Books Mentioning Bastrop County, Texas
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(There is a book about the history of each building in Smithville, name of book unknown but possibly authored by the owners of the Katy Boarding House. Information needed.)
The Old Red Rock Cemetery (Volume 1)
By the Old Red Rock Cemetery Association @2003
Author: Bushnell, Myrna and Ramsey, Tami
Austin colony pioneers,
including history of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery, and Washington Counties, Texas,
Author: Ray, Worth S. b. 1877
Publication: Austin, Pemberton Press, 1970, ©1949
History of Bastrop County, Texas before statehood /
Author: Kesselus, Kenneth.
Publication: Austin : Jenkins Pub. Co., 1986
First settlers of the Republic of Texas :
headright land grants which were reported as genuine and legal by the traveling commissioners, January 1840.
Author: Ericson, Carolyn Reeves, 1931-; Ingmire, Frances Terry.
Publication: [Nacogdoches, Tex. : St. Louis, Mo. : Distributed by Ericson Books ; Distributed by Ingmire Publications, 1982, 1841
Bastrop County, 1691-1900 /
Author: Moore, Bill, 1943-
Publication: Wichita Falls, Tex. : Nortex Press, 1977
Document: English : Book
The T.C. Osborn tenant farm, 41BP314 :
an early sharecropper site in Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Zapata, José E.; Meissner, Barbara.; Kenmotsu, Nancy Adele.
Publication: Austin, Tex. : [San Antonio, Tex.] : Texas Dept. of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division ; Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio, 2001
Excavations at 41BP19 :
the Kennedy Bluffs Site, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Bement, Leland C.
Publication: Austin, Tex. : Texas State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation, Highway Design Division, 1989
Excavations at the Bull Pen Site 41BP280, Colorado River drainage, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Ensor, H. Blaine; Mueller-Wille, Catherine S.; Drollinger, Harold., and others
Publication: Austin, Tex. : Texas State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation, Highway Design Division, 1988
History of Bastrop County, Texas, 1846-1865 /
Author: Kesselus, Kenneth.
Publication: Austin : Bastrop, Tex. : Jenkins Pub. Co. ; Bastrop Stationers Press [distributors], 1987
First settlers of Bastrop and Travis Counties, Texas :
from the originals in the General Land Office /
Author: White, Gifford E.
Publication: [Austin, Tex.] : [St. Louis, Mo. : G. White ; Distributed by Ingmire Publications], 1984
Rockne, Sacred Heart Parish, Bastrop County, Texas, 1876-1976 /
Author: Goertz, Alois J.
Publication: San Antonio : Graphic Arts, 1976
A history of Central Texas.
Author: Barkley, Mary (Starr)
Publication: Austin, Tex., 1970
Watterson folk of Bastrop County, Texas.
Author: Vest, Deed L.
Publication: Waco, Tex., Texian Pr., 1963
In the shadow of the lost pines;
a history of Bastrop County and its people.
Corp Author: Bastrop Historical Society.
Publication: Bastrop, Texas, Bastrop Advertiser, 1955
Bastrop :
a compilation of material relating to the history of the town of Bastrop, with letters written by Terry Rangers /
Author: Jones, Margaret Belle.
Publication: Bastrop, Tex. : [s.n] 1936
Relocation of the Craddock Cemetery, 41BP581 :
Three Oaks Mine, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Turpin, Solveig A.; Bement, Leland C.
Publication: Austin, Tex. : TAS, Inc., 2002
An archaeological inventory of Camp Swift, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Robinson, David G.; Meissner, Barbara., and others
Publication: San Antonio, Tex. : Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2001
Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Texas /
Author: Smith, Paul, 1926-; Smith, Tommie.
Publication: [S.l. : s.n., 2000
Bastrop State Park, Settlers' Trail.
Author: Benavides, Guillermo.
Publication: [Austin, Tex.] : Texas Parks & Wildlife, 1996
Bastrop County, Texas cemeteries / (2 Volumes)
Author: Rother, Audrey Morgan.
Publication: McDade, Tex. : A. Rother, 1991-
Archaeological investigations at Morgan Chapel Cemetery (41 BP 200) :
a historic cemetery in Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Taylor, A. J.; Fox, Anne A.; Cox, I. Waynne.
Publication: San Antonio, Tex. : Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1986
Bastrop and Lee counties, Texas :
Wend colony, 1854 /
Author: McManus, J.; Ingmire, Frances Terry.
Publication: St. Louis, Mo. : San Antonio, Tex. : Frances T. Ingmire ; Distributed by Family Adventures, 1985
Bastrop County, Texas, marriage records /
Author: Stoddard, J.
Publication: St. Louis, Mo. (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63136) : F.T. Ingmire, 1985-
Index to the Lewis Publishing Company's 1893 History of Texas :
biographical history of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee, and Burleson counties /
Author: Walker, Charles Alborn.; Snell, Mary Kay Holmes.
Publication: Austin : [s.n.], 1977
Inventory of the county archives of Texas.
No. 11, Bastrop County (Bastrop) /
Publication: San Antonio, Tex. : The Survey, 1941
Inventory of the county archives of Texas,
Corp Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.)., Texas.
Publication: San Antonio, Tex., The Historical Records Survey, 1939-1941
History of Texas, together with a biographical history of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson counties :
containing a concise history of the state, with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens of the above named counties, and personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families.
Publication: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company, 1893
Selected cemeteries of Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Smith, Paul, 1926-; Smith, Tommie.
Publication: Nacogdoches, Tex. (1614 Redbud St., Nacogdoches 75961-2936) : Ericson Books, 1999
Under the jail :
historical archeology at the Bastrop County courthouse and old jail, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Robinson, David G. 1952-; Utley, Dan K.
Publication: Austin, Tex. : Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, the University of Texas at Austin, 1990
Bastrop County marriage records /
Author: Wolf, Evelyn.; Leonhardt, Loretta.; Johnson, Valerie.
Publication: [Bastrop, Tex.? : Baron de Bastrop Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas], 1990-
Naturalization records :
Belleville, Austin County, Texas 1856-1890, Austin, Guadalupe & Washington Counties, TX 1855-1910, Bastrop County, TX Office of District Clerk 1918-1925 ; Marriage licenses : Comanche County, Texas 1879-1916, Hamilton County, Texas 1877-1913 /
Author: Oates, Addison.
Publication: Tucson, Ariz. : Arizona State Genealogical Society, 1986
History of Paige, Texas and vicinity /
Author: Laake, Doris Goerner.
Publication: Austin, Tex. : Eakin Publications, 1983
Archaeological and historical investigations in Bastrop and Lee counties, Texas /
Author: Kelly, Thomas C.; Roemer, Erwin.
Publication: San Antonio, Tex. : Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1981
History of St. John Lutheran Church, Paige, Texas /
Author: Laake, Doris Goerner.
Publication: Paige, Tex. (P.O. Box 109, Paige, Tex., 78659) : D. Laake, 1979
Original grantee, patentee /
Author: Ingmire, Frances Terry.; Thompson, Robert Lee,
Publication: St. Louis : Ingmire, 1979
Records of Texas County and District Clerks, 1837-1974 :
special list of records available on microfilm at Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
Corp Author: Texas State Library.
