[PDF] Establishing Austins Colony eBook

Author : Stephen F. Austin
Publisher :
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Law
ISBN :

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The first Anglo-American settlement in Texas, this is Stephen F. Austin's own account.

Author : Betty Smith Meischen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 30,73 MB
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1796043001

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Austin Colony Pioneers is a collection of many families that came to Texas in its earliest days and the German settlers and their influences upon the growth of Texas. The book is filled with many anecdotes, short stories, obituaries and articles gleaned from area newspapers. These early families intermarried and not only filled Austin’s original colony but their descendants went to every corner of America. The book traces many of these early pioneers into the present day and also gives their roots before they came to Texas. Colonel William Barret Travis of the Alamo has been a constant element of Betty’s historical research because her family was connected to him in many ways. There are descriptions of persons of historical note such as that of General George Custer and his command of Hempstead, Waller County, after the Civil War. There are stories of towns that once flourished and today are no more. The pages are packed with accounts such as the Bell-Schaffner feud and Shootout in Sealy, Texas and tales of infamous Six Shooter Junction, of Elizabeth Ney, the famous sculptress, and many other historical places and persons of interest.

Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Texas
ISBN : 0684865106

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Originally published: New York: Free Press, 2004.

Author : Gregg Cantrell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 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.