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Welcome to
State of Texas
History & Genealogy


Source:
A Twentieth Century History of
Southwest Texas
Illustrated
Volume I & II
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago - New York - Los Angeles
1907

CONTENTS - VOLUME I
CONTENTS - VOLUME II

PREFACE
CHAPTER I. - EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY;
 - LA SALLE'S COLONY
 		 1
CHAPTER II. - SPANISH ENTRADAS -
 - ESTABLISHMENT OF MISSION
 		 7
CHAPTER III. - PERMANENT OCCUPATION BY SPAIN
 		 10
CHAPTER IV. - SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR,
 - OUTPOST OF THE SPANISH FRONTIER AND CENTER OF MISSIONS
 		 15
CHAPTER V. - TEXAS DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
 		 24
CHAPTER VI. - AMERICAN AND SPANISH CIVILIZATIONS MEET IN LOUISIANA -
 - FIRST STAGES OF THE INEVITABLE CONFLICT
 		 27
CHAPTER VII. - POSITION OF TEXAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
 		 31
CHAPTER VIII. - THE REVOLT AGAINST SPANISH DESPOTISM -
 - THE BURR CONSPIRACY		 37
CHAPTER IX. - THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
 		 45
CHAPTER X. - REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN TEXAS, 1810-1820
 		 49
CHAPTER XI. - THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO -
 - AUSTIN'S COLONY
 		 62
CHAPTER XII. - RELATIONS WITH MEXICO -
 - FREDONIAN WAR
 - EARLY REVOLTS AGAINST THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
 		 68
CHAPTER XIII. - EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE REVOLUTION
 - SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF SAN ANTONIO
 		 74
CHAPTER XIV - ALAMO AND GOLIAD
 - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
 		 83
CHAPTER XV - THE WINNING OF INDEPENDENCE
 - SAN JACINTO
 		 95
CHAPTER XVI. - TEXAS AS A REPUBLIC
 		 109
CHAPTER XVII. - HISTORY OF THE ANNEXATION MOVEMENT
 		 141
CHAPTER XVIII - THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM 1845 TO 1861
 		 146
CHAPTER XIX. - SOUTHWEST TEXAS FIFTY YEARS AGO
 		 167
CHAPTER XX. - THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD
 		 197
CHAPTER XXI. - THE ERA OF RECONSTRUCTION
 - THE CONSTITUTION OF 1876
 		 214
CHAPTER XXII. - THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS BORDER
 		 226
CHAPTER XXIII. - HISTORY OF THE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY
 		 255
CHAPTER XXIV. - SAN ANTONIO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RAILROAD ERA
 		 292
CHAPTER XXV. - SAN ANTONIO:  RESULTS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS.
 		 320

CONTENTS - VOLUME II.

CHAPTER XXVI. -
 - SAN ANTONIO - THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS
 		 1
CHAPTER XXVII. -
 - CITY OF LOREDO
 		 67
CHAPTER XXVIII. -
 - SOUTHWEST TEXAS DURING THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY
 		 123
   