Publication: [Austin : Texas State Library, 1977
South Texas Geological Society annual field trip through Lower Tertiary, October 19, 1940 :
route, Austin-Manor-Elgin-McDade-Paige- Bastrop-Smithville.
Publication: [Austin, Tex.] : The Society, 1940
The Marquis de Maison Rouge, the Baron de Bastrop, and Colonel Abraham Morhouse - three Ouachita Valley soldiers of fortune;
the Maison Rouge and Bastrop Spanish land "grants",
Author: Mitchell, Jennie O'Kelly.; Calhoun, Robert Dabney,
Publication: [New Orleans, s.n] 1937
The Texas Centennial roster, 1836-1936 :
for the counties of Bastrop, Bell, Colorado, Fayette, Freestone, Frio, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Lamar, La Salle, Maverick, Medina, McLennan, Potter, Robertson, Washington, Wharton, Wilbarger, Williamson, and Zavala, with a miscellaneous list appended /
Publication: San Antonio, Tex. : Stationers Exchange, 1936
Bastrop;
a compilation of material relating to the history of the town of Bastrop
Author: Jones, Margaret Belle, comp.
Publication: Bastrop, Texas, s.n., 1936
The Baron de Bastrop,
god-father of Texas.
Author: Wharton, Clarence, 1873-1941.
Publication: n.p.
The McDade Cemetery /
Author: Metcalfe, T. B. 1920-
Publication: [Tex.?] : Pinehill Pub., 2000
Buckners Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Buckners Creek, Texas
Publication: [Dallas, Tex.] : Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1999-
Document: English : Serial Publication : Microfilm
Colorado Primitive Baptist Church
Publication: [Dallas, Tex.] : Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1999-
Document: English : Serial Publication : Microform
New Providence Primitive Baptist Church, Alum Creek, Texas
Publication: [Dallas, Tex.] : Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1999-
Document: English : Serial Publication : Microform
Texas DAR Genealogical Records Committee report.
Series 2, v. 272, Obituaries from Smith times and Bastrop advertiser, August 22, 1991 through February 20, 1992.
Publication: [Texas : Texas DAR], 1997
A history of the Saint Phillips community, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Fogle, Velma.
Publication: [Austin, Tex.] : V. Fogle, 1997
Filled with the Spirit :
Cottonwood Baptist Church, 1875-1997.
Publication: [Del Valle, Tex.? : The Church?], 1997
First settlers of Bastrop and Travis Counties, Texas /
Author: White, Gifford.
Publication: [Nacogdoches, Tex.] : Ericson Books, 1995, 1984
Bastrop Christian Church building celebrates 100 years, 1895- 1995.
Publication: [Bastrop, Texas : Bastrop Christian Church], 1995
Pettytown-- a heritage remembered :
50th anniversary, Pettytown homecoming picnic, 1940-1990.
Publication: [Pettytown, Tex. : Pettytown Cemetery Assn., 1990
Historical research at the George Washington Jones homestead, 41BP86, Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Robinson, David G. 1952-
Publication: [Austin, Tex.] : Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
Antecedents & descendants of Stephen Van Rensselaer Eggleston :
b. Nov. 28, 1796, Troy, N. Y., d. Feb. 22, 1839, Bastrop, Texas.
Publication: [United States : s.n., 1989
Discover Bastrop's historic old jail :
Pine and Water Street /
Author: McCollum, Irene.
Publication: [Bastrop, Tex.] : Bastrop Chamber of Commerce, 1987
Bastrop County, Texas land titles, 1831-1877 /
Author: Ingmire, Frances Terry.; Thompson, Robert Lee,
Publication: Signal Mountain, Tenn. : Mountain Press, 1979
Civilization on the Colorado to 1860 /
Author: Krenek, Harry Lynn.
Publication: San Marcos, Tex. : The author, 1966
The history of Bastrop, Texas (1851-1935)
Author: Sumerlin, Oliver Wesley, 1912-
Publication: [Austin, Tex.] 1963
The Baron de Bastrop :
life and times of Philip Hendrik Nering Bögel, 1759 to 1827 /
Author: Bacarisse, Charles Albert, 1925-
Publication: Austin, Tex. : C. Bacarisse, 1955
Collection of typewritten transcripts of selected documents from the Nacogdoches Archives from 1729 to 1843, [between 1925 and 1929].
Author: Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo,; Muñoz, Manuel,, and others Publication: 1925-1929?
Speech of Hon. A.W. Terrell delivered at Bastrop, October 8th, A.D. 1886.
The campaign.
Author: Terrell, Alexander Watkins, 1827-1912.
Publication: Austin, Press of E. von Boeckmann, 1886
Regulations of the Texas Military Institute,
Corp Author: Texas Military Institute (Bastrop, Tex.)
Publication: Baltimore, Kelly, Piet, 1869
A sermon preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Sarah Milton Whipple, late wife of Rev. Josiah W. Whipple, P.E., on Austin District, Texas annual conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Bastrop, March 18th, 1849 /
Author: Richardson, Chauncey.
Publication: Houston, TX : Published at the Office of the "Telegraph", 1849
Bastrop County cemeteries /
Author: Maynard, W. E.; Claiborne, Mattie.; Houston, W. C. Rose Dingle,
Publication: [S.l. : s.n., 197-?]
Salem Sayers Cemetery records 1893-2001 Bexar County, Texas & Walnut Creek Cemetery records 1883-1891 Rockne, Bastrop County Texas.
Publication: [Texas : Texas DAR], 2002
History of Bastrop County, Texas before statehood /
Author: Kesselus, Kenneth.
Publication: Bastrop, Tex. : Wash Jones Press, 1999
McPhaul families of Bastrop County, Texas, 1858-1920 /
Author: McPhaul, John J., 1930-
Publication: [Dallas, Tex? : J.J. McPhaul?, 1999
Land, law and the Baron de Bastrop :
the Ouachita and Austin Colonies /
Author: Milam, Marjorie Pranik.
Publication: 1997
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
[Sons of Confederate Veterans newsletters].
Publication: 1997-1999
Document: English : Book
Texas DAR Genealogical Records Committee report.
Series 2, v. 197, Gage family records, abstracts of title in Bastrop county, Texas, and bible records.
Publication: [Texas : Texas DAR], 1994
Bastrop High School Bears football history, 1911-1992 /
Author: Martin, William T.
Publication: [Austin, Tex. : Martin Communications, 1993
Ex-slaves Martin and Sophia McDonald legacy :
from human property to human achievement /
Author: McDonald, Thaddeus Arnell.
Publication: [Austin, Tex.? : The Author, 1992
William Dunbar of Bastrop County, Texas :
his ancestory [sic] and descendants /
Author: Schilling, Ethel Eleanor Dunbar, 1885-1969.; Lawhon, John Thomas.; Lawhon, Mary Ethel Huth,
Publication: [Bastrop, Tex.?] : J.T. Lawhon, 1991
Bastrop County tax rolls, 1837-1910
Publication: Austin, Texas : Texas State Library Records Division for Texas State Library Archives, 1986, ?
