Next Quarterly Meeting
March 12, 2015
7:00PM

Rico's Mexican Grill in the Alamo Room

4747 Research Forest Dr.
The Woodlands, Texas

Talk will be on the

TEXAS NAVY

by Will Fisher

Last Event

Day Trip

Saturday, February 21, 2015

10:00 am --- Seminar

The Education Committee of the Houston Yacht Club (HYC) is hosting a seminar entitled WHOEVER HEARD OF THE TEXAS NAVY?. Will Fisher, Board Member Emeritus of the Texas Navy Association and direct descendant of S. Rhoads Fisher, Secretary of the Texas Navy will present a movie and program on the History of the Texas Navy. The seminar will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2015 in the Ballroom at the Houston Yacht Club from 10:00 am to approximately 11:30 with questions and discussion. Lunch will be available for purchase after the program.

www.houstonyachtclub.com

The Houston Yacht Club
3620 Miramar Drive
Shoreacres, TX 77571
Phone: 281.471.1255
Fax: 281.471.9260

12:30 -- Lunch at Rain Forest Cafe, Galveston

1:30 -- Airplane Museum, near Moody Gardens, Galveston

3:00 -- Rosenberg Library Museum, Galveston

4:00 -- Return home

Hewitt Clarke, THS and

Quarterly Meeting & Christmas Party

December11, 2014

Hewitt Clarke presented photos from our Vicksburg trip and gave a talk on the 'free thinkers' of Comfort, Texas.

Photo Courtesy of Pat Spackey

More Photos here

Quarterly Meeting

 

Speaker: Jim Bevill

 

"The First Texas Navy, 1835-1837"

Quarterly Meeting

Receives Thank You from

Patrons of Cedar Brake Park

The Texas Heritage Society has received the following thank you card from the Patrons of Cedar Brake Park in Montgomery, Texas.  In December, the Texas Heritage Society made a financial contribution to the erection of "The Pioneers of Montgomery" monument.  When completed the monument will feature life sized statues of five early Texas pioneers.  The first of these statues will be unveiled in Cedar Brake Park on January 25, 2014 which is the 175th anniversary of the adoption of the Lone Star Flag of Texas.  Members of the Texas Heritage Society are invited to attend the dedication ceremony.

Texas Heritage Society

Annual Christmas Party
And Election of Officers

Thursday, December 19 , 2013

Photo Courtesy of Pat Spackey

President — Kameron K. Searle, J.D.
First Vice President (Programs) — Hewitt Clark
Second Vice President (Membership) — Carolyn Terrell
Third Vice President (Publicity) — Pat Ellen Spackey
Recording Secretary — Mary Jo Leonard
Treasurer — Phil Whitley
Editor — Melinda R. Cagle

Directors at Large —
Carrol D. Cagle, M.D.
Barbara Hamilton
Brenda Hortonember Christmas meeting was packed with many activities this year.  Holiday treats abounded.  Our speaker was Janet Wagner who will spoke about the skirmish at San Jacinto on April 20, 1836 (the day before the Battle of San Jacinto).  Elections were held for officers and board members for the next two years.  Hewitt Clark, who has done outstanding work as 1st Vice President and Programs Chairman for the last four years was elected Presdent of the Texas Heritage Society. 

Based on information presented regarding both organizations, the THS membership also voted to make donations to two historical organizations that are preserving Texas history in Montgomery, County.  The membership voted to contribute $500 to the Patrons of Cedar Brake Park for the construction of the Pioneers of Montgomery Monument.  $500 was also contributed to the 2014 Confederate Heroes Day Cotillion which will be held at April Sound.  The Texas Heritage Society is a partner in this year's Cotillion which will be held January 18, 2014 from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Tickets are available for the Cotillion Ball for $32 for adults and $25 for children, 12 and under.  All tickets at door will be $35.  Contact Board Member, Frank Johnson, for tickets at fjohnson@wt.net   montgomeryrose47@gmail.com.President — Kameron K. Searle, J.D. First Vice President (Programs) — Hewitt Clark Second Vice President (Membership) — Carolyn Terrell
Third Vice President (Publicity) — Pat Ellen Spackey
Recording Secretary — Mary Jo Leonard
Treasurer — Phil Whitley
Editor — Melinda R. Cagle

Directors at Large —
Carrol D. Cagle, M.D.
Barbara Hamilton
Brenda Horton

The Christmas meeting of the Texas Heritage Society was held on December 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm, the third Thursday of the month, in the administration building at The Forum, 1555 W. Panther Creek Drive in The Woodlands, Texas.  Below is a list of 2011-2013 THS Officers:

Texas Heritage Society Officers 2011-20Texas Heritage Society Officers 2014-2015

September 8, 1863, 44 Men Under the Leadership of Confederate Lt. Dick Dowling Pulled Off One of the Greatest Upsets in Military History:

The Battle of Sabine Pass

Texas Heritage Society Presents

Tour of Texas History

The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Sabine Pass

September 6-8, 2013

Make your reservations now for our next Tour of Texas History when we explore The Battle of Sabine Pass on its 150th anniversary.  We have 13 rooms and suites reserved at the Holiday Inn Express located at 3115 Central Mall Drive in Port Arthur, Texas.  Call 1-409-853-4114 to reserve your room. Rooms with 2 beds are $99 and suites are $110 under our group rate.

