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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. Tour of Texas History Natchitoches, Louisiana March 8-10, 2013 TEXAS HERITAGE SOCIETY Tour of Natchitoches, Louisiana March 8-10, 2013
Natchitoches is the oldest settlement in Louisiana. Established in 1714 it retains it’s original European flavor. THS has a block of rooms reserved at historic Church Street Inn, 120 Church Street. $125 for one bed and $135 for two beds. Free breakfast and parking. 1-800-668-9298 Recommended by the tourist office.
FRIDAY—12:00 noon, meet in Many, Louisiana at Kim’s Oriental Kitchen, 175 Fisher Street for Korean, Japanese and Chinese lunch. Then visit US Fort Jessup along Hwy 6 National Historic Trail, which was the eastern entrance to the Neutral Zone, a thirty mile stretch of no man’s land between the US and Spanish Tejas in 1805, where the “best is like the worst, there ain’t no ten commandments, and a man can raise a thirst.”
Continue east along the Camino Real to Robeline. Visit the Adai Caddo historic Indian village. Also visit Los Adaes Fort and presidio historic Spanish site from the early 1700’s. It was the capitol of Tejas for 50 years.
Check in to the hotel. Dinner at a local restaurant to be decided.
SATURDAY — Tour Fort St. Jean Baptist in town.
Private streetcar tour of the National Historic District, including the house where the movie Steel Magnolias was made.
Lunch to be designated.
Tour Oakland and Melrose Plantations at the Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
Free time for shopping etc.
Seafood dinner and speaker for the Civil War Red River Campaign. Cajun dance band after.
SUNDAY—Church of Immaculate Conception for mass.
Visit to Grand Ecole Visitors Center on the Red River
Free time and return to Houston.
Please let me know if you are going so I can arrange reservations a various places. Thanks, Hewitt Clarke Texas Heritage Society News Melinda Reeves Cagle
Texas Heritage Society Journal editor, Melinda Reeves Cagle, is shown here holding her latest contribution to the preservation of Texas history, History of Montgomery County, Texas - Volume II. The book is a collection of county and family histories relating to Montgomery County, Texas from 1837 to 2009. History of Montgomery County, Texas - Volume II, was published in 2012 and released in December of 2012. This beautiful 618 page hardbound history book represents thousands of hours of work on Melinda's part as its editor. Assisting Melinda Reeves Cagle in this effort were the members of the Montgomery County History Book Committee 2006-2012 which included: Melinda Reeves Cagle, Chair; Ruben Borjas, Jr.; Carrol Dean Cagle, M.D.; Earlayne Chance; Kay Lynn Dawes; Robert Donahoo, Ph.D.; David Frame; Barbara Hamilton; Karen McCann Hett; Frank Johnson; Lynn Keith; Karen Lucas Lawless; Craig Livingston, Ph.D.; Cliff L. May; Gladys May; Melinda May; Carole Lynne O'Neal; Maggie Robinson; Kay Roose; Anna Shepeard; Wanda Smith; Pat Ellen Spackey; Carolyn Terrell; Elsa Vorwerk and Ava Wilson. History of Montgomery County, Texas - Volume II, is a publication sponsored by the Montgomery County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc. and is available for purchase from that organization. Melinda Reeves Cagle, in addition to her editorial activities at the Texas Heritage Society, is also the editor of the Texas State Genealogical Society Quarterly, Stirpes. Melinda has won a number of awards as editor of several historical publications by different organizations. Congratulations, again, Melinda on a job very well done. The history book is exceptional and looks magnificent. Texas Heritage Society Christmas Meeting December 6, 2012 Meeting
Guest Speaker - Philip
Caudill
TOPIC - "Frontier Integrity at Grigsby's
Bluff"
The Texas Heritage Society will host its General Meeting on
December 6, 2012 in The Woodlands, Texas at 6:30 P.M. The meeting will be held at 18 West Shaker
Court in The Woodlands. See map
here.
Phil Caudill will present a talk on a little-known Texas Civil War moment in the life of Confederate
Cavalry Capt. William B. Duncan, a nineteenth century pioneer Texan from Liberty County.Caudill is the author
of Duncan’s biography published by Texas A&M University Press, Moss Bluff Rebel, A Texas Pioneer in the
Civil War. The book is included by TAMU Press in its Sam Rayburn Series on Texas Rural Life. The book has
been reviewed favorably by both academic and the popular press. Details and reviews are available
at
www.mossbluffrebel.org .
Tour of Texas
History
New Orleans, Louisiana October 5, 6 and 7, 2012
New Orleans St. Louis Cathedral Portrait © Lawrence Weslowski Jr | Dreamstime.com "New Orleans in the Texas Revolution" The Texas Heritage Society travelled to New Orleans, Louisiana to see sites and hear from speakers relating to early Texas history and the significant roles played by New Orleans and its people in the Texas Revolution. THS members stayed at the Hilton Inn Convention Center, 1001 S. Peters Street, New Orleans. THS Vice President Hewitt Clarke led this very successful Tour of Texas History to New Orleans.