Document: English : Book : Microform
150 years of Methodism in Bastrop :
1835-1985 /
Author: Pape, Allan.
Publication: Bastrop, Tex. : Bastrop Stationers, 1985
A Texas country house /
Author: Mitchell, Susan Elaine.
Publication: 1980
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
A survey of Texas historical markers in Bastrop County.
Corp Author: Bastrop County Historical Commission.
Publication: [Bastrop?] The Commission, 1975
Wilcox field trip, Robertson, Milam, and Bastrop Counties, Texas /
Author: Atlee, W. A.
Publication: [Waco, Tex.] : Baylor Geological Society, 1968
A study of factors influencing absenteeism of a group of third grade pupils in the Emile Elementary School, Bastrop, Texas /
Author: McDonald, Bobbry T.
Publication: 1962
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
The Roll Call :
directory of Texas' oldest corporate cemetery formally laid-out in 1830 /
Author: Maynard, W. E.
Publication: Bastrop, Tex. : W.E. Maynard, 1960s
History of Camp Swift, Texas /
Author: Houston, Parke.; Long, Walter E.
Publication: [s.l. : s.n., 1958
Butler clay (Wilcox group), Bastrop County, Texas.
Author: Sharp, William Wheeler, 1923-
Publication: Austin, Tex., 1951
A study of the farm management programs of fifty negro farmers in Bastrop County, Texas /
Author: Abrams, Larry Carl.
Publication: 1949
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
Watterson :
a Texas rural community /
Author: Vest, Deed Lafayette.
Publication: 1946
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
Data on Camp Swift, Texas in support of a permanent military installation
Publication: 1945
Document: English : Book
An educational survey of Bastrop County, Texas with plans for the reorganization of its schools ...
Author: Watson, Melvin Miley, 1905-
Publication: Austin, Tex., 1937
Bastrop County, Texas:
historical and educational development ...
Author: Korges, William Henry.
Publication: Austin, Tex., 1933
Evans, Luther Harris, papers, 1923-1989.
Author: Evans, Luther Harris, 1902- . Publication: 1923-1989
Document: English : Archival Material
Directory of the First Methodist Church, South, Bastrop, Texas, 1923.
Publication: [Bastrop? : s.n. , 1923
Second annual Bastrop County Fair under the management of Bastrop County Fair Association.
Meeting Name: Bastrop County Fair (2nd : 1922 : Bastrop, Tex.)
Publication: [Bastrop : The Fair, 1922
Catalogue and prize list of the 2nd annual Bastrop County Fair :
to be held under the auspices of the Bastrop Commercial Club, Bastrop, Texas, October 16 and 17, 1912.
Meeting Name: Bastrop County Fair (2nd : 1912 : Bastrop, Tex.)
Publication: [Bastrop : The Fair, 1912
Cemetery records of Austin, Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, McCulloch, Milam, Mills, San Saba, Travis, & Williamson counties of Texas /
Author: Cole, Ethel Stewart.; Harrison, Sallie Stewart.
Publication: [Brady, Tex. : E.S. Cole, 1900s
George Willrich law brief collection :
Court of Civil Appeals of the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas. 1894-1902. Part 2,
Author: Willrich, George.; Rosenthal, A. J.; Warner, C. M.,, and others
Publication: 1894-1902
Bastrop Histrionic and Literary Club, Opera House, to-night, Dec. 5 :
benefit of Mrs. Will Kennedy : True as steel : a comedy in three acts : to conclude with the laughable farce, The dentist clerk, or, Pulling teeth by steam.
Corp Author: Bastrop Histrionic and Literary Club (Bastrop, Tex.)
Publication: [S.l. : s.n., 1891
C. Erhard & Son papers, 1890-1900.
Corp Author: C. Erhard & Son Drugstore (Bastrop, Tex.). Publication: 1890-1900
Document: English : Archival Material
Billingsley, Elisha, letter, 1890.
Author: Billingsley, Elisha. Publication: 1890
Document: English : Archival Material
Dictation from S. Moore : Bastrop, Bastrop County : 1888. ms.,
Author: Moore, S., 1856-; Bancroft, Hubert Howe, Publication: 1888
Document: English : Archival Material
George Willrich law brief collection :
Court of Civil Appeals of the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas. 1887-1894. Part 1,
Author: Willrich, George.; Koester, A.; Klicka, Joseph., and others
Publication: 1887-1894
Articles of incorporation, by-laws, and minutes of stockholders and directors meetings,
1886-1892.
Corp Author: Taylor, Bastrop, and Houston Railway Company.
Publication: 1886-1892
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
Records, 1871-1972.
Corp Author: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. Publication: 1871-1872
Document: English : Archival Material
Goodman, Edwin C., papers, 1868-1880.
Author: Goodman, Edwin C. Publication: 1868-1880
Document: English : Archival Material
In the Senate of the United States.
May 19, 1854. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report: "A bill to confirm the claim of John Ervin to a certain tract of land in the Bastrop grant." ...
Corp Author: United States., Congress., Senate., Committee on Private Land Claims.
Publication: [Washington : s.n., 1854
In the Senate of the United States. :
May 25, 1854. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report ... "A bill to confirm the claim of Wm. H. Henderson and the heirs of Robert Henderson, to five hundred acres of land in the Bastrop grant," ...
Corp Author: United States., Congress., Senate., Committee on Private Land Claims.
Publication: [Washington : s.n., 1854
Address delivered by George W. Paschal, of Austin, Texas, before the Bastrop Academy, August 20, 1852 :
published at the request of the trustees.
Author: Paschal, George W. 1812-1878.
Publication: Austin : Printed at the South-Western American office, 1852
Papers, 1835-1888.
Author: Fisk, Greenleaf, 1807-1888.; Billingsley, Jesse. Publication: 1835-1888
Document: English : Archival Material
Slaughter-Eanes family papers, 1835-1944.
Author: Slaughter family.; Eanes family.; Slaughter, Agustin B.,, and others Publication: 1835-1944
Document: English : Archival Material
McNeill, Hector and D.L., papers,
1838-1867.
Author: McNeill, Hector.
Publication: 1838-1867
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
Maddox, Edward F., papers, 1845-1971.
Author: Maddox, Edward Finnin, b. 1892.; Adams, William Kelsey. Publication: 1845-1971
Document: English : Archival Material
Bastrop's land claim.
January 25, 1832. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Brent, from the Committee appointed on the subject, made the following report: ...
Author: Brent, William Leigh, Corp Author: United States., Congress., House., Committee on Private Land Claims.
Publication: [Washington : Gales & Seaton?, 1832
Papers, 1832-1838.
Author: Hamlin, Zacheus.; Andrews, Edmund.; Reed, John. Publication: 1832-1838
Document: English : Archival Material
Papers, 1830-1971, 1882-1970.
Author: Carpenter, Fred A.; Austin, Stephen F. Publication: 1830-1971
Document: English : Archival Material
Bastrop, Baron de, papers, 1795-1823.
