Sketch Of General Thomas J. Rusk
From The Texas Almanac, 1857
Thomas Jefferson Rusk was born
December 5, 1808, iii the Pendleton,
District of South Carolina. He was
a distinguished soldier and statesman,
who was involved with almost every
important event connected with the
progress of Texas from the condition
of an oppressed colony of Mexico
to her present proud position among
the sovereign States of the American
Union. Here is his story.
Mentions: Hon. John C. Calhoun
* William Grisham * Pendleton District
* Colonel Sidney Sherman * Mirabeau
B. Lamar * General Filisola * Mr.
Joseph J. Powell * Samuel G. Powell
* General Felix Huston * J. T. Collingsworth
* Wm. T. Jones * John Hemphill *
John T. Mills * A. B. Shelby * Mr.
Buchanan *
"Watsonia," The Home Beautiful
By Dee Woods.
Hospitality, Texas style, is
a combination of that gracious and
charming article of the Old South
and the hale and hearty Western
variety, and something else besides.
A real ex-ample is encountered at
"Watsonia." home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry H. Watson of Corpus Christi.
"Watsonia" overlooks the Corpus
Christi Bay, and a guest once declared
the site was the most beautiful
spot in Texas for a home. Here
is the story.
Mentions: Mrs. Mary Nold Mathis
* T. H. M * Coleman-Mathis-Fulton
Company * Louisiana Street * Thomas
H. Mathis * the town of Rockport
* J. D. Dillingham *
Beginning Of The Methodist Church
In Texas
Account describes the earliest
origins and subsequent developments
of the Methodists in Texas.
Mentions: the residence of Mrs.
Lucy Kerr in Washington county *
Alexander Thomson, Esq * Rev. Henry
Stephenson * Rev. Dr. W. P. Smith
and Rev. Win. Wedford * Rev. J.
W. Kinney * Rev. Mr. Fullenwider
* Caney creek in Austin county *
Mr. David Ayres * Messrs. Kilnuy,
Smith and Wedford * Martin Ruter
* Rev. Littleton Fowler * Rev. Robert
Alexander * Ruterville * Beverly
Waugh * Presiding Bishop, and Rev.
Thomas O. Summers *
Treaty Made With Indian Tribes
In 1844
By J. Marvin Hunter.
A treaty of peace, friendship
and commerce was wade between the
Republic of Texas and the Comanche,
Keechi, Waco, Caddo, Anadahkah,
Souie, Delaware, Shawnee. Cherokee,
Lipan and Tahuahkarro tribes of
Indians on October 9, 1844, at Council
Grove on Tahwaccaro Creek, seven
miles northeast of the present city
of Waco. This story recounts the
full details of the 22 articles
of that historic event, and of its
great failure.
Further Mentions: Jesse Chisholm
* Council Grove on Tahwacearo Creek
* David G. Watson, L. H. Williams
* Louis Sanchez, James Shaw, Vincente,
John Conner * Thos. I Smith, J.
C. Neill, E. Morehouse, Benj. Sloat,
Geo. W. Adams * Eli Smith, R. H.
Porter, Stephen T. Stater, Ro. Wilson,
John F. Torrey, J.' E. Smith * Walter
Winn * General Ranald S. Mackenzie
*
Bandera County Eighty-Six Years
Ago
Excellent article from The Texas
Almanac for 1857 which gives a description
of Bandera county at that time.
"BANDERA is bordered on the north
by Kerr county; east by Comal and
Bexar; south by Medina and Uvalde;
west by the Bexar unorganized territory.
The Medina rises in its eastern
side, and there are a number of
smaller creeks in its southwestern
corner. The surface is hilly. There
is a white population of 136; no
returns in regard to negroes. There
are 347 head of cattle, valued at
$4,000; 17 head of horses, valued
at $610. Total, $17,866. About half
the surface is supplied with live
oak, cedar and elm. The only fruit
so far…"
Further Mentions: O. B. Miles
* J. W. Poole * A. Hoffman * F.
F. Carter * August Klappenbach *
"Texian" Is Correct Appellation
From the Texas Almanac for 1858,
published by Richardson & Co., Galveston,
we take the following article, which
is an extract from an old manuscript,
"A Review of Kennedy's History of
Texas," and which gives the correct
term that should be applied to citizens
of Texas.