INDEX of BIOGRAPHIES to VOL. II

NOTE:  If you want a biography transcribed, please contact me.
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Adams, W. B. 188
Adams, Wm. 459
Ahlday, Frederick W. 429
Alexander, Isaac 114
Allen, George W. 495
Armengol, John 94
Atkisson, Jesse B. 285
Avant, A. M. 157
Balde-Sarelli, P. 41
Baldwin, Wm. H. 449
Barker, Wm. L. 57
Barnhill, D. W. 241
Barnes, J. I. 288
Batista, Pedro 20
Bauer, John 33
Baumgarten, Christian 413
Beck, J. Edwin 52
Benavides, Christobal 76
Benavides, Santos M. 97
Bennett, Henry W. 371
Benson, Harry L. 45
Benton, Nat 455
Berry, James E. 206
Best, William C. 473
Bertani, Andrea 114
Billings, J. R. 319
Blaine, Frank C. 321
Blocker, V. H. 169
Bowles, Hiram J. 243
Bowman, A. R. 273
Braunnagel, Julius 43
Brennan, Michael 106
Brewster, Calvin G. 90
Bright, J. M. 191
Briscoe, John T. 528
Brodbent, Charles S. 38
Broussard, Joseph 61
Brown, George W. 195
Brown, Robert L. 164
Bruni, A. M. 96
Bruns, Christian 507
Brunson, Charles 358
Buckley, Timothy J. 49
Bullis, John L. 40
Bundick, P. B. 509
Burns, John 480
Burttschell, Joseph 366
Butler, William G. 332
Byars, James 365
Cameron, Jonathan S. 482
Campbell, Chas. A. R. 486
Canfield, John E. 198
Cardwell, John M. 381
Carter, John A. 361
Chamberlain, WM. C. 92
Clark, Charles F. 342
Clark, Hines 454
Clark, Isaac E. 414
Clarke, Jennie, Mrs. 391
Cogley, Miles T. 81
Collier, W. W. 275
Collins, L. G. 452
Combs, David S. 53
Conway, John S. 340
Copp, George 346
Cotulla, Joseph 345
Coy, Andrews, Jr. 44 44
Crain, Jason D. 497
Crane, John 222
Crisp, John C. 462
Cunningham, Leander C. 353
Daughterty, Felix R. 327
Davenport, A. J. 217
Davis, David D. 117
Davis, William H. 11
Denike, Edward 115
Dermody, W. P. 254
Dillard, William 4k05
Dittlinger, Hippolyt 150
Dole, W. S. 526
Dunlap, W. P. 387
Durham, A. J. 224
Duncan, Ben. 205
Edwards , D. M. 269
Edwards, Levi J. W. 205
Egg, Gideon 512
Eistetter, A. J. 118
Ellis,Volney 385
Evans, James R. 193
FAhrenthold, August, Jr. 423
Faris, Joe 533
Fenley, Joel C. 235
Fenley, G. B. 240
Fenley, J. Monroe 220
Fenstermaker, William 3
Fisk, James N. 40
Fitzgerald, Alexander 372
Fitzgerald, Milam M. 8
Flores, Emeterio 104
Flory, Edward E. 19
Flory, Nicholas 18
Floyd, P. 119
Forgy, James R. 419
Foster, Sam T. 85
Franklin, Thomas 25
Franks, D. G. 306
Frerichs, Rolf 179
Garner, Fred C., Mrs. 297
Garcia, Eusebio 120
Garcia, Jose Maria 109
Garcia, Porfirio P. 484
Garret, Holland 367
Garza family 478
Gayle, Alexander T. 442
Gayle, George S. 442
Gentry, F. V. 465
Goodwin, Hiram S. 120
Gorden, G. S. 433
Gouger, Henry B. 199
Gray, John A. 98
Gray, John M. 300
Gray, Zilpha 402
Green, W. B. 342
Greenwood, Paul J. 390
Grimes, Sterling F. 446
Haass, Herman E. 174
Hadra, Frederick 14
Hagy, William N. 34
Halsell, John T. 106
Hamilton, Henry J. 88
Hankins, WIlliam M. 401
Hardeman, Walker B. 399
Hardeman, John 399
Hardeman, Thomas J. 399
Hardeman, Owen B. 399
Hardeman, Dorothy 399
Hargus, Joe W. 348
Hargus, W. L. 352
Harkness, James C. B. 204
Harrison, Sam 64
Hatch, A. S. 295
Hayes, William R. 447
Haynes, James J. 86
Heard, Leon F. 226
Heath, James W. 187
Hefner, W. J. 417
Heilig, Otto 154
Helmcamp, Theodore 491
Hill, W. T. 521
Hindes, George F. 208
Holoway, James J. 403
Holt, John B. 380
Holt, James W. 487
Hope, Samuel M. 370
House, Hansel W. 263
Irvin, William C. 48
Jackson, Thomas T. 48
Jahn, Charles A. 155
Johnson, Charles G. 502
Johnson, H. Evart 207
Johnston, William L. 445
Jones, A. H. 47
Jones, John C. 337
Keith, K. D. 3996
Keller, C. E. 31
Kelley, W. A. 289
Kennedy, Ross 214
Kercheville, John A. 196
Kerr, Abnus B. 406
Key, G. W. 165
