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... September 21, 1899, from Mrs. Anson Jones, first president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which... gives some eloquent details about the last president of the Republic. Historians, genealogists, writers... Southwestern Historical Quarterly members. Included in the publication is "A Message," dated... in that the information given has been documented in most instances from primary sources, and as genealogy it is valuable
... armed.10 On the march, new problems arose to impede Ford's progress: severe shortages of food... Federal offensive. Then he received ominous news from Louisiana that Banks with 27,ooo men and a powerful... in the Federal forces occupying the valley. On orders from Kirby Smith, he started what troops he had toward... from Louisiana: Richard Taylor's army including several Texas cavalry and infantry brigades had stopped.... At about the same time, in Arkansas, three Confederate cavalry divisions had overtaken and turned back
... has been signed by the plenipotentiaries of the two Governments and will be sent by the President... to abolish slavery there. Three days later, Tyler sent his message on annexation to the Senate... and with the message went the documents in which the name of Andrews had figured so conspicuously. As the British.... While he was still negotiating there, the Galveston Civilian fulminated about the "absurd" scheme... to the sleek, ... contented negroes." After his return, when Tyler had submitted his message to the United
... HOUSTON HAD ADVOCATED PEACEFUL RELATIONS with Mexico in his second presidential inaugural message... Texas and Mexico.' The greater part of the causes underlying these troubles naturally stemmed from... not been forgotten by Texans. An aggressive Mexican policy had been openly encouraged by President Mirabeau... for the second time." In the face of demands that the Santa Fe Expedition be avenged, President Houston stressed... (eds.), Writings of Sam Houston (8 vols.; Austin, 1938-1943), II, 391-394. See also Houston's message
... leading military expeditions against Mexico. Although President Houston had hoped for peace with Mexico... and Marine to work in the direction of Santa Fe. To aid his cause Warfield gathered men from Arkansas..., Warfield gathered twenty-one men and headed south where he was to join a larger group coming up from Texas... to serve in the expedition. While waiting for the group to come from the south, Warfield and his men... favored another expedition into Mexico to get revenge and to rescue the Mier group, but President Houston
... or contract for new space efforts at a rate of $1 Billion a year from this space center alone. The audience... interrupted him with a thundering applause; over the months the citizens there had heard about such figures..., but until then had not really thought about them in terms of what they meant for the Houston economy. "Outer... space is there," the president continued. "The moon and the planets beyond are there-new hopes... from the control station here in Houston, a giant rocket more than goo feet high-made of new alloys
... Stephen Pearl Andrews accompanying the president's message on annexation, would Pearl Andrews... from London, that the United States took official cognizance of the British "plot" and the Texas...: A private letter from a citizen of Maryland then in London contains the following passage: 'I learn from
... Message of the President Transmitted to Congress, December 7, xIg (Washington, D. C., 1918), 521-522..., Mexican officials tried to dissuade him from continuing his plotting by means of various emissaries to San..., October 19, 1911, ibid., 812.oo/2436. On orders from Governor Colquitt, the Ranger force had already been
... bankers association, sent the following message to Wooldridge on August 22, 1905. The other day after... leaving you to catch my train, I sent a telegram from Elgin through Col. Rivers, urging the Board... only held this position for about a year, when he decided to go to El Paso to spend some time with his... in El Paso, the elder Wooldridge received a letter from Austin advising him that his services... Benson, Austin). lolCertificate of appointment from S. W. Lanham to A. P. Wooldridge, January 8, 1906
... Relations of the United States with the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress, December... Numbers, A. B.: letter from, 346 Nunn, W. C.: book by, 328n, reviewed, 298-800; book reviewed..., 397n, excerpt from, noted, 448; reviewed, 188- 140 Onderdonk, Julian: etching by, 584 Oneal, Mrs. Ben G
