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Rock beneath the Sand
Cotton has disappeared from the land of Texas and only the churches remain of the communities that grew around it. This title set out to understand the staying power of these rural …
Mennonites in Texas
With their distinctive head coverings, plain dress, and quiet, unassuming demeanor, the Mennonites are a striking presence within the often flamboyant and proud people of Texas. If …
The Birds of Tanglewood
In the intimate language of one who watched birds daily, Karle Wilson Baker brought readers face to face with the wonders of the East Texas woods in the 1930s. She wrote about tiny …
A Woman of Letters, Karle Wilson Baker
Karle Wilson Baker was the best-known Texas poet of the early twentieth century. Yet, while many of her male contemporaries remain well known to Texas literature, she does not. Her …
The Ground on Which I Stand
In 1871, newly freed slaves established the community ofTamina—then called “Tammany”—north of Houston, near therich timber lands of Montgomery County. Located in proximityto the …
The Feud That Wasn't
Marauding outlaws, or violent rebels still bent on fighting the Civil War? For decades, the so-called ""Taylor-Sutton feud"" has been seen as a bloody vendetta between two opposing …
Lone Star Picture Shows
An examination of the evolution of the movie industry in Texas, recreating the environment of the darkened movie theatre. Drawing on interviews with theatre managers, cashiers, …
Texas Confederate, Reconstruction Governor
Of the 174 delegates to the Texas convention on secession in 1861, only 8 voted against the motion to secede. James Webb Throckmorton of McKinney was one of them. Yet upon the …
Her Act and Deed
This text follows the threads of Southern women's lives as they weave through the public records of one Texas county during the 19th century. It seeks to illuminate the truths of …
Gospel Tracks Through Texas
In 1895 a different kind of railroad car rolled into Texas, bringing the ""good news"" of the evangelical Gospel to transient railroad workers and far-flung communities alike. A …
Murder and Mayhem
In the states of the former Confederacy, Reconstruction amounted to a second Civil War, one that white southerners were determined to win. An important chapter in that undeclared …