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Traces of Tx (today)

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Re: Traces of Tx (today)

Post by Mr. Neutron » Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:37 pm

Wow!!! A TON of really cool stuff in those last 2 posts, Jake!! Thank you for that!!!

I was born in Tulsa, but lived in Catoosa for 5-6 years, until my Dad died. Never knew Blue Duck was buried there. Thanks for pointin' that out.

And being an Oklahoma native, we were taught in our state history classes about Will Rogers, along with Wiley Post. But I never knew of how good of a pilot he actually was. Some pretty daring aviation feats for that time frame.

Side note: I did spend quite a bit of time in Texas in the late 60s-early 70s racing motcross. I love your state. I was sad after my daughter got married and moved away, but they did move from Oregon to Buda, TX. :) Really like that area, and the Hill Country south of there. Sometimes wish I could follow them there......

Love these posts!!
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Post by Shakey Jake » Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:52 pm

Mr. Neutron wrote:
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:37 pm
Wow!!! A TON of really cool stuff in those last 2 posts, Jake!! Thank you for that!!!

I was born in Tulsa, but lived in Catoosa for 5-6 years, until my Dad died. Never knew Blue Duck was buried there. Thanks for pointin' that out.

And being an Oklahoma native, we were taught in our state history classes about Will Rogers, along with Wiley Post. But I never knew of how good of a pilot he actually was. Some pretty daring aviation feats for that time frame.

Side note: I did spend quite a bit of time in Texas in the late 60s-early 70s racing motcross. I love your state. I was sad after my daughter got married and moved away, but they did move from Oregon to Buda, TX. :) Really like that area, and the Hill Country south of there. Sometimes wish I could follow them there......

Love these posts!!
You're welcome. I noticed that Texan Frederic Forrest, who played Blue Duck in "Lonesome Dove" passed away yesterday at the age of 86.

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Post by Shakey Jake » Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:55 pm

Grave in Bronte, TX.
"October 21, 1853-September 19, 1875
Born in Georgia. With his Parents came to Texas in 1857. He and a brother, John, were Texas Rangers-W.H. "Billy" serving June-December 1874. Billy Brown was the last man killed by Indians in Runnels County, in a fight to regain horses."
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Post by Shakey Jake » Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:57 pm

Per TSHA:
On this day in 1832, the Mexican fort at Velasco surrendered to Texas colonists in the battle of Velasco, probably the first occasion of bloodshed in relations between Texas and Mexico. Between 100 and 150 Texans, under the command of Henry Smith and John Austin, had gone to Brazoria to secure a cannon for use against Mexican forces at Anahuac; Domingo de Ugartechea, commander of the fort at Velasco, tried to prevent the passage of their vessel. As a result of the ensuing eleven-hour battle, one writer called Velasco the "Boston harbor of the Texas Revolution." The estimated 91 to 200 Mexicans under Ugartechea were forced to surrender when their ammunition was exhausted. A conservative estimate of casualties suggests that seven Texans were killed and fourteen wounded, of whom three later died, while the Mexicans suffered five killed and sixteen wounded. Final terms allowed Ugartechea to surrender with honor and return to Mexico aboard a ship furnished by the Texans. The final document of surrender was signed by Texas representatives William H. Wharton and William J. Russell.

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Post by Shakey Jake » Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:00 am

