Inauguration of Mirabeau B. Lamar
December 10, 1838 was supposed to be the day Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was inaugurated...
Texas Revolutionary Army Launches Assault on San Antonio
The Mexican dictator, General Santa Anna, charged his cousin, General Martin Perfecto de Cos,...
Texas had a Navy?!?
When Texas defied Santa Anna’s dictatorship, the colonial government of Texas declared independence and...
Empresario Samuel May Williams
Samuel May Williams did not come to Texas to become an empresario, but he became...
Red Adair’s Rise to Fame
On November 13, 1961 the Devil lit his “Cigarette Lighter” in the Algerian Sahara...
Freedom Requires Vigilance
In 1841, the disgraced Mexican dictator Santa Anna once again became president of Mexico...
The Least Populated County in Texas…and in the United States!
I always thought it would be neat if Valentine, Texas was located in Loving...
Happy Birthday, Cynthia Ann Parker!
As near as historians can tell, Cynthia Ann Parker was born sometime between June...
The Irish Empresarios
Between 1750 and 1830, the population of Ireland tripled. This fact alone would have...
Empresario Sterling Robertson
Sterling Clack Robertson was empresario of Robertson’s colony, a huge tract of land covering...