Author: Bastrop, Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de, 1766-1827. Publication: 1795-1823 In: Natchez Trace Collection.
Document: Spanish : Archival Material
Austin papers, 1676-1889.
Author: Austin, Stephen F. 1793-1836.; Austin, Moses, Publication: 1676-1889
Document: English : Archival Material
Dictation from S.C. Olive : Waco, Texas.
Author: Olive, S. C., 1833-; Bancroft, Hubert Howe,
Document: English : Archival Material
eBooks on netLibrary
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1. The Soul of a Small Texas Town : Photographs, Memories, and History From McDade
by Wharton, David.
Norman University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.
2. Stagecoach Inns of Texas
by Carter, Kathryn Turner.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1994.
Excerpts: Mrs. Angelina B. Eberly had moved to Austin from Bastrop in 1839. Famed for the food she served, her first success was dinner served at three o'clock on October 17, 1839 for President Lamar and his cabinet. During her days in Austin, she served suppers at most of the celebrations. Perhaps she is remembered most for her part on December 30, 1842, in the "War of the Archives," when she spun the cannon around from the front of Bullock's Inn and fired at the wagons trying to move the state archives.
First known as Mina, the town is rich in history, century-old buildings and homes. One of the historic homes is the Campbell Taylor House, a stagecoach inn, which was built in 1836 at the crossing on the Old San Antonio Road, which goes through Bastrop.
Destroyed by fire in 1899, the Nicholson House was proclaimed as one of the most famous and beautiful of the early day Texas stagecoach inns.
It was known far and wide as one of the best "feeders" in all of Texas. Travelers could endure an uncomfortable ride on the stage with the knowledge that they eventually would enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson in Bastrop.
3. Indian Depredations in Texas : Original Narratives of Texas History and Adventure
by Wilbarger, J. W.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1985.
4. Romantic Weekends : Texas
Romantic Weekends
by Abbott, Mary Lu.
Edison, N.J. Hunter Publishing, 1999.
5. The Bob Love Story : If It's Gonna Be, It's Up to Me
by Love, Bob.; Watkins, Mel
Chicago, Ill. NTC Contemporary, 2000.
6. Austin's Old Three Hundred : The First Anglo Colony in Texas
by Autrey, Russell.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1999.
7. Texas Mammals East of the Balcones Fault Zone
W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series ; No. 6
by Schmidly, David J.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 1983.
8. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1996 : The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, From the First Through the 104th Congress, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1997
by Treese, Joel D.
Alexandria, Va. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1997.
9. African American Historic Places
by Savage, Beth L.; Shull, Carol D.
New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US), 1996.
Many of these benevolent associations (YWCA) sprang up in towns like Bastrop, Texas, where the local population's determination to ensure community stability and prosperity was enhanced by significant black home ownership at a time when relatively few blacks could afford to own their own homes. Bastrop's Kohler-McPhaul, Harriet and Charlie McNeil, Beverly and Lula Kerr, and Jennie Brooks Houses, all recognized in the National Register, reflect such community efforts.
Jennie Brooks House, 1009 Walnut, Bastrop, This vernacular Greek Revival style house is significant for its association with Jennie Brooks, an early black settler in Bastrop and daughter of a slave. Brooks purchased this lot and built this house around 1890. This house is also one of the oldest houses in Bastrop built by a black family, and Brooks was one of the few black home owners in the growing black community.
Kerr Community Center, 1308 Walnut, Bastrop, Built in 1914, this two-story frame building represents the social history of African Americans in Bastrop. Beverly and Lula Kerr, prominent black community leaders and talented music teachers, built the Kerr Community Center and rented out the facility for social activities, lodge meetings, and entertainment events. The building was erected just behind their house, which still stands at 1305 Pine.
Kohler-McPhaul House, 1901 Pecan, Bastrop, Kohler-McPhaul House, with its unique architectural style showing German-influenced proportions, is associated with the McPhauls, a black family that purchased the house around the turn of the century. This house represents black home ownership during a time when few African Americans owned their own homes .
Harriet and Charlie McNeil House, 1805 Pecan, Bastrop, Built in 1870, the Harriet and Charlie McNeil House is one of the oldest houses in Bastrop owned by a black family. In the early 20th century, Harriet McNeil, an African American, purchased this house, and it remained the home of Harriet and her son, Charlie, throughout most of this century.
Ploeger-Kerr-White House, 806 Marion, Bastrop, This one-story frame house was constructed by Carl Ludwig Ploeger, a native of Prussia, soon after he married in 1863. It was later purchased by Robert Kerr, the first black legislator from Bastrop and one of the few African Americans to hold political office in the years immediately following Reconstruction. Robert Kerr came to Bastrop from the Kerr Creek community, near Victoria, Texas sometime around 1865. Kerr's first job was keeping books for Hasler Grocery on Main Street; later he drove an express wagon and delivered groceries to people around the town. He became a member of Paul Quinn African Methodist Episcopal Church and was active in church affairs and community activities. Most important, Kerr was elected to the state legislature in 1881, and he remained in office until 1883. Robert Kerr and his wife, Sarah, resided at Ploeger-KerrWhite House throughout his career. The house was later sold to Beverly and Lula Kerr, black leaders and educators, as well as the founders of Kerr Community Center in Bastrop. The house remained in the Kerr-family for 47 years.
10. The Battle of the Alamo : You Are There
by Milligan, Bryce.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1999.
11. Dare-Devils All : The Texan Mier Expedition, 1842-1844
by Nance, Joseph Milton.; McDonald, Archie P.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1998.
Those executed: James L. Shepherd, a lad of about seventeen years of age, formerly from Alabama and a resident of Bastrop, Texas, in 1842;
When William Dunbar returned to Galveston from imprisonment in Mexico, he married Caroline Simpson on February 9, 1846. By 1850 he had moved to Bastrop, where he was elected clerk of the Bastrop County Court, and served from 1850 to 1854.4 He died in Bastrop on December 20, 1855
When John Harvey got home, he was elected surveyor of Bastrop County on February 3, 1845, and commissioned on November 22, 1845.
Mark M. Rodgers returned to Bastrop after he was released and was elected tax assessor for the County of Bastrop in 1846. In 1848 he was elected sheriff for two years.
Congress provided on February 3, 1844, that Monia E. Goodwin, Louisiana Harris, Eliza Harris, “and other heirs at law,” of Robert W. Harris, one of the decimated Mier men, should receive a Land Office certificate for 320 acres of land in place of Certificate No. 217 (2nd class) which had been issued to Robert W. Harris by the Board of Land Commissioners for Bastrop County, dated December 19, 1839.
The heirs of James Barber of Bastrop, on October 23, 1851, sought land from the legislature for his services on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; he continued on the Mier Expedition and was wounded in the battle at Mier and died in Matamoros on March 14, 1843.
Has list of Mier men and their residences.
12. Adventure Guide to Texas
Adventure Guide Series
by Young, Kimberly.
Edison, N.J. Hunter Publishing, 1999.
