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Identifier	MSS0292-02
Title	Orris D. Brown Film Collection, Reel 2
Alternate Title	Texas Centennial Snapshots
Creator	Brown, Orris D.
Description	Along the Footprints which Lead to Glory: Opening title card and a shot of the cover of the book The Raven, a Biography of Sam Houston, by Marquis James. Inside cover signed by Orris, Christmas 1935. Text reads (in order): "Texas Centennial Snapshots. Along the Footprint Which Led to Glory." -- The High Spots of Texas History: A journey through Texas that shows the locations of important historical sites and significant landmarks. Traces early Texas history. Text reads (in order): "Off to the High Spots of Texas History. No state has a history so varied, so colorful as Texas. It begins with the prehistoric Indian pueblos and continues with the Spanish conquistadors - Cabeza de Vaca in the year 1528, Coronado in 1540, Espejo in 1582. And then the French - a statue to Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle at Navasota, Texas, where he was slain in 1678. And then again, the Spanish Governors' Palace at San Antonio, built some 200 years ago. The only physical evidence of Hapsburg rule in America. The old stone fort at Nacogdoches, an outpost of civilization, was erected in 1716. Miss Clara Mae Brown stands upon this historic ground." -- Travels to historical sites: Footage of several historic Texas sites and sites connected to Sam Houston, including: -- Washington-On-The-Brazos in Washington, Texas. Text reads (in order): "And then the period of Anglo-Saxon colonization, Washington-on-the-Brazos settled by Stephen F. Austin in 1821. The Brazos. Mr. Ben Conner, Custodian." The sign reads: "500 feet straight ahead Washington State Park where Declaration of Texas Independence was signed March 2, 1836." -- The site of the signing of the Declaration of Texas Independence, in Washington, Texas. Text reads (in order): "The next scene shows actual spot where the Declaration of Independence was signed - and this picture was taken exactly 100 years after that convention was in session. Texas reached the crescendo of its glorious history in the revolution which followed." -- Plaza at Gonzales, Texas, where the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired. Text reads (in order): "Plaza at Gonzales, scene of the first battle." -- The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. Text reads (in order): "The Alamo. The nation's noblest monument to heroic sacrific. Here martyrs to the Texas cause gave their lives - gave their lives that we might inherit a land of freedom, a land of beauty, a land of plenty. From these walls Travis wrote his immortal message -'I shall never surrender.' Pity him who enters this portal without a surge of emotion - emotion welling up in reverence, as he stands upon this ground - ground blood-stained by Travis, and Bowie, and Crockett, and Bonham." -- Sam Houston National Forest, 50 miles north of Houston, Texas. Signs read: "Sam Houston National Forest, entering." and "Sam Houston National Forest, leaving." -- Sam Houston Monument in Houston, Texas. Text reads (in order): "A monument to General Sam Houston, in the city of his name." -- The churches Sam Houston joined in Independence, Texas. Text reads (in order): "Independence, Texas, where General Sam Houston joined the church. The Baptist Church which General Houston attended." -- The site of Sam Houston's original family home. Text reads (in order): "These logs are from the original Houston home. The spring from which Sam Houston drank. The graves of Mrs. Houston and her mother Mrs. Nancy Lea." -- The home of the president of Baylor College and the ruins of Baylor College in Independence, Texas. Text reads (in order): " Old home of the President of Baylor college at Independence. Ruins of the College." -- Old Fanthorpe Inn in Anderson, Texas. Text reads (in order): "Old Fanthorpe Inn at Anderson, Texas. Built in 1834. Many notables rested from their stage coaches and were entertained here including Gen. Zachary Taylor, Queen Victoria's maid of honor, and Gen. Sam Houston." -- Baptist Church built by slave labor in Anderson, Texas. Text reads (in order): "Baptist Church at Anderson built by slave labor in 1854." -- A visit with 96 year-old Jeff Hamilton in Belton, Texas. Text reads (in order): "Extra special. Your camera man enjoyed a most interesting visit in Belton, Texas. Here he visited Uncle Jeff Hamilton, slave of General Sam Houston. Uncle Jeff is 96 years old, intelligent, and has a remarkable memory. Uncle Jeff." -- Sam Houston's home in Huntsville, Texas.Text reads (in order): "General Sam Houston's Huntsville home. Mr. Stougaard, caretaker and guide." -- Sam Houston's law office and private sanctum in Huntsville, Texas. Text reads (in order): "General Houston's law office and private sanctum." -- Sam Houston's grave in Huntsville, Texas. Text reads (in order): "The grave of General Sam Houston at Huntsville." Marker reads: "'The world will take care of Houston's fame.' 'Andrew Jackson'"
Date Created	1936
Description of Original	Kodak Safety film on a 7" reel ; reel-to-reel
Subject Terms	Washington (Tex.) ; Gonzales (Tex.) ; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) ; Baylor College (Belton, Tex.) ; Sam Houston National Forest (Tex.) ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863--Homes and haunts ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863--Miscellanea ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863--Family ; Hamilton, Jeff, b. 1840 ; Texas Centennial
Type	MovingImage
Language	English
Geographic Subject Terms	Houston (Tex.) ; Washington (Tex.) ; Gonzales (Tex.) ; San Antonio (Tex.) ; Belton (Tex.)
Coverage-Temporal	1930s
Publisher	Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas
Collection	MSS0292 Orris D. Brown Film Collection
HPL Location	MSS0292 Orris D. Brown Film Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Center Archives
Related Resources	The Raven : a biography of Sam Houston, by Marquis James. The Houston Public Library has several copies available at: http://catalog.houstonlibrary.org/record=b1339125 or at http://catalog.houstonlibrary.org/record=b1795211
Contributing Institution	Texas Archive of the Moving Image available at: http://www.texasarchive.org/
Funding provided by	TexTreasures Grant
Duration	13:21
Date Digital	2012
Format	flv ; 19.7MB ; 29 frames/second ; no sound ; black and white ; 4 : 3 aspect ratio
Rights	Please contact the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston, Texas.
Digitization Specifications	avi ; 2.68GB ; 29 frames/second

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