Category Archives: Texas

Protecting Historic Cemeteries

Posted on September 30, 2018 by admin

Driving down a country road, you see an old cemetery and wonder who those people were and how long ago did they live there. Historic cemeteries, and they are all historic, are some of the most valuable resources in Texas. … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | Leave a comment

Texas Senate in 1849 Faced Today’s Issues

Posted on September 23, 2018 by admin

Last weekend I spent several hours reading the Journal of Texas Senate for 1849-1850, online. Boring? A little bit, but it was raining outside, and this needed to be done. I found some interesting information, but not what I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, Texas | Leave a comment

Fleeing to Texas

Posted on September 12, 2018 by admin

When the Civil War was over, veterans of both the Union Army and the Confederate Army found total chaos as they returned home. Yes, there were men in the South who joined the Union Army. They and their families suffered … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | 1 Comment

Serving the Republic of Texas

Posted on September 9, 2018 by admin

The first session of the Texas State Legislature handled more decisions with less arguing than most sessions since then. Those men, yes there were no women elected to any office in 1846, not only set up the legal systems in … Continue reading →

Posted in Greenville, Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | Leave a comment

Traveling Through Spring Rains

Posted on August 5, 2018 by admin

Imagine traveling some ninety miles during a torrential rainstorm on a 21st century interstate highway. Yes, visibility would be limited and speed would be slower. Headlights would provide clarity. More than likely the driver would arrive safely, albeit with wet … Continue reading →

Posted in Greenville, Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | Leave a comment

The Judge’s Hand

Posted on August 1, 2018 by admin

Remember that most early arrivals in Texas came because of one of these incentives. They were fleeing from the debt collector, running from the sheriff in their home county, or escaping a nagging wife. Once here, jobs were few and … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | Leave a comment

Summer Days

Posted on July 29, 2018 by admin

We have been challenged for more than a week by extreme temperatures Mother Nature cast upon us. While large numbers of us have access to air-conditioning, others don’t. Then there are the persons who work out in this heat. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Greenville, Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | Leave a comment

Women Suffrage in Texas –Very Briefly

Posted on July 22, 2018 by admin

For a brief time women in Texas were excited, hopeful, and possibly in disbelief in the summer of 1918. For the first time ever women in Texas could vote in local and state elections! It had been a long fight, … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, Texas | Leave a comment

Good Eats on the Texas Frontier

Posted on July 18, 2018 by admin

Acclaimed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted created amazing gardens in Central Park for the City of New York as well as the gardens of Biltmore House in North Carolina after the Civil War. In the early 1850s Frederick and his … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, Texas | Leave a comment

Read the Fine Print

Posted on June 5, 2018 by admin

Several years ago I found a box of letters pertaining to my husband’s great-great-grandmother. Nancy Elizabeth Haneline was born in Kentucky on February 10, 1862. She married William G. Doan in Arkansas about 1888 or 1889. The family came to … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical tidbits, North Texas History, Texas | Leave a comment