13. A Life Among the Texas Flora : Ferdinand Lindheimer's Letters to George Engelmann
by Lindheimer, Ferdinand.; Engelmann, George; Goyne, Minetta Altgelt
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1991.
For the time being I do not think I will be going to Bastrop, since my friend Ernst Kleberg has written me during the last few days that things are very uncertain at their place because of the Indians now; within a few days six men have been killed by them in the vicinity of the town. Not only does one have to keep the horses in stalls and chain them, but also guard the slits in the walls of the stalls, because the Indians kill the horses with arrows if they cannot steal them. Henceforth you must send letters and everything else (e.g., newspapers) for me to Industry, Austin County.
Just now I read in the newspaper that a number of horses were stolen at Bastrop again on 6 May, but that nineteen well-armed Texans followed the tracks of the Indians on the very next morning after the theft and, as is often the case here, they got their horses back and got some other loot too. - (It would be worth the effort to start a collection of anecdotes concerning these little excursions by Texans against the Indians. What tireless perseverance and romantic boldness on the one hand, and what panicky fear and cheating cowardice on the other often come to light there. The Anglo Americans are not all cast in the same mold, you see; they are a people but not a nation.)
14. Texas Ranger Tales : Stories That Need Telling
by Cox, Mike.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1997.
Born in Bastrop on July 5, 1855, Ahijah W. Grimes was named for his mother's father, Ahijah M. Highsmith.
On March 2, 1874—Texas Independence Day as well as his bride-to-be's twentieth birthday—Caige married Lottie A. Lyman in Bastrop.
Like many Texas men of his time, Grimes was a Mason. He belonged to Gamble Lodge 244 in Bastrop. Although the original lodge records were destroyed in a fire in 1862, Grimes' father was a charter member of the lodge. Caige was initiated March 10, 1873, passed on April 26, and raised on May 14. He and his brother Masons met the fourth Sunday of each month on the second floor of a building at Chestnut and Pecan Streets.
In 1874 the twenty-three-year-old Grimes was serving as city marshal of Bastrop, earning $40 a month plus fees.
If Grimes was involved in investigating any major criminal cases while serving as city marshal, the Bastrop newspaper was silent on the subject. All the action seems to have been taking place at the nearby Bastrop County community of McDade, where a murder and the hasty lynching of the alleged perpetrator were reported on May 9, 1874.
By then Caige and Lottie had two children: Elizabeth, born January 31, 1875, and Benjamin Lyman Grimes, born May 10, 1876.
On September 21, 1876, the Bastrop County Commissioner's Court appointed Grimes as Precinct 6 Constable. He put up his bond and was sworn in on October 25.
15. Good Times in Texas : A Pretty Complete Guide to Where the Fun Is
by Hodge, Larry D.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1999.
16. The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston. Vol 4, 1852-1863
by Houston, Sam.; Roberts, Madge Thornall
Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Press, 2001.
17. The Episcopal Church in Texas. Vol. 2
by Brown, Lawrence L.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1988.
18. The Kingfish and His Realm : The Life and Times of Huey P. Long
by Hair, William Ivy.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 1991.
19. Texas : With Particular Reference to German Immigration and the Physical Appearance of the Country
by Roemer, Ferdinand.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1983.
Since we tarried at a number of plantations, we did not reach Bastrop until late at night although covering only thirty miles that day. Despite the lateness of the hour we not only found good lodging in the hotel, but also had a good supper composed of coffee, cornbread, fried chicken and canned fruits.
On the following morning we inspected the city, but soon convinced ourselves that like other Central Texas towns it offered little of note. About eighty to ninety frame houses, painted white, stood on several broad, straight unpaved streets. Among them were six to eight stores and three or four saloons. Most of the houses looked rather dilapidated and the place needed a ''new start" apparently (as the Americans say) to keep it from losing its appearance of a town altogether. The location of the town was not badly chosen, as it was situated on a fruitful, small plain on which mesquite trees grew, and near the fifty to sixty feet high steep banks of the Colorado. The city was named after a German, Baron von Bastrop, who had planned an extensive German colonization here at the time when the first American settlements were still under Mexican rule. He bought a large tract of land for this purpose, but death prevented him from carrying out his plans.
Prior to the founding of Austin the city was for a long time the most northern settlement in the Colorado Valley and as such was constantly harassed by the Indians. It was abandoned several times for this reason. In the course of the day we continued our journey to Austin. The character of the country along this stretch remained more or less the same. Sand hills overgrown with pine and oak alternated with small fertile valleys. The prospects for a corn crop were excellent everywhere.
Our camp on the next night was made about fifteen miles on the other side of the San Marcos, at a water hole called by the uninviting name of ''Alligator Hole." Alligators, however, did not molest us, but swarms of mosquitoes fell over us as soon as we lay down.
20. Overreached On All Sides : The Freedmen's Bureau Administrators in Texas, 1865-1868
by Richter, William L.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 1991.
In another case, an informant charged Captain Alex B. Coggeshall at the Bastrop agency of conspiring with his brother-in-law, Julius Schuetze, to provide laborers to planters for a kickback. Coggeshall's replacement uncovered the story, and accused Coggeshall of sloppy record-keeping to hide the evidence. Coggeshall admitted that he had married into the Schuetze family after coming to Bastrop as the bureau representative, that Julius Schuetze provided hands to many planters, and that he and his relatives had plantation interests in common. He conceded that "I was not born a clerk." But he denied any corruption. Later charges appeared in the Galveston Daily News, but evidently nothing could be proven.
Another agent who had lost his left arm, this time at Chancellorsville while an officer with the famous Berdan Sharpshooters, Captain William H. Horton served the bureau at Wharton, Dallas, and Bastrop. His wound never stopped him from rendering a good account of himself, until his greed got the better of him, and he was forced to resign for accepting bribes.
Just before his resignation as assistant commissioner, Kiddoo sent Porter on an inspection tour of Columbus, La Grange, and Bastrop. Griffin so liked Porter's report on matters at the Bastrop office that he gave Porter the troubled agency for his own. Porter had a rough time at Bastrop. He faced a prolonged hassle with a local tough, William J.A. Bell, and his son, Willis, over their shooting of a Negro. No one would arrest the Bells, and the elder man rode about town defying Porter to act. When Bell threatened twice in one day to shoot the subassistant commissioner, Porter managed to get some soldiers to arrest him. He fined the old man fifty dollars. Bell refused to pay, said Porter later, until he spent two hours in jail thinking it over. Since Bell quarreled with everyone, local authorities decided to appoint him deputy sheriff, much to Porter's disgust. In his new job, Porter said, Bell assisted the persecutors of Unionists to escape. Bell still maintained that he would force Porter to refund his fine or else kill the subassistant commissioner. Yet he was defended by a large portion of the town, including ex-agent Alex B. Coggeshall and Throckmorton's lieutenant governor, George W. Jones. Porter figured that Bell gave him more trouble than all the rest of his subdistrict combined. When the subassistant commissioner was taken to court on a matter growing out of the Bell case, he decided that he had had enough. After receiving immunity from prosecution as a Federal employee doing his assigned job, Porter resigned his commission and went North.