Kieffer, August H. 63
Kindred, Joseph C. 489
King, Isaac H. 182
King, Richard 92
King, W. A. 10
King, W. B. 185
Kingsley, Byron F. 9
Kline, J. F. 23
Knoke, George 146
Krempkau, William B. 1
La Coste, J. B. 19
LeComte, Leon 63
Landa, Joseph 143
Lane, Calvin M. 384
Largen, Thomas J. 485
Laughter, Lavinia, Mrs. 439
Lawhon, John K. 535
Leal, Manuel T. 107
Leyendecker, Boniface J. 108
Ligarde, Honore 84
Little, John J. 203
Love, William D. 285
Lowry, Willis E. 116
Lynch, William S. 51
McDaniel, Arthur S. 5
McLaurin, M. H. 29
McNeal, Thomas 406
Madero, L. V. 28
Magness, James C. 206
Mangum, J. A. 279
Marbach, John 153
Martin, George M. 166
Martin, Henry G. 159
Martin, Raymond 84
Martin, R. Graves 524
Matthews, Harvey M. 32
Matthews, James T. 65
Mayers, Edward 160
Meier, William 59
Menger, Erich 54
Meny, Joseph 33
Metzger, Frederick 177
Meyer, Albert 27
Meyer, David A. 7
Middlebrook, Ibzan W. 355
Milam, D. C. 256
Mills, Green W. 374
Mims, William H. 100
Mixon, Wm. B. 330
Monier, John C. 20
Moody, Asa 398
Moore, A. J. 37
Moore, W. T. 500
Mosser, Samuel B. 530
Murphy, John T. 78
New, George W. 494
Newberry, Joseph D. 334
Ney, Joseph 172
Nixon, Robert T. 389
Nye, Thomas C. 135
Ochoa, Eliseo E. 79
Ortiz, L. R. 95
Ortiz, Santos P. 122
Obets, August 201
Pace, Wm. R. 101
Page, George R. 102
Patterson, N. M. C. 209
Patterson, George W., Sr. 278
Perry, John, Sr. 297
Pfeuffer, Christoph 151
Presnall, P. A. 457
Puig, Valentine L. 103
Pulliam, N. B. 281
Ranney, M. G. 16
Reiffert, Emil 446
Reinarz, Frederick 148
Rheiner, F. J. 252
Reininger, Gu 156
Rice, John R. 46
Richardson, Asher 519
Richardson, Tilman L. 168
Richter, August C. 87
Richter, William L. 13
Ripps, John F. 42
Rittimann, John 57
Roberts, Gideon L. 60
Robinson, John F. 265
Robinson, John F., Jr. 310
Robinson, Henry M. 265
Roemer, Adolph 471
Rogan, Edgar H. 376
Rogers, Samuel 234
Rose, Patrick H. 302
Ross, Horace B. 323
Rubert, Chas. 468
Saenger, William 55
Salinas, Augustin 99
Sanchez, Amador 78
Sanchez, Thomas 67
Saufignet, Edmond H. 90
Schawe, Henry 362
Schertz, William 56
Schlick, F. A. 343
Schmidt, Hermann M. 110
Schultz, William H. 369
Schreiner, Charles F. 45
Scott, Richard G. 50
Scott, Robert M. 313
Scovill, Frank E. 111
Seehatz, William 147
Seefeld, R. H. 351
Sengelmann Bros. 415
Sengelmann, August 416
Sengelmann, Gustav 415
Seymour, Samuel K. 356
Shafer, William A. 51
Sharpe, Edmund L. 167
Shaw, Felix M. 483
Shaw, Lemuel T. 532
Shaw Brothers 532
Sheldon, B. M. 514
Shiner, M. Charles 476
Shiner, Peter 476
Shropshire, Levingston L. 17
Simons, Geo. F. 436
Skidmore, Frank O. 141
Slade, John 315
Smith, Oscar B. B. 21
Smith, Samuel S. 21
Smith, William M. 460
Smythe, J. G. 248
Smythe, George W. 248
Sneddon, William 304
Spooner, Thomas H. 343
Stevens, Edward A. 479
Stevens, Pat. 4
Storey, Edward M. 383
Strickland, John S. 458
Sumpter, Jesse 137
Talk, A. W. 505
Tanner, Field A. 363
Tell, Wm. 368
Thomas, Covey C. 350
Thompson, James C. 194
Tips, Gus 325
Tolle, August 148
Truchcart, James I. 477
Turman, John C. 292
Underwood, Nathan 36
Ussery, Mastin 394
Vela, Jose M. 111
Villegas, Don Quinton 83
Villemain, Celestin 62
Vogt, E. R. 412
Wallace, Alfred L. 522
Walter, C. K. 531
Watkins, Chas. R. 200
Watson, D. A. 65
Webb, Mack 426
Weete, Louis 373
Weir, James A. 259
Werner, Fred 105
White, J. B. 536
White, Robert A. 162
Wilson, John T. 41
Wilson, Thomas A. 316
Wilson, Willett 469
Winslow, A. 81
Wish, Jasper 291
Witt, Edward L. & Sons 231
Wolgers, Theodore 410
Womack, John W. 481
Woods, W. G. Lee 311
Yaeger, Charles F. 516
Zachry, John H. 228

 


 

 

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