History Texas
Texas
The Republic of Texas achieved its independence from Mexico in 1836, the same year as the famous siege of the Alamo in which pioneers Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were slain. The "Lone Star State" was the 28th state to join the Union, admitted in 1845. The name Texas is a Spanish name, which comes from an Indian word meaning "friends" or "allies." Texas is the second-largest state in the Union in area, after Alaska. Although it has a wild, frontier history, today Texas is a major producer of oil and has important centers of industry and finance. A Texas state historian has said that the state flower, the bluebonnet, "is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland." ... [Read More]
Biography of President George W. Bush
President Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University in 1968, and then served as an F-102 fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. President Bush received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1975. Following graduation, he moved back to Midland and began a career in the energy business. After working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, President Bush assembled the group of partners who purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989. On November 8, 1994, President Bush was elected Governor of Texas. He became the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive 4-year terms when he was re-elected on November 3, 1998. ... [Read More]
Southern District of Texas History
Historical information comes from court records, the book Justice Lies in the District , by Charles Zelden (Texas A&M University Press, 1992), and the research of the Honorable Joe McDonald Ingraham, now deceased. Comments should be sent to info@txs.uscourts.gov . Steve Wilson, a graduate student at Rice University, is currently writing a book on the history of the Southern District of Texas from 1959 to present, and would appreciate help. He receives electronic mail at shwilson@rice.edu , or mail at History Department - MS #42, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-1892 ... [Read More]
Texas - List of Official Partners (Veterans History Project, Library of Congress)
37th Training Wing Office of History and Research ... University of North Texas Oral History Program ... U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project ... [Read More]
BRC History
RADIATION CONTROL HISTORY ... Chronological History of highlights that establish the Texas Department of State Health Services, Radiation Control, as a leader for other radiation control programs. ... [Read More]
The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection (American Memory, Library of Congress)
The source materials for this collection are housed at the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin . For information about acquiring permission to copy any of this material,please read the Center for American History's copyrightinformation . ... The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection of the South Texas Border Area, acollection of over 8,000 items, is a unique visual resource documentingthe Lower Rio Grande Valley during the early 1900s. Donated by the Runyonfamily to the Center for American History in 1986, it includes glassnegatives, lantern slides, nitrate negatives, prints, and postcards,representing the life's work of commercial photographer Robert Runyon(1881-1968), a longtime resident of South Texas. His photographs documentthe history and development of South Texas and the border, including theMexican Revolution, the U.S. military presence at Fort Brown and along theborder prior to and during World War I, and the growth and development ofthe Rio Grande Valley. ... [Read More]
El Paso History Museum
The El Paso Museum of History is planning and packing for the move to its new building at Cleveland Square (corner of Santa Fe and Missouri Street) in downtown El Paso. Please come and visit thenew Museum, when it opens in early 2006. ... The El Paso region has a long history of concern for recording and preserving its past ... The El Paso Museum of History is currently open in this location on ... [Read More]
FEMA: Region VI Disaster History
Region VI Disaster History Arkansas | Louisiana | New Mexico | Oklahoma | Texas ... Arkansas Disaster History ... Home » Regions » Region VI » Region VI Disaster History ... [Read More]
Fort Davis National Historic Site (National Park Service)
History » ... The park is seeking historic photos - click on "History and Culture" at right. ... A brief history of Fort Davis by Robert M. Utley. ... [Read More]
www.elpasotexas.gov - Records Management Division - Bibliography: TEXAS HISTORY
Haley, James L. Texas: An Album of History . Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985. ... Horgan, Paul. Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History . New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1954. ... Barr, Alwyn. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 . Norman, Ok.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. ... [Read More]
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