Although Steinberg was caught rather quickly, Reynolds was not so lucky in the case of William H. Horton, the one-armed subassistant commissioner at Bastrop. Horton suffered the same fate as his predecessor, Byron Porter, at the hands of the same men, led by the notorious William J.A. Bell. By now, Bell's reputation was so bad at headquarters that Horton could not accept a ride out to Bell's plantation to inspect the conditions of the freedmen without being accused of consorting with a known felon. Bell continued his reign of terror against blacks and Union men. His arrest in one case led to a guilty verdict and a one-cent fine, much to Horton's disgust.
Bell was not alone in his misdeeds. Justice of the Peace W.T. Allen was rumored to have raped a freedwoman who worked for him. Nothing was done. Horton protested, but not even Governor Pease thought the case could be prosecuted successfully. Murders were common on the county roads. Prisoners escaped from the jail regularly. Concerned by Horton's troubles, Reynolds sent Sinclair to nearby Bastrop to assist him in two sticky cases. The first involved a murderer and cattle rustler whose friends threatened to break him out of jail. Reynolds wanted the man transferred to Austin, but Sinclair thought the trip too hazardous to attempt. Instead, the inspector had a troop detachment sent to Bastrop to secure the jail for the civil authorities.
In the second matter, a defendant would not pay a fifty-dollar fine for contempt of court, involving his refusal to be arrested by the local sheriff. Horton said that the sheriff had been lackadaisical in his duties or the incident could not have occurred. The sheriff wanted the support of the army to arrest such a dangerous fugitive. Sinclair placed the sheriff on probation for his refusal to act and ordered the army to assist him in the arrest. After the matter was successfully concluded, Sinclair released the sheriff from his bond. 9
bout this same time, Horton was greatly embarrassed on a personal level when Commissioner Oliver O. Howard's ambulance broke down opposite town as the general was going back to Washington on his only trip to Texas during Reconstruction. Howard's driver could not rouse the ferryman, and the general and his driver had to spend the night in the ambulance. Horton said that the real problem was that the general's driver had pushed the horses too fast and they both played out. One never recovered from the trip and died. Horton took Howard personally to the steamboat wharf at Columbus to continue his journey. Shortly after this incident, Horton was told to turn his records over to the despised Judge Allen, and report to Austin.
After Beath grumpily complied with Reynolds's orders, the general sent him to Bastrop, which needed an agent more desperately even than Cotton Gin. When Beath arrived, the town believed that it had run off Byron Porter and Horton before him, and now it was Beath's turn to fly. But Beath was a tough man with seven years' military experience behind him, and he fought instead of running. Reynolds warned Beath that he could not have military assistance and to stay out of matters that should have been settled by his predecessors, but Beath bulled ahead with what he thought was right. He set a black defendant free from the city jail, because he thought him wrongly accused and unfairly denied bail. Judge W.T. Allen, the man Horton had accused of raping a freedwoman, threatened Beath in public, and loudly damned Congress, General Reynolds, and the bureau. Beath refused to fight him, although many blacks said that they would back up the subassistant commissioner, because he feared a race riot was exactly what the judge wanted.
A few nights later, Allen's carriage house went up in smoke. The fire was prevented from spreading throughout the town only by a providential rainstorm. Allen accused Beath of starting the fire. The judge said that Beath was so objectionable as the bureau representative in Bastrop that he and other allegedly loyal military appointees to civil office would resign in protest. Allen and his friends claimed that Beath had threatened to burn the town, and spent most of his time drinking in a saloon with an army buddy. Beath, for his part, denied that he had started the fire. He begged Reynolds to remove Allen and his cronies from office and give Bastrop a decent local government. Reynolds refused to back Beath, who resigned his position. But the end of the bureau a week later made the whole argument moot. Beath left Bastrop and secured an appointment as the Federal postmaster at Weatherford, close to his old Sixth Cavalry stamping grounds
21. Samuel May Williams, Early Texas Entrepreneur
by Henson, Margaret Swett.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1976.
22. Till Freedom Cried Out : Memories of Texas Slave Life
Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series ; No. 6
by Baker, T. Lindsay.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 1997.
Harriett Robinson's mother's master was Samuel W. Simms, who with his wife, Julia, was recorded in the 1860 census as having real estate worth $14,000 and having a personal estate, including nineteen slaves, valued at $14,650. Samuel W. Simms became prominent in local affairs, built and operated steamboats, helped to organize the Bastrop Military Academy, and promoted railway construction. The master for the interviewee's father was Eli C. M. (Meke) Smith, who with his wife, Harriet E. M. Smith, was recorded by the census enumerator in i86o as having real estate worth 46,500 and a personal estate, including thirty-four slaves, valued at $54,870. Overseer Daniel Ivory was recorded by the census as residing only two dwellings away from planter Smith (Kenneth Kesselus, History of Bastrop County, Texas, 1846–1865, 26, 32, 38–40, 48–49, 64–65, 70, 74, 85, 92, 161; Census of 1860, Population Schedules, Bastrop County, 1, 61; Census of 1860, Slave Schedules, Bastrop County, 1, 8). For the remembrances from another former slave on the plantation of Eli C. M. (Meke) Smith, see “Alfred E. Menn[,] Travis County, Texas[,] District No. 9[,] March 5, 1938[, interview with former slave] Nancy Thomas,” typescript, UT Texas Slave Narratives.
23. Alamo Legacy : Alamo Descendants Remember the Alamo
by Jackson, Ron.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1997.
Cottle's uncle, George Washington Cottle, rode into the Alamo with thirty-one other volunteers from Gonzales in March of 1836. The news of his uncle's death came to Zebulon months later. The story told to Zebulon and other family members was of George vowing to never let the Mexican soldiers get their hands on the garrison's ammunition supply. He was said to have been found dead in the magazine room of the Alamo chapel.
In 1835 Warnell became a resident of Bastrop, Texas, where he hooked up with Edward Burleson. Warnell lived with Burleson and tended his horses. Folks called Warnell a jockey, and not merely for his ability to ride a thoroughbred. He knew horses, talked about them all the time, and more important to his livelihood, knew where to find buyers for his stolen horses. He died with the distinction of being the only defender to leave the battle alive.
Pigtailed Katie Jennings was just ten years old when her mother, Catherine, hoisted her onto the family's best horse in March of 1836. Little did the youngster know she would become the Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution. Catherine had just learned that the Mexican Army, led by dictator Santa Anna, had captured the Alamo. She wondered if her husband, Gordon C. Jennings, had survived the battle. He had joined the Alamo garrison shortly before the December 11, 1835, battle at Bexar, leaving his wife and their four children behind at their cabin near the town of Bastrop.
Since Connell was widowed in 1834, his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, became head of the household in Bastrop. Siblings William, James, George, and Mary Ann intently listened to Elizabeth when they heard the news of the advancing Mexican Army. The Alamo had fallen and the Mexicans were coming.