Photo Courtesy of Martha Haydel THS Members Dining in Mulate's Cajun Restaurant
Photo Courtesy of Martha Haydel
Photo Courtesy of Martha Haydel
Photo Courtesy of Martha Haydel To see many more photographs taken during the New Orleans Tour of Texas History trip, click here. For information about future Tour of Texas History, contact Hewitt Clarke at: hewittclarke@pdq.net 281-367-2709 Click Here for Complete Intenerary of this Wonderful THS Trip to New Orleans Texas Heritage Society September 20, 2012 Meeting
Photo Courtesy of Pat Spackey Guest Speaker - Jeff Durst "The Fort St. Louis Archeological Project"
The Texas Heritage
Society will host its General Meeting on September 20, 2012 in The Woodlands, Texas at 6:30 P.M. The
meeting will be held at 18 West Shaker Court in The Woodlands. See
map here.
Photo Courtesy of Pat Spackey
Our speaker will be Jeff
Durst, Regional Archeologist for the Texas Historical Associstion will be sepeaking to us on September 20,
2012. Jeff Durst has a bachelor's degree in English literature and a master's degree in anthropology from the
University of Texas at San Antonio. Durst has been actively employed in archeology for the past 18 years, most
recently as Regional Archeologist and Project Reviewer for south Texas. Prior to his current position as
Terrestrial Archeologist for south and coastal Texas, he served as the
assistant project director and then project director of the THC's Fort St. Louis Archeological
Project.
Photo Courtesy of Pat Spackey
Jeff Durst has experience
in both historic and prehistoric archeology and has worked in Texas, New Mexico, and Belize (Central America).
His educational research has focused on the prehistoric Maya civilization with a concentration on the
archeology of the Maya Lowlands. Durst previously was employed by the Center for Archeological Research at the
University of Texas at San Antonio and acted as a Project Archeologist conducting archival research,
archeological surveys, site excavations, artifact analysis, and report preparation. Durst has authored and
coauthored numerous publications and papers on the archeology of Texas, New Mexico, and
Belize.
Photo Courtesy of Pat Spackey Texas Heritage Society June 21, 2012 Meeting
Guest Speaker - LaNell
Allee
TOPIC -
"ADVENTURES IN DISCOVERING TEXAS PROJECTILE POINTS"
FOLLOWED
BY "A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THE KLEIN, TEXAS MUSEUM
COMPLEX"
The Texas Heritage Society will host its General Meeting on June 21, 2012 in The
Woodlands, Texas at 6:30 P.M.. The meeting will be held at 18 West Shaker Court in The
Woodlands. See map here.
Join us for our quarterly metting in June when our guest
speaker will be LaNell Allee who is a Native Houstonian and a 6th generation Texan. Ms. Allee is a twenty
five year member of The Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She has 30 years experience teaching 7th
grade Texas History, in Klein ISD, and received the DRT State of Texas History Teacher of the Year
Award in 1996.
She served the last nine as Living History Educator and
Historian for Klein ISD, overseeing the Klein, Texas Historical Foundation Museum Complex which includes
Wunderlich Farm, an 1891 German farm, three furnished houses from the 1800s, numerous barns and out-buildings
and a two-room schoolhouse. Ms. Allee is a past board member of the Spring Creek County Historical
Association and volunteer tour guide at the Tomball Museum.
Hood's Texas Brigade Association Re-activated Invites Texas Heritage Society Members to Ceremony Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Richmond, Virginia Texas Heritage Society member, Ann Carlton Oppenheimer, is also Corresponding Secretary/Treasurer of Hood's Texas Brigade Association Reactivated. Ann has forwarded an invitation to Texas Heritage Society members for the dedication of the official Texas Battlefield monument honoring Hood's Texas Brigade at the Battle of Gaines' Mill in Richmond, Virginia and the reception following.
The dedication is set for Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. For all the details and a copy of the invitation, click here. HTBAR and the Texas Historical Commission have worked closely together with the Richmond Battlefields Association to make this wonderful event possible. Hope to see you there! Texas Heritage Society President Commissioned Colonel in
Texas Army At the San Jacinto Day celebration held on April 21, 2012 at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, Texas Heritage Society President, Kameron K. Searle, was commissioned as a Colonel in the Texas Army.
