The State Historic Site is where an important, if not the most important, battle for Texas' independence took place in 1836. When Texas ... in San Antonio), Gen. Sam Houston, Houston's namesake ...

Advertisement In 1836, Gen. Sam Houston was sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas. In 1929, Professor Irving T. Fisher, head of the Yale department of economics, said that the ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Also on this date: In 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas. In 1928, Republican ...

The “Victory or Death” letter was written on Feb. 24, 1836, and heroically dispatched through the Mexican Army to General Sam Houston by Captain Albert Martin. Only 220 words long, many Texans and ...

CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER — 3370 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. "Mark Thrash — Local Legend, Civil Rights ...

CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER -- 3370 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. "Mark Thrash -- Local Legend, Civil ...

Now, since the morning of March 6, 1836, it remains a tomb. Once word reached Texan forces ... Ben Johnson, an old-school Western star, makes the character of Sam the Lion feel like he stepped ...

The only portions of the 1836 compound that remain are the church ... Six weeks later, when Sam Houston's victorious rebels swept the field at San Jacinto, they rushed into battle shouting ...

In 1836, Sam Houston became the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas. In 1906, French artist Paul Cézanne, one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, died at the ...

investigates the time of the Texian army’s encampment on the Colorado River and focuses on General Sam Houston’s situation there. Unlike other books on the subject, the focus in Brasher’s book ...

One of the first reports to Sam Houston after the battle reported ... An unidentified Mexican soldier expressed a different opinion in the April 5, 1836 El Mosquito Mexicano. He stated, “The perverse ...

Explore the extraordinary life of Sarah Ridge, daughter of Cherokee leader Major Ridge. From her family’s tragic journey on the Trail of Tears to building a new life in Texas, Sarah’s story weaves ...