Austin, Missouri
Austin, Missouri

Author: Debbie Stevens Morgan

Publisher:

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 9780984678273

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Hoofs of wild beasts treaded heavily on the prairies of what would become Jackson, Cass, and Bates Counties in Missouri. The trails left behind led the animals to death by area Indians. In turn, death came to the Indian on the same trail, by the eastern settlers, and these dusty trails led the carnal man to murder and destruction. In no other place is it more evident, than in these western Missouri counties, of neighbor killing neighbor, during the Civil War. As boundless prairies became lawless,. men were killed in cold blood on their own farms, and in their own towns the churches filled with hatred toward one another. Countless women were left widowed, children left fatherless and homeless during the Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border. Austin, Missouri: Where I Call Home details the lives of families, past and present, residing in the small villages of southern Cass County, Missouri. Included are two diaries of Union soldiers take us from Missouri - Kansas border conflicts to the battlefield in Gettysburg. The rich history of the people of Cass County, was silenced when they were put to rest in the silent city known as Austin Cemetery. Now, their legacy speaks loudly for the first time, documented in the history of where they called home. Step back to a boy's simple life in Missouri and to a little girl's terrorizing childhood days in England during WW II. Relive the history of the Missouri farm, where the author lived for 60 years, this was the scene where the creeks and river were her playground which once flowed with the blood of man. Much has been written of the devastation of the Civil War on our home land, but the process that mended the heart has been overlooked, until now. God chose the charred and blood stained land in and around the town of Austin, Cass County, Missouri to bring healing through a simple bowl of beans.

The Ranger Ideal Volume 1
The Ranger Ideal Volume 1

Author: Darren L. Ivey

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 2017-10-15

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1574417010

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Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service which has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. Thirty-one Rangers, with lives spanning more than two centuries, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823-1861, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the seven inductees who served Texas before the Civil War. He begins with Stephen F. Austin, “the Father of Texas,” who laid the foundations of the Ranger service, and then covers John C. Hays, Ben McCulloch, Samuel H. Walker, William A. A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, John S. Ford, and Lawrence Sul Ross. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who fought to tame a land with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 1 is the first of a planned three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.

Wanderer on the American Frontier
Wanderer on the American Frontier

Author: John Maley

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2018-10-04

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0806162430

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For nearly two hundred years, a fragment of the journal of John Maley, an obscure explorer on the American frontier, resided at Yale University and was treated with some skepticism by historians. It was only in 2012, when the first half of the manuscript turned up at a barn sale in Pennsylvania and was acquired by Southern Methodist University’s DeGolyer Library, that the full story of Maley’s travels could be pieced together. Wanderer on the American Frontier makes the complete journal available for the first time, allowing readers to follow a contemporary of Lewis and Clark on his journey through the Ohio, Mississippi, and Red River valleys, and to reassess the account’s authenticity. Between 1808 and 1813, Maley covered more than 16,000 miles through thirteen present-day states. Much of that travel took him beyond the fringes of civilization, and his journal offers some of the earliest descriptions of the Ozark Plateau, the Ouachita Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Red River. His account also provides a firsthand look at life on the frontier in the tumultuous years following the Louisiana Purchase. Editor F. Andrew Dowdy has carefully retraced Maley’s steps and, with extensive use of maps, has reconciled some of the journal’s more confusing passages to give readers clear modern-day reference points. Numerous annotations and appendices provide necessary historical context, from the link between Maley’s 1809 Indiana copper exploration and the Treaty of Fort Wayne, to the ways his 1811 foray into Spanish Texas presaged further filibusters there during the Mexican War for Independence. The fascinating tale of one of the wider-ranging explorers in American history, Wanderer on the American Frontier is an invaluable resource that provides a unique window on the West in the early nineteenth century.

Congressional Record
Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1953

Total Pages: 1412

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin

Author: Gregg Cantrell

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2016-02-09

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 1625110391

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The Texas State Historical Association is pleased to offer a reprint edition of Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas, Gregg Cantrell’s path-breaking biography of the founder of Anglo Texas. Cantrell’s portrait goes beyond the traditional interpretation of Austin as the man who spearheaded American Manifest Destiny. Cantrell portrays Austin as a borderlands figure who could navigate the complex cultural landscape of 1820s Texas, then a portion of Mexico. His command of the Spanish language, respect for the Mexican people, and ability to navigate the shoals of Mexican politics made him the perfect advocate for his colonists and often for all of Texas. Yet when conflicts between Anglo colonists and Mexican authorities turned violent, Austin’s accomodationist stance became outdated. Overshadowed by the military hero Sam Houston, he died at the age of forty-three, just six months after Texas independence. Decades after his death, Austin’s reputation was resurrected and he became known as the “Father of Texas.” More than just an icon, Stephen F. Austin emerges from these pages as a shrewd, complicated, and sometimes conflicted figure.

Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 4
Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 4

Author: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-10-22

Total Pages: 713

ISBN-13: 1312620129

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Volume 4 of 8, pages 1919 to 2626. A genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.