Collection, 1791-1963.

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Collection, 1791-1963.

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Contains genealogical materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, wills, and short essays. Among the people listed are such early pioneers of Texas history as E. M. Daggett and Sam Houston. Other family names included are Parker, Cross, Ryan, Hirshfield, Adams, Hames, and Turner. The essays within the collection include "Early Recollections of Mrs. Josephine H. Ryan as Told to Her Daughter - Ella H. Pleasants" and Arthur Hirshfield's "Company H. Terry's Texas Rangers."

1 microfilm reel (20 ft.) : negative

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7161125

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Adams family.

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Hames family.

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Ryan, Josephine H.

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Ryan family.

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Parker family.

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Wood, Elizabeth Travis,

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Hirshfield family.

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Pleasants, Ella H.

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Texas Rangers

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In November 1835, Texas lawmakers created a corps of Texas Rangers to guard the frontier between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. During the Texas Revolution and republic era, the Rangers were used principally for protection against Native American raids. After serving for the Confederacy in the Civil War, the organization was restructured as state police and charged with the enforcement of unpopular Reconstruction laws. The beginning of the 20th century saw the Rangers involved in de...

Hirshfield, Arthur.

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Cross family.

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Turner family.

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Daggett, Ephriam M., 1810-1883.

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