From the T of T Facebook Group:
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
Anthropological evidence indicates that the Comanche Indians were originally a mountain tribe, a branch of the Northern Shoshones, who roamed the Great Basin region of the western United States as crudely equipped hunters and gatherers. Both cultural and linguistic similarities confirm the Comanches' Shoshone origins. The Comanche language is derived from the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family and is virtually identical to the language of the Northern Shoshones.
Sometime during the late seventeenth century, the Comanches acquired horses, and that acquisition drastically altered their culture. The life of the pedestrian tribe was revolutionized as they rapidly evolved into a mounted, well-equipped, and powerful people. Their new mobility allowed them to leave their mountain home and their Shoshone neighbors and move onto the plains of eastern Colorado and western Kansas, where game was plentiful.
After their arrival on the Great Plains, the Comanches began a southern migration that was encouraged by a combination of factors. By moving south, they had greater access to the mustangs of the Southwest. A warmer climate and abundant buffalo were additional incentives for the southern migration. The move also facilitated the acquisition of French trade goods, including firearms, through barter with the Wichita Indians on the Red River. Pressure from more powerful and better-armed tribes to their north and east, principally the Blackfoot and Crow Indians, also encouraged their migration. A vast area of the South Plains, including much of North, Central, and West Texas, soon became Comanche country, or Comanchería. Only after their arrival on the Southern Plains did the tribe come to be known as Comanches, a name derived from the Ute word Komántcia, meaning "enemy," or, literally, "anyone who wants to fight me all the time." It was the Spaniards who bestowed the name "Comanche" on the tribe.
Shown here: Comanches and a teepee, 1870s.
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Post by Shakey Jake » Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:51 am

Per T of T Facebook Group:
Actor Sam Eliott wasn't born in Texas but his parents were both originally from El Paso and Sam has an ancestor who served as a surgeon at the Battle of San Jacinto. Sam's mother, Glynn Mamie Sparks, was a Texas state diving champion in high school and later a physical training instructor and high school teacher. Sam's father, Henry Nelson Elliott, worked as a predator control specialist for the Department of the Interior. The two met while they were both lifeguards in El Paso. Here's a 1965 photo of Sam Elliott in his college yearbook.
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Post by Shakey Jake » Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:36 pm

Okay, here's a refreshing photo for this hot June day. This is a picture of an ice cream and soda shop in Mt Pleasant, TX taken in 1913 taken by William Praytor (1861-1942). It looks like a great place to spend the afternoon.
Courtesy of the SMU digital library.
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Post by Shakey Jake » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:15 am

Here's a picture from the same collection. This one is the lumber yard in Groveton taken in 1909. Groveton is about 110 miles north of Houston and is the county seat of Trinity County. The community was established in 1881, when the Trinity County and Sabine Pass Land and Railway Company built a lumber mill on the south side of its newly laid track and plotted a townsite on the north side. Company director William S. Peters proposed the name Grovetown because of a stand of blackjack trees between the mill and the town; residents almost immediately shortened it to Groveton. The first building was a shack that William Magee used as a saloon; Tom Wortham built the first residence.
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Post by Shakey Jake » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:59 am

I got busy with other stuff and haven't posted for a couple of days. Today's entry comes from the T of T facebook group:
Traces of Texas reader Byron Terry submitted this tremendous photo of his great great grandfather, Berry Ward Nelson, who was born in Georgia in 1829 and died in Hughes Springs ( in Cass County ) in 1892. Berry migrated to Texas between 1857 and 1860, landing by boat at Jefferson, commonly known then as "Jefferson Turnaround". He then went twenty-six miles northwest to a place called Crossroads in Cass County, where he lived the remainder of his life. Byron doesn't know exactly when this photo was taken but Mr. Nelson appears to be about 45 years old, so probably in the 1870s. Look how he has his dog secured to his leg and a deer slung around his shoulders! I am probably wrong, but that rifle looks like an English Fowler rifle with its long barrel and short stock. Incredible!
AWESOME shot, Bryon. Thanks to you for sharing it with the rest of us.
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Post by Shakey Jake » Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:19 am

Happy Fourth of July!

On this day in 1910, Galveston native Jack Johnson was finally recognized as the “undisputed” heavyweight champion of the world. He had won the Negro heavyweight championship in 1903. Jim Jeffries, the reigning white heavyweight champion, refused to cross the color line and fight him. Johnson had to wait until 1908, when he defeated Tommy Burns in Australia, to technically win the world heavyweight boxing championship; even then he was not officially recognized as the champion. The dispute over Johnson’s title ended on July 4, 1910, in Reno, Nevada, when he defeated Jim Jeffries, who had stepped out of retirement to become the first in a series of "white hopes" recruited to challenge Johnson.
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