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Texas Family Stories: August 2009
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The Mother of Texas. And the Mother of Texas is. Jane Long is known as the "Mother of Texas." Why? Now that's a good question. According to the Online Handbook of Texas, Jane was given this title for giving birth to one of her children on Bolivar Peninsula, even though she wasn't the first English-speaking woman to give birth in Texas or on Bolivar Peninsula. So, how did she get this title? Hm] Could it be who she knew? Also, visit my companion blog Family Stories in Stone.
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Texas Family Stories: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The Battle of the Alamo, Part I. Note: This is part one of a 2-part series on the Battle of the Alamo. Though the Alamo isn't mentioned in Part I, the events leading up to the Battle are summarized here. The debut of the Alamo will be in Part II.]. A Rocky Start for a New Republic. A Familiar-Looking Document is Created. In 1824, this republican congress also created the Constitution of 1824. View Leading Up To Revolution. In a larger map. The Floodgates Are Opened. He sent G...
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Texas Family Stories: They Were First
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Monday, June 29, 2009. A Great Day T. A couple of weeks ago, my neighbor called me up to see if the kids and I wanted to go to the Fort Bend County Museum. And the Morton Cemetery. In Richmond, Texas. After about half a second of thinking, I replied, "Yes! How cool of a. Neighbor do I have? The Museum and The "Old 300. Where Were the Colonists From? How Did the Colonists Get To Texas? So What Does This Have To Do With Richmond, Texas? So Were These Colonists Still American? Fort Bend Museum Association.
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Texas Family Stories: Landmark Hunting in the Piney Woods, Part 1
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Landmark Hunting in the Piney Woods, Part 1. We Went Snarfin', or Landmark Hunting, in the Piney Woods. To escape the rain of Houston, Texas the Sunday before Memorial Day, my family and I decided to go snarfing [a Markeroni. Term for landmark hunting] in Nacogdoches, Texas. I looked up some places to go see there, and, lo and behold, there are a ton of them! We only went to a few before it started raining again. I have plenty of pictures [and stories] to share though. I'm so gla...
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Texas Family Stories: The Mother of Texas
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The Mother of Texas. And the Mother of Texas is. Jane Long is known as the "Mother of Texas." Why? Now that's a good question. According to the Online Handbook of Texas, Jane was given this title for giving birth to one of her children on Bolivar Peninsula, even though she wasn't the first English-speaking woman to give birth in Texas or on Bolivar Peninsula. So, how did she get this title? Hm] Could it be who she knew? Also, visit my companion blog Family Stories in Stone.
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Texas Family Stories: The Battle of the Alamo, Part I
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The Battle of the Alamo, Part I. Note: This is part one of a 2-part series on the Battle of the Alamo. Though the Alamo isn't mentioned in Part I, the events leading up to the Battle are summarized here. The debut of the Alamo will be in Part II.]. A Rocky Start for a New Republic. A Familiar-Looking Document is Created. In 1824, this republican congress also created the Constitution of 1824. View Leading Up To Revolution. In a larger map. The Floodgates Are Opened. He sent G...
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Texas Family Stories: May 2009
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Time's Imprint on a Lil' Texas Town. Old Town Spring, A Texas Landmark. A Town's Reaction to Changing Times. Wunsche Brothers Cafe, A Texas Landmark. Posted by Caroline Pointer. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Growing up in Texas when we traveled anywhere, my dad would always pull over at each landmark and take a picture of it and then he'd take a picture of the family around the landmark.Do you realize how big Texas is, and just how many landmarks there are here? Subscribe via RSS Feed.
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