... Southwestern Historical Quarterly head cattle. Our wagons went on yesterday, started about 2... them to take water 5 swam over-We tryed another lot about 12 Oclock, Got over safe about loo-could... ferrying our stock this morning, Left the River about io or x Oclock, Travled 12 Miles. Cattle and horses... in bad condition, being without food for three days and Nights- Some of them without food or water... of the road, about dark, but not in time to take the stock to it. It is out in the sand hills 3/4 Miles blazed
..." as men with beards, with revolvers and bowie knives, rode in from nearby counties. The next day over... the flag from one of the fair young women. At once the crowd cheered, and cheered again. Then Captain... (Austin), March 16, 1861. 3MTexas Governor, March 16-November 7, 1861 (Edward Clark), Governor's Message...: Executive Ofice, Austin, March 29, z86z (Austin, 1861), 5. Hereafter referred to as Governor's Message
... leaders made plans to defend the vast Trans-Mississippi region against an expected Federal invasion from... from Dallas. Two men who had fighting experience as Texas Rangers, Colonel Elkanah Greer and Captain J...), 1; Texas Governor, March 16-November 7, 1861 (Edward Clark), Governor's Message to the Senators... referred to as Governor's Message, November r, 186r. 45S. Cooper to Ben McCulloch, May 13, 1861, Official
... was. Furthermore, I had no thought of ever writing about him. My only interest in him came from his.... They had brought food, the two horses, and bad news. Joe's face was haggard. They would have to remain... where Wes and his companions could hide if safety demanded that they change from one spot to another. He..., Joe, would find them wherever they were and would keep them informed as to what was going on. About..., he had nothing prepared in advance to tell me about John Wesley Hardin. In talking about him, he told
..., the former Dora Nabers, were returning to Comanche in an opentop buggy from their honeymoon trip to Dallas.... Late that afternoon, about two miles east of town, they came across Joe Hardin. He was on horseback... to go into hiding at Round Mountain, about eight miles west of Comanche. They left for that place too... hurriedly to take food with them, but Joe was to bring them a supply the next morning. At the same time he... was to bring two saddle horses to be exchanged for those Hardin and Taylor had mounted when they broke from
... waiting for him, he might have gone from the back door into the uncleared land and escaped. But at the end... with his family, Sheriff Carnes rode into Comanche in the late afternoon tired to the bone from having been... out all day with a posse. A boy of about sixteen was waiting for him. Barrickman and Anderson were... Stone was providing them with food. Forgetting his weariness, Carnes gathered a small posse and set out... Fleming, Dave Cunningham, and Henry Ware. The people of Comanche were divided in their opinion about Henry
... Texas Collection In 1884, Larry Chittenden from Montclair, New Jersey, went to West Texas... Cowboys' Christmas Ball" about the first "sworray" held in Anson in 1885. (The Cowboys' Christmas Ball..., recently highlighted events from the annual meeting of the Texas Philosophical Society. The meeting... president, Mrs. George A. Hill, Jr. of Houston, and an excursion to San Augustine for exploration... was founded by Mirabeau B. Lamar. Its first woman president was Miss Ima Hogg in 1948. The current president
... hero, Rustam, about 400 B.C. The Appaloosa apparently received its name from a river in the Northwest... Book Reviews reviewer from the Carolina Low Country still prefers pinders, croker sack and cooter... mainly from 1938, when the original Appaloosa Horse Club was formed, spotted horses of this type have... probably valued the horses only as food, early horsemen in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Europe, and Asia were... bred spotted and other horses obtained indirectly from the Spaniards. The Nez Perce valued the spotted
... to get from Professor Garrison. Your own suggestions will be father of the thoughts I am now about...' Association. Every one who wishes to have a perfect knowledge about banking and economy, and especially... purposes ... It was at this meeting that Wooldridge was elected second vice-president of the association... Wooldridge president. The chief financial concern of the bankers was the surprisingly progressive interest
... joined the Shakespeare Club in about 1924 and he was president of the club the next year. One of the 555... to Cleburne soon after November i, 921, and returned to Austin about 1928. When Colonel Wooldridge... doors. They were equally amazed to learn that the president of the Bank had left Cleburne overnight... of the citizens lost their life's savings; and many more had borrowed money from the Bank and were not able
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