Texas in 1837
Muir, Andrew Forest![Texas in 1837](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/484/4846313/CHSBZCOP034846313.jpg)
Written anonymously in 1838-39 by a "Citizen of Ohio, " Texas in 1837 is the earliest known account of the first year of the Texas republic. Providing information nowhere else available, the still-unknown author describes a land rich in potential but at the time "a more suitable arena for those who have everything to make and nothing to lose than [for] the man of capital or family." The author arrived at Galveston Island on March 22, 1837, bef...