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The Irish Empresarios

Between 1750 and 1830, the population of Ireland tripled. This fact alone would have...

Sterling Clack Robertson was empresario of Robertson’s colony, a huge tract of land covering...

Haden Edwards was one of the first Texas empresarios. His father was a senator who...

Corsicana reader C. Robert Keathley, fellow Texas Aggie and retired teacher of Texas History,...

In the process of studying history, historians are bound to discover heroes they like...

To tell you about Pompeio Coppini, I first have to tell you about Frank...

Father Miguel Hidalgo’s admirers–or maybe his enemies–nicknamed him “El Zorro” (the fox). Though Hidalgo...

Juan Seguin is a Texas hero who tugs at my heart strings. Born in...

John Heisman, the man for whom football’s Heisman Trophy is named, was not born...

As I’ve prepared this Happy Birthday series, I’ve realized that all babies come into the...