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Margaret Swett Henson examines the actions of John Davis Bradburn, an American-born man whose early involvement in filibustering brought him to the Mexican state of Coahuila-Texas and won him Mexican citizenship in the Mexican army. Although he was branded as an arrogant, unprincipled tyrant by Anglo Texans of his time and later historians for his 1832 arrest of William Barret Travis, Henson concludes that Bradburn was simply doing his duty as...

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Despite his important role in the development of early Texas--he was a close associate of Stephen F. Austin, a successful businessman and land speculator, father of the Texas navy, founder of Texas' first bank, and co-founder of Galveston--Samuel May Williams is unknown to many Texans. Elitist, arrogant, shrewd, sometimes sharp in his business dealings, and politically conservative, Williams made enemies easily, and contemporary prejudice has ...

Built in the winter of 1839-1840, this house, and the Texas pioneer who inhabited it, are the central focus of this thoroughly researched and well-written study of Galveston's merchant elite -- a generation of leaders who did much to shape their city and Texas itself.

McKinney Falls State Park, across the Colorado River from Austin, is the 672-acre center of a 40, 000-acre tract where Texas pioneer Thomas Freeman McKinney established his ranch.McKinney was a power behind the political scenes of the young Republic, supporting Sam Houston, among others. McKinney opposed secession, but, when Texas left the Union, he reluctantly helped the struggling Confederacy. Confederate mismanagement and corruption mined M...

In Mexico Lorenzo de Zavala was a reformer striving to empower the middle class, in Texas, he sought economic stability and hoped to restore his political career. His early death defeated both plans. Some Mexican historians praise Zavala's efforts to create a republic in Mexico and to improve the conditions of the lower classes, but most see him as a traitor because he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Anglo historians have general...