David Cook Connell's future wife, Sarah Jane Clark, would also encounter the danger of the revolution. Sarah was a nine-year-old at the time of the Alamo's fall. She was living with her mother, Mary Brisbin Clark Deleplain, and her stepfather, Absalom C. Deleplain, when news of the Alamo slaughter reached their Mina home.
24. Legendary Texians. Vol. 2
by Davis, Joe Tom.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1985.
Since the two families were the "outside settlers" in the area, the Hornsbys and Wilbargers became close friends. They were also joined by a common bond of danger since this frontier region was on the extreme fringe of Comanche country.
At this time Gonzales, Wilson and DeWitt counties were living under a threat of violence because of the Sutton-Taylor Feud. This war was triggered in March 1868 at Bastrop when Deputy William Sutton killed cousins Charlie and Buck Taylor; the first victim was accused of stealing cattle and Buck died when he sought revenge. The sons of Creek Taylor then became rebels much as Wes Hardin and began to best Union soldiers in the area while Jack Helm, a captain in the state police, organized some fifty gunmen into the "Regulators" to fight the Taylors. When William Sutton joined him the group became known as the Sutton Party.
25. Raw Frontier Vol. 2 / : Armed Conflict Along the Texas Coastal Bend
by Guthrie, Keith.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 2000.
26. The Great Comanche Raid : Boldest Indian Attack of the Texas Republic
by Brice, Donaly E.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1987.
27. Lone Star Justice : A Comprehensive Overview of the Texas Criminal Justice System
by Horton, David M.; Turner, Ryan Kellus.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1999.
28. A Long Ride in Texas : The Explorations of John Leonard Riddell
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; No. 51
by Riddell, John Leonard.; Breeden, James O.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1994.
29. The Alamo Story : From Early History to Current Conflicts
by Edmondson, J. R.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 2000.
30. The Texas Senate. Vol. 1, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861
by Spaw, Patsy McDonald
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1990.
31. Hands to the Spindle : Texas Women and Home Textile Production, 1822-1880
Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series ; No. 5
by Marks, Paula Mitchell.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 1996.
32. Wild Camp Tales
by Blakely, Mike.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1995.
33. Interim in the Desert : Stories
by Sodowsky, Roland.
Fort Worth Texas Christian University Press, 1990.
34. Texas Baptists : A Sesquicentennial History
by McBeth, Leon.
Dallas, Tex. Eakin Press, 1998.
Excerpt: The first Baptist church actually formed in Texas was the Providence Church, formed on March 29, 1834, on the Colorado River below the present town of Bastrop, with Abner Smith as the first pastor. Plum Grove. The Plum Grove community was located on the Colorado River, just below the present town of Bastrop. After he left Washington, Morrell located in that area where he began to preach in the home of William Scallorn. In April, 1839, Robert G. Green and Asael Dancer led in forming a church at Plum Grove, with Dancer as the first pastor. Dancer had been associated with the Primitive Baptists, and occasionally Abner Smith, the anti-missionary colleague of Daniel Parker, preached at Plum Grove and for a time the church included both missionary and anti-missionary members. Morrell also preached occasionally at Smith's Providence church, and baptized converts for them (including Mrs. Dancer) when the pastor was disabled. Several other converts presented themselves for baptism in the Plum Grove church.
Paul C. Bell had the unique role for several years of serving as pastor of both the Anglo and Mexican churches in Bastrop, dividing his time between them. He resigned the Anglo church to devote his full time to educational ministry among the Mexicans. He led in forming the Instituto Bautista Mexicana de Bastrop, emphasizing both secular and religious training. The first building was erected on a site donated by Mrs. S. J. Orgain, an Anglo member of FBC Bastrop. She also gave $700 to start the building. Bell won the support of Mexicans and partial support from the Home Mission Board but, for some reason, the BGCT never looked with any great favor upon his school. The Mexican Baptist Institute was closed in 1941 when Bell, whose wife had just died, left to become a missionary in Panama.
35. Biographies of Western Photographers : A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West
by Mautz, Carl.
Nevada City, Calif. Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997.
36. Myths, Misdeeds, and Misunderstandings : The Roots of Conflict in U.S.-Mexican Relations
Latin American Silhouettes
by Rodrâiguez O., Jaime E.; Vincent, Kathryn
Wilmington, Del. Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1997.
37. Counter Culture Texas
by Flatau, Susie Kelly.; Dean, Mark.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 2000.
38. Alamo Defenders : A Genealogy, the People and Their Words
by Groneman, Bill.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1990.
39. Legendary Texians. Vol. 4
by Davis, Joe Tom.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1989.
40. Bricks Without Straw : A Comprehensive History of African Americans in Texas
by Williams, David A.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1997.
41. Black Texans : A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995
by Barr, Alwyn.
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
42. Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas
Stories for Young Americans Series
by Flynn, Jean.
Burnet, Tex. Eakin Press, 1981.
43. A Treasury of Texas Trivia
by Cannon, Bill.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1997.
44. Adventures of a Frontier Naturalist : The Life and Times of Dr. Gideon Lincecum
by Lincecum, Gideon.; Lincecum, Jerry Bryan; Phillips, Edward Hake.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1994.
45. Great Garden Sources for Texans : A Regional Guide to Designing, Constructing, Planting & Furnishing Your Landscape
by Simpson, Nan Booth.; McHargue, Patricia Scott.
Portland, Or. Eakin Press, 1999.
46. Volunteers in the Texas Revolution : The New Orleans Greys
by Brown, Gary.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1999.
47. Flowers and Fruits From the Wilderness : Or, Thirty Six Years in Texas and Two Winters in Honduras
by Morrell, Z.N.
Waco, Tex. Baylor University, 1976.
48. The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement
by Richardson, Rupert Norval.; Jacobs, Kenneth R.; Greeene, A.C.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1996.
49. Barbecuing Around Texas
by Troxell, Richard K.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 2000.
50. The Indian Southwest, 1580-1830 : Ethnogenesis and Reinvention
Civilization of the American Indian Series ; V. 232
by Anderson, Gary Clayton.
Norman University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
51. A Century in the Works : Freese and Nichols Consulting Engineers, 1894-1994
by Freese, Simon W.; Sizemore, Deborah Lightfoot.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1994.
52. The Young Lions : Confederate Cadets At War
by Conrad, James Lee.
Mechanicsburg, Pa. Stackpole Books, 1997.
53. Texas Boundaries : Evolution of the State's Counties
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; No. 59
by Gournay, Luke.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 1995.
54. Juan Seguin, a Hero of Texas
by Kerr, Rita.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1988.
55. Memoirs for the History of the War in Texas. Vol. 2, 1849 Mexico
by Filâisola, Vicente.; Woolsey, Wallace.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1987.
56. The Texas Golf Guide
by Stricklin, Art.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1999.
57. Roots of Chicano Politics, 1600-1940
by Gómez-Quiñones, Juan.
Albuquerque University of New Mexico, 1994.
58. Historical Atlas of Texas
by Stephens, A. Ray.; Holmes, William M.; McCaffree, Phyllis M.
