Spanish frontier policy in Texas from 1773-1779; leadership of Gil Ybarbo, and re-occupation of East Texas. Narratives about Valentine Bennet and Marie Bennet Urwitz, and Thomas J. Pilgrim.
A report on the Native tribes about the East Texas Missions, includes a map of Hasinai villages. Special research on the history of the old Galveston Houston and Henderson Railroad (G. H. & H Railroad).
Contains reminiscences of C. C. Cox and a group of recollections from other early Texans from the Austin papers published in 1903. Includes an article about the re-establishment of the Tejas missions.
Contains an excerpt from Frederick Olmstead's "A Journey Through Texas", which describes his travel by horseback through the state. Also includes an excerpt from "Diary & Letters of Josiah Gregg", which describes Gregg's experiences in the Houston...
San Jacinto Monument ; Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956 ; Texas Centennial (1936) ; Houston, Andrew Jackson, 1854-1941
Groundbreaking: Mr. Jesse Jones and Colonel Andrew Jackson Houston at the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Jacinto Memorial. A military band performs for the group of spectators. Mr. Jones and others make speeches that are broadcast by station...
