lumber Yard in Ingram Texas. Located at the intersection of highways 27 and 39 in Ingram. The first one pictured here gives information on the many mills located along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County. The signs explain the photo subjects.
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texas history: History Murals of Kerr County Texas
- 03/31/11 02:26 PM
The history of Kerr County depicted by murals as they were painted on the back of Tom Moore Lumber Company in Ingram Texas. I think that all of the murals were painted by Westphal over a period of about two years. The first mural depicting Joshua Brown and his cedar shingle business that he started along the banks of the Guadalupe River in what is now downtown Kerrville Texas. The information inserts give the information on each mural. There are fifteen murals in all and can be viewed as you drive down Hwy 39 in Ingram. I will post five of the murals
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texas history: CHARLES A. LINDBERGH IN TEXAS
- 09/26/10 03:23 PM
For all of you history buffs that did not know that Charles A. Lindbergh was one of the early aviation pioneers in Texas and made a lasting impression on the state, here is the story. First of all let me tell you about the little town in Texas where he spent some time in 1924. Camp Wood Texas is located in the far west part of the Texas Hill Country in Real County. This area is one of the most scenic area of Texas with very high hills and many clear spring fed rivers and streams. There are only about 850 plus
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texas history: St STANISLAUS 2nd OLDEST POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA
- 07/15/10 10:19 AM
St Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bandera Texas the 2nd oldest Polish Catholic church in America. Founded in 1855 by Polish immigrants that settled in Bandera County Texas. They built the convent and school in 1874 and later built a new building. This building has had an on-going rehab program for the past few years. The church is located at 300 south 7th Street in Bandera and as in most cases the cemetery is also located on the church grounds. The interior is in the final stages of repainting the scenes depicted on the walls and ceiling. The Polish priest from Poland is doing the
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texas history: Treue der Union (Loyal to the Union) Monument Comfort Texas
- 07/12/10 09:24 AM
Comfort Texas was first settled by German immigrants in 1854 and they were very loyal to their new country and it's commitment to democracy and freedom of religion in the new country. When the Civil War broke out and Texas decided to secede from the Union the German immigrants were strongly against war with the Union. First they were against slavery because they came to America to escape any form of slavery. To make matters worse because the Germans openly backed the Union government an act that was considered treasonous by the Confederacy and a threat to their government. Martial Law was
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texas history: FAMOUS TEXAS RANCHES-NUMBER TWO IN A SERIES
- 05/17/10 04:00 PM
Talk about feeling very small, while studing the history of this Famous Texas Ranch it made me understand that I do not have the knowledge as a writer or student to do justice to this great historical family treasure. The KING RANCH is larger than life, you just need to read the online information and story of this fantastic family operation as a ranch and business to even gert a glimpse of what it has meant to the State of Texas I, am only going to cover a few details of the story because if I did try to cover the complete history from the very
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texas history: FAMOUS TEXAS RANCHES, NUMBER ONE
- 05/16/10 02:45 PM
When I thought about writing on some of the famous Texas Ranches I wanted to start with the YO Ranch that covered parts of several counties in the area where I live, Kerr County. However it is not the largest in Texas by any means being only 600,000 thousand acres but very famous at least in Texas. I am going to write about The YO later because I wanted to start with the largest ranch that being The XIT Ranch. Some of the history of The XIT Ranch which was the largest ranch in the world under fence and in 1880 it consisted of
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texas history: CAMP VERDE CAMEL ARMY POST
- 03/15/10 02:04 PM
Strange as it may seem the U.S. Army had a camel mounted military post in the hill country of Texas. It was so called the camel experiment to see if camels could be used to transport supplies and for other purposes. In 1854 Jefferson Davis, who later became president of Confederate States, ask congress for $ 30,000.00 for the Army to experiment with using camels as a means to transport supplies and personal. President Pierce gave his support for the experiment and a bill was passed in 1855 with the first camels arriving on a Navy supply ship from Egypt. There were thirty three camels
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texas history: TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY MARCH 2, 1836
- 03/02/10 04:14 AM
I can not believe that there are no post about this very important day in Texas History. Have we forgot where we came from and how we got here, in Texas that is. There was a time not too many years ago when this day was a day of celebration with banks and local state and county operations closed to honor this day in history. On this date March 1, 1836 59 delegates voted to adopt the Texas Declaration of Independence as written by a committee of five appointed men. There was a short review on March 2nd and all 59
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texas history: More of Historic Castroville Texas Homes
- 09/17/08 02:27 PM
Back again with some more pictures of historic homes in Castroville, Texas. I wish that I could show all of the historic homes in one blog and give the history of each but there is not enough room tdo so. However here are some more pictures with names and dates of construction. Move pointer across picture for description and age.
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texas history: CASTROVILLE HISTORIC HOMES
- 09/15/08 04:12 PM
There is so much history and so many historic homes in Castroville it is hard to choose your favorite one. These pictures are of The Tarde Hotel built in 1852 by Victor and Clarissa Tarde, natives of Calais, France. In his book, "A Journey Through Texas" Fredick Law Olmstead wrote of his arrival at Castroville in 1853: Upon the banks of the Medina River stands Castroville, a village containing a colony of Alsatians, who proudly call themselves Germans, but who speak French or a mixture of French and German. There were many famous clients that stayed at this hotel, Robert E. Lee, Ronald S.
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texas history: HISTORIC CASTROVILLE, TEXAS
- 09/14/08 03:18 PM
Historic Castroville Texas a real gem right here in the edge of The Hill Country. Located only 22 miles from San Antonio on Highway 90 West. This little town will just make you fall in love again with the old homes and business buildings that have been preserved. Because the preservation of these buildings has been a love work for so many years it has not been a great restoration program. The buildings appear as they did back in the 1800's and the turn of that century. I do not know for sure how many of the old homes there are
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