Norman University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
59. Legendary Texians. Vol. 1
by Davis, Joe Tom.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1982.
Extract: (William Alexander Wallace, i.e. Bigfoot Wallace) After visiting the former home of the pirate Jean Lafitte, he traveled on to Bastrop on the Colorado River, then settled for a time at Moore's Fort (La Grange). He would later recall that a man named Boone operated a saloon there and sold whiskey so watered that it froze one cold winter. One night William was warming himself in the cabin of a man named Woods twelve miles above La Grange when a stranger came in, bent over the fire, then removed a strange-looking fur cap. Wallace noticed his raw, sore, bald scalp and remarked, "My friend, excuse me, but what is the matter with your head?" The stranger, Josiah Wilbarger, matter-of-factly replied, "I have been scalped by the Indians."
60. The Chief Executives of Texas : From Stephen F. Austin to John B. Connally, Jr.
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; No. 55
by Hendrickson, Kenneth E.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1995.
61. Texas, All Hail the Mighty State
by McDonald, Archie P.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1983.
62. My Fellow Texans : Governors of Texas in the 20th Century
by Casad, Dede W.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1995.
63. Truth in Lending
by Rohner, Ralph J.; Miller, Frederick H.; Cook, Robert A.; Harrell, Alvin C.; Huber, Elizabeth.
Chicago, Ill. American Bar Association, 2000.
64. The Spanish Borderlands Frontier, 1513-1821
Histories of the American Frontier
by Bannon, John Francis.
Albuquerque, N.M. University of New Mexico, 1997.
65. The Folklore of Texan Cultures
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; No. 38
by Abernethy, Francis Edward.; Beaty, Dan.
Denton University of North Texas Press, 2000.
66. The Shattering of Texas Unionism : Politics in the Lone Star State During the Civil War Era
by Baum, Dale.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 1998.
67. Brown, Not White : School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston
University of Houston Series in Mexican American Studies ; No. 3
by San Miguel, Guadalupe.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 2001.
68. Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger
by Sterling, William Warren.
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1979.
69. Mexican American Odyssey : Felix Tijerina, Entrepreneur & Civic Leader, 1905-1965
University of Houston Series in Mexican American Studies ; No. 2
by Kreneck, Thomas H.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 2001.
70. Guided With a Steady Hand : The Cultural Landscape of a Rural Texas Park
by Utley, Dan K.; Steely, James Wright.
Waco, Tex. Baylor University, 1998.
71. This Dog'll Really Hunt : An Informative and Entertaining Texas Dictionary
by Chariton, Wallace O.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1999.
72. History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson
Library of America ; No. 31
by Adams, Henry.; Harbert, Earl N.
New York, N.Y. Library of America, 1986.
73. Stray Tales of the Big Bend
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; No. 46
by Miles, Elton.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1993.
74. Tragic Cavalier : Governor Manuel Salcedo of Texas, 1808-1813
by Almaráz, Félix D.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1991.
75. Exploring Texas With Children
by Buckner, Sharry.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1999.
76. Death On the Nueces
by Underwood, Rodman L.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1999.
77. Texas Woollybacks : The Range Sheep and Goat Industry
by Carlson, Paul Howard.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1982.
78. Rainbow in the Morning
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; No. 5
by Dobie, J. Frank; Thomas, William Henry
Denton University of North Texas Press, 2000.
79. Larry McMurtry and the West : An Ambivalent Relationship
Texas Writers Series ; [No. 4]
by Busby, Mark.
Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Press, 1995.
80. The Wichita Indians : Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; No. 87
by Smith, F. Todd.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 2000.
81. The Final Frontiers, 1880-1930 : Settling the Southern Bottomlands
Contributions in American History, 0084-9219 ; No. 183
by Otto, John Solomon.
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1999.
82. The Chisholm Trail
by Gard, Wayne.
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1979.
Excerpt: Despite such obstacles, the cattle drives from Texas continued. In 1856 Texans trailed at least one herd to Chicago. In the following year they walked two herds to Quincy, Illinois. The outfits went by Waco, Preston, and Fort Gibson. One herd was taken by William McCutcheon and his son Willis from rolling Bastrop County. The other was the herd of Jesse Day of Hays County. Day, of Tennessee birth, was well known not only as a cowman but as a freighter.
83. Alamo Sourcebook, 1836 : A Comprehensive Guide to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution
by Todish, Timothy J.; Todish, Terry.; Spring, Ted.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1998.
84. Francisco Bouligny : A Bourbon Soldier in Spanish Louisiana
Southern Biography Series
by Din, Gilbert C.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 1993.
85. Chasin' That Devil Music : Searching for the Blues
by Wardlow, Gayle.; Komara, Edward M.
San Francisco, Calif. Miller Freeman Books, 1998.
86. Aaron Burr : Conspiracy to Treason
by Melton, Buckner F.
New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US), 2002.
87. Fort Worth : A Frontier Triumph
by Garrett, Julia Kathryn.
Ft. Worth, Tex. Texas Christian University Press, 1996.
88. Mexican Americans : Leadership, Ideology & Identity, 1930-1960
Yale Western Americana Series ; 36
by García, Mario T.
New Haven Yale University Press, 1989.
89. The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy : A Practitioner's Guide
LEA Series in Personality and Clinical Psychology
by Gacono, Carl B.
Mahwah, NJ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2000.
90. Runaway Slaves : Rebels On the Plantation
by Franklin, John Hope.; Schweninger, Loren.
New York Oxford University Press (US), 1999.
Excerpt: For a number of years, Dick and Bill labored on the small farm in Bastrop County, Texas, owned by James Alston, but following their master's death in November 1851, the two plotted an escape. When their chance came, they bolted off together, heading northeast and then southwest toward the Mexican border. The bill submitted by the administrator of Alston's estate traced the route of the slave catchers, who stopped at the Rio Grande River.
91. The Texas Rangers : Men of Valor and Action
by Cox, Mike.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1991.
92. Texas Christmas : As Celebrated Under Six Flags
by Morgan, Elizabeth Dearing.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1995.
93. Sam Houston's Wife : A Biography of Margaret Lea Houston
by Seale, William.
Norman University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.
94. The Howling of the Coyotes : Reconstruction Efforts to Divide Texas
by Wallace, Ernest.
College Station Texas A&M University Press, 1979.
95. Historic Towns of Texas
by Davis, Joe Tom.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1992.
96. Memoirs for the History of the War in Texas. Vol. 1, Mexico City
by Filâisola, Vicente.; Woolsey, Wallace.
Austin, Tex. Eakin Press, 1985.
97. Red River Women
Women of the West Series (Plano, Tex.)
by McLeRoy, Sherrie.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1996.
98. Texas Tales Your Teacher Never Told You
by Eckhardt, C. F.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 1992.
99. Hesitant Martyr in the Texas Revolution : James Walker Fannin
by Brown, Gary.
Plano, Tex. Republic of Texas Press, 2000.
100. The World of the Harvester Ants
W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series ; No. 23
by Taber, Stephen Welton.
College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press, 1998.