Hewitt Clarke has already planned the following activities for this Tour:

• Re-enactment at the Sabine Pass Battlefield for the - 150th Anniversary  
• Talk about Battle of Sabine Pass by Historian & Author Ed Cotham
• Museum of the Gulf Coast 
• Replica of a Pompei home 
• Gladys Oil Field Town  
• Swamp Boat Ride 
• Cajun band, Larry's French Market and Cajun
  Restaurant  

For more information contact:

Hewitt Clarke 

Rebelwriter@pdq.net

Dick Dowling Statue at Sabine Pass

Some of the Confederate Reenactors for the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Sabine Pass

Historian Edward T. Cotham, Jr. Signs Books Sabine Pass for THS Members

after His Presentation on Satuday Night

Photos Courtesy of Martha Haydel

Texas Heritage Society,
 Receives

501(c)(3)  Tax Exempt Status

In a letter dated August 9, 2011, the Texas Heritage Society, Inc. was advised that it was exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to the Texas Heritage Society, Inc. are tax deductible under section 170 of the Code. The Texas Heritage Society, Inc. is also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Code. Click here to see IRS Letter.

Our hats are off to our members of the committee that completed all the paperwork and forms for the IRS that made the recognition of the Texas Heritage Society, Inc.'s tax exempt status possible. Members of the committee were Barbara Hamilton, Melinda Cagle, and Carole Lynn O'Neal. Thank you all for your hours of hard work.

OUR PURPOSE

The Texas Heritage Society, Inc. is based in The Woodlands, Texas. Its purpose is to discover, preserve, and promote the history and genealogy of Texas, particularly of South and Southeast Texas and to broaden historical knowledge among the general public through programs, projects, and publications, bringing together professionals, independent scholars, writers, educators and researchers. THS, Inc. will launch the publication, Journal of Texas Heritage, in December 2013.         

JOIN US

Dues for the Texas Heritage Society, Inc. are $25/year (Jan-Dec) and may be paid by check or money order to our treasurer: Mrs. Carole Lynn O'Neal, 71 East Kentwick Place, Conroe, Texas  77384. Dues include day trips and a subscription to the Journal of Texas Heritage along with an annual Tour-of-Texas Study Guide.

MEETINGS

PROJECTS

Among the numerous projects that this new organization has embraced is to explore and write the histories of long-forgotten Texas sites like Esperanza and Rusk, now only ghost towns in East Texas. The identification of historic sites for the purposes of study and to obtain Texas Historical Commission markers is one of its primary goals. THS, Inc. maintains a web page at TexasHistoryPage.com, along with a discussion log that encourages the exploration of Texas history and genealogy through dialogue. Projected is the publication of monographs, pamphlets and other works about the history and genealogy of Texas, particularly Southeast Texas.

EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

The Texas Heritage Society, Inc. engages in activities and services for the support, development and promotion of the East Montgomery County Museum and Archives, located at New Caney, Texas. Seeing itself as ambassador for the museum, it seeks to strengthen awareness of the museum as an important resource for the study of Southeast Texas history.

STUDY GROUPS

August 8, 2009 — Tour of Texas History # 2

Stopping first at Washington-on-the-Brazos near Navasota, Texas, the group will hear a private lecture presented in Independence Hall, the site where Texas declared its independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. William B. Travis’ “victory or death” letter will be read. A replica of the original building marks the location where representatives met to sign the formal declaration of independence and where the government of the Republic of Texas was established.

The group then will travel to Chappell Hill to the Masonic Cemetery where a toast will be made to Col William B. Travis at the gravesite of his son. There will be a picnic lunch at a former old store in town after which will be a guided tour of the town of Chappell Hill.

The group will leave at 8 a.m. from First Baptist Church of The Woodlands. Bring a sack lunch and drinks; we will stop at a designated park for lunch, returning to The Woodlands by 4 p.m. Bring a hat and wear comfortable walking shoes.

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS

The Texas Heritage Society, Inc. recognizes various areas of historical and genealogical work with funding and special achievement recognition.

THS BOOK STORE

A resource for hard-to-find books about Texans and Texas.

NOTES ABOUT THE WEB SITE

The Texas Heritage Society, Inc. strongly encourages input from all of its members. We hope all members will contribute their many talents to this site. Please email your ideas and suggestions to the webmaster, David Swinehart . We strongly encourage members to submit articles relating to Texas history and genealogy to this web site as well as to the Journal.   The Texas Heritage Society also encourages scholars of Texas history everywhere to submit Texas history articles for publication in the Journal and on the web site. See Contact Us for more information about submitting an article.