A Pictorial History of Texas

A Pictorial History of Texas
Author: Homer S. Thrall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 980
Release: 1879
Genre: History
ISBN:

From the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Embracing the periods of missions, colonization, the revolution the republic, and the state; also, a topographical description of the country ... together with its Indian tribes and their wars, and biographical sketches of hundreds of its leading historical characters. Also, a list of the countries, with historical and topical notes, and descriptions of the public institutions of the state.

Kentucky Colonization in Texas

Kentucky Colonization in Texas
Author: Seymour V. Connor
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1983
Genre: Kentucky
ISBN: 0806310324

In this publication, which is reprinted from "The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society," the author has furnished a history of the Peters Colony as well as a list of the colonists themselves, which comprises the final half of the book. In this list the genealogist is given full scope for his researches, as each of the 2,000 settlers is positively identified with regard to the following information: name, marital status, occupation, age, year of migration to Texas, county of settlement, state of birth, and state from which he migrated. Professor Connor extracted his information from original sources in the general land office, records of the Peters Colony, and the 1850 census of Texas.

Conquering Sickness

Conquering Sickness
Author: Mark Allan Goldberg
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016
Genre: Health and race
ISBN: 0803295847

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Racial and Ethnic Terminology -- Introduction -- 1 Medicine and Spanish Conquest: Health and Healing in Late Colonial Texas -- 2 The Health of the Missions: Spanish Friars, Coastal Indians, and Missionization in the Gulf Coast -- 3 Cholera and Nation: Epidemic Disease, Healing, and State Formation in Northern Mexico -- 4 Making Healthy American Settlements: U.S. Expansion and Anglo- American, Comanche, and Black Slave Health -- 5 Healthy Anglos, Unhealthy Mexicans: Health, Race, and Medicine in South Texas -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Anglo-American Colonization of Texas

Anglo-American Colonization of Texas
Author: Richard Pickman
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1615325042

The era of Anglo-American colonization, while brief, had a great impact on the development of Texas and the United States. Readers will discover what drew Anglo-American settlers to Texas, and what caused hostilities to rise between them and the Mexican Government. Frequent sidebars introduce readers to the key figures of this era.

... de Witt's Colony

... de Witt's Colony
Author: Ethel Zivley Rather
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2018-02-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781378355169

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