The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County, Texas
Author: Pat B. Clark
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Total Pages: 148
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Author: Pat B. Clark
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Published: 198?
Total Pages: 148
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738579146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRed River County and Clarksville are actually older than the state of Texas itself. Once known as the Red River District, the area represented all or part of 39 present-day Texas counties. Some of the area's earliest Anglo settlements could be found along the Red River as early as 1816 and included Pecan Point, the Burkham Settlement, and Jonesboro, followed by the settling of Clarksville in 1833. Many of Texas's earliest pioneers passed through the county, including Sam Houston, who spent his first night in Texas in Jonesboro at James and Isabella Clark's home; and Davy Crockett, who spent time at Whiterock at John Stiles's home before he perished at the Battle of the Alamo. Today Red River County is known as the "Gateway to Texas."
Author: Pat B. Clark
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Published: 1937
Total Pages: 320
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 127
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard B. Marrin
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780788442414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe material set forth in this two-volume series is from The Northern Standard, a weekly newspaper published in Clarksville, a small town in the northeastern corner of Texas. Founded in 1842 by Charles DeMorse, a New York lawyer and veteran of the Texas R
Author: Pat Benjamin Clark
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Published: 1984*
Total Pages: 147
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martha Sue Stroud
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9781571689030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Marrin
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Published: 2019-08
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780788443169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe material set forth in this two-volume series is from The Northern Standard, a weekly newspaper published in Clarksville, a small town in the northeastern corner of Texas. Founded in 1842 by Charles DeMorse, a New York lawyer and veteran of the Texas Revolution, the paper was published under his editorship for forty-six years. The paper grew to become the second largest in circulation in Texas and DeMorse himself was hailed as the Father of Texas Journalism. The Standard provided its readers with a full offering of what was happening in Clarksville, Northern Texas (as well as the rest of Texas), the nation, and even the world of the mid-1800s. Volume I focuses on Red River County and its seat, the town of Clarksville, during the years 1846 to 1860. The former Red River District of the Republic of Texas, it is mother county to thirty-nine present Texas counties. Volume II focuses on what happened in many of those calf counties during the same fourteen year time span: from the days of the Republic, to Statehood, and finally, the Civil War. Some of these counties were already well established, some were still developing, and others were in their infancy. Beyond these counties was the frontier with its wild native inhabitants. This rich source of names, dates and other genealogical tidbits is enhanced by indices.
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Published: 1999
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gary L. Pinkerton
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2016-11-01
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1623494699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrammel’s Trace tells the story of a borderlands smuggler and an important passageway into early Texas. Trammel’s Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in Nacogdoches. By the early nineteenth century, Trammel’s Trace was largely a smuggler’s trail that delivered horses and contraband into the region. It was a microcosm of the migration, lawlessness, and conflict that defined the period. By the 1820s, as Mexico gained independence from Spain, smuggling declined as Anglo immigration became the primary use of the trail. Familiar names such as Sam Houston, David Crockett, and James Bowie joined throngs of immigrants making passage along Trammel’s Trace. Indeed, Nicholas Trammell opened trading posts on the Red River and near Nacogdoches, hoping to claim a piece of Austin’s new colony. Austin denied Trammell’s entry, however, fearing his poor reputation would usher in a new wave of smuggling and lawlessness. By 1826, Trammell was pushed out of Texas altogether and retreated back to Arkansas Even so, as author Gary L. Pinkerton concludes, Trammell was “more opportunist than outlaw and made the most of disorder.”