Texas Heritage Society

Annual Christmas Party

Next Meeting - Thursday, December 19 , 2013

The December Christmas meeting will be packed with many activities this year.  Everyone is encouraged to bring a holiday treat or refreshment to the meeting/party.  Our speaker will be Janet Wagner who will speak about the San Jacinto archeological dig.  And we will be holding elections for officers and board members for the next two years. 

Two term THS President, Kameron Searle, advises us that he will not be seeking a third term.  The December meeting will be his last meeting as President.  For the next few years, Kameron will focus more attention on history research and writing projects.  So be thinking about ways in which you would like to help further the goals of the Texas Heritage Society over the next two years.  Below is a list of the current officers and board members.

Texas Heritage Society Officers 2011-2013

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
Cliff May

Texas Heritage Society

September 19, 2013 Meeting

Speaker-Martha Haydel

The next meeting of the Texas Heritage Society will he held on September 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.

Martha Haydel's talk will be about "Spanish Texas--Visionaries and Builders." Martha will share with us the contributions of her Texas ancestors from the 1700s to the present day. Through their work, their hopes and dreams, they helped to build this state where we now live. That is an on-going effort.

Some of their involvements include: 

·       Founded the city of San Antonio, 1731 

·       Built San Fernando Cathedral, completed 1738 

·       Established the first civil government in Texas (province) 

·       Raised cattle throughout the centuries 

·       Planned and dug irrigation system in San Antonio  

·       Supported the American Revolutionary War against England (cattle) 

·       War of Independence from Spain 

·       War of Independence from Mexico 

·       Signed the Texas Constitution  

·       Survived the Battle of the Alamo 

·       Confederate War between the States 

·       Served in the city government of San Antonio & operated businesses 

·       Worked in the leather industry  

·       Supervised saddle-making under government contract during WWll 

·       Operated one-man saddle and leather shop 

·       Established local youth rodeos 

·       Became rodeo calf roper 

·       Teacher, businessman, psychologist 

·       Advocate for Texas History!

September 19, 2013 Meeting at The Forum

Frank Johnson Discusses His New Book Montgomery County, Texas  CSA

Martha Haydel Makes History Presentation

Photos Courtesy of Pat Spackey

Texas Heritage Society Member

Frank M. Johnson Writes

New History of Montgomery County and

the Confederate States of America

Our own Frank M. Johnson has written and published his first book, Montgomery County CSA. Montgomery County CSA is "a definitive history of Montgomery County's involvement in the War Between the States and the men from that county who served in the military of the Confederate States of America." 

Frank Johnson presented a preview copy of his book at the September 19, 2013 general meeting of the Texas Heritage Society. If you had an ancestor from Montgomery County, Texas who fought in the War between the States, you will want to add this book to your history book collection and genealogy collection.  If you are interested in Texas' role in the "War of Northern Agression," this snap shot of one county's involvement in the defense of the South will also be of interest to you.  The book is 238 pages and is now available from both CreateSpace and Amazon.com.

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

Next Meeting - June 20, 2013

Speaker - Archeologist Douglas Mangum

The next meeting of the Texas Heritage Society will he held on June 20, 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. 

Our speaker will be Douglas Mangum, historian and archeologist with Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. in Houston, Texas.  Douglas G. Mangum graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in archeology in 1994 and received a M.A. in History from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 2010.  He worked for the U. S. Forest Service before joining the staff at Moore Archeological Consulting where he is a Principal Investigator as well as Historian and GIS Manager and co-manages the fieldwork the firm has conducted in and around the San Jacinto Battleground.  He will speak about battlefield excavations in Texas and touch on the Philip Nolan expedition.

Hewitte Clarke 

rebelwriter@pdq.net

Texas Heritage Society

New Meeting Place - March 21, 2013

We have a new meeting place for the quarterly meetings of the Texas Heritage Society.  Our next meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 21, 2013 at our new location at the Administration Building of The Forum located at 5055 W Panther Creek Drive in the The Woodlands, Texas.  For directions to The Forum, call 281-292-2600.

Our speaker for the March 21, 2013 meeting will be Jack Watson, an officer with the Jean Lafitte Society in Galveston, Texas who will be speaking to us about Warren Dewitt Clinton (W. D. C.) Hall from Natchitoches and Alexandria, Louisiana.  Hall was involved in all three of the Texas filibustering attempts which will tie into our recent study of Texas history along the Red River in Lousiana made during our very succesful recent Tour of Texas History trip to Natchitoches, Louisiana. 

Hope to see everyone at the March 21, 2013 meeting.  We will also be voting on our new Treasurer and Reporting Secretary to fill those positions following the recent unexpected loss of Carol Lynn O'Neal.

We would very much like to thank Mrs. Melinda Reeves Cagle and Dr. Carrol D. Cagle for the use of their beautiful home for the past three years as the meeting place of the Texas Heritage Society.  We are very grateful to them.