Texas Army General Sam Houston IV and Colonel Searle Holding Commission In 1969, Governor Preston Smith officially reactivated the Texas Army for ceremonial purposes. Each member of the Texas Army is commissioned as a "Colonel" by the Governor of the State of Texas. The Texas Army participates as the special honor guard in the Governor's Inauguaration Parade. In addition, they host state functions, official ceremonial events, re-enact events of 1835 and 1836, and travel internationally representing Texas and the Texas mystique. Like the original army, the modern day Texas Army is made up of volunteers who provide their own authentic "uniforms," weapons and camp equipage. Members of the Texas Army come from all walks of life, bound together by a love of history. The Texas Army is dedicated to the purposes of perpetuating the memory of those early Texas patriots who worked and fought as the first army of the Republic of Texas. The Texas Army is dedicated to educating the public about Texas history. Eight other Colonels were commissioned on April 21, 2012. These gentlemen were Col. Peter Goebel (U.S. Army), Dr. Victor Morris, Joe Acosta, Ralph Nelson, Jim Thompson, Rob Wilkerson, Ed Ellis, and Mark Hegman. Texas Heritage Society March 22, 2012 Meeting
Guest Speaker - Jack
Watson
TOPIC - MARY SABINAL CROW
CAMPBELL
ON GALVESTON
ISLAND (1817-1821)
The Texas Heritage Society will host its General
Meeting on March 22, 2012 in The Woodlands, Texas at 6:30 P.M.. The meeting will be held at 18 West Shaker Court in The
Woodlands. See map here.
Our speaker will be Jack
Watson, Galveston, Texas, a member of the Lafitte
Society, who will talk about
Mary Sabinal Crow Campbell, the wife of James Campbell. James Campbell was the most productive corsair
for Jean Lafitte during his stay on Galveston Island between 1817 and 1820. Mrs. Campbell's story begins
at Lafitte's town called Campeche on the island and includes a stay at Dr. James Long's encampment across
Bolivar Road at his Fort Las Casas. It was there in 1821 that Mary was involved directly in an incident
that determined Dr. Long's fate.
Jack Watson was raised in southwest Louisiana and
southeast Texas. A graduate of McNeese University, he spent 12 years as an Air Traffic Controller with the FAA
and 29 years as an investment adviser and partner with Edward Jones Investments. Jack is now retired and living
in Galveston, pursuing his lifelong interest in historical research. He currently is 1st vice president of the
Lafitte Society. He has had articles published in the Lafitte Chronicles.
Texas Heritage Society Meeting September 22, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Laura Saegert Texas State Library and Archives Commission The next quarterly meeting of the Texas Heritage Society will held on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at 18 West Shaker Court in The Woodlands. See map here. We have lined up another great speaker, Laura Saegert, who will speak to us about Texas State Library and Archives Commission, its holdings, how to conduct research at the Texas State Library and Archives, its programs and its conservation efforts. Laura Saegert received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978. She received her M.L.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981. She is currently Assistant Director for Archives in the Archives and Information Services (ARIS)Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, a position she has held since September 10, 2010. Ms. Saegert has also been the Appraisal Archivist/Map Archivist in the ARIS Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission since November of 1981. The Texas Heritage Society is very fortunate to have such an expert on the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to come and speak to us. The home and main collections of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission are located in Austin, Texas in the Lorenzo de Zavala Building which is located across the street from the Texas State Capitol Building at 1201 Brazos Street. These collections are amazing and can be extremely useful to those doing Texas historical research as well and Texas genealogical research. Click here to contact the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Texas Heritage Society, Inc. 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. Texas Heritage Society President Quoted in Report on the Preservation of Texas Court Records
The Texas Court Records Preservation Task Force, appointed in 2009 by the Texas Supreme Court and
chaired by Houston attorney Bill Kroger and Texas General Land Office Commissioner, Mark Lambert, has released
its findings on the condition of county and district court records in the State of Texas in a report dated
August 31, 2011.
Click on this link to read the Report on the Preservation of
Historical Texas State Court Records. This report mentions Texas Heritage
Society President Kameron K. Searle, JD. whose first-hand knowledge of the condition of Montgomery county
records motivated Searle to write to the Montgomery County District Clerk stating his own findings,
quoted here,
From the Report on the Preservation of Historical Texas State Court
Records
— Melinda R. Cagle, Editor Texas Heritage Society Meeting June 16, 2011, 6:30 p.m. The next quarterly meeting of the Texas Heritage Society will held on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at 18 West Shaker Court in The Woodlands. See map here. We have lined up another great speaker and author, Dr. Louis J. Marchiafava, who will speak to us about how to conduct oral histories and to aid the THS in starting our own oral history program. Louis J. Marchiafava received his Ph.D. in history from Rice University. For the past twenty-four years, he has served as a consultant and director of oral history and local history research projects. He has taught local history at the University of Houston - West Houston Institute and most recently a graduate course on oral history at the University of Houston, Main Campus. In 1976, Marchiafava served as Assistant Archivist at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center of the Houston Public Library (HMRC) and as Archivist at HMRC from 1980-2000 when he retired to become a full-time consultant. While Archivist, he also was Editor of The Houston Review. He was Contributing Editor of Houston Monthly Magazine from 1977 to 1989. His published works include The Houston Police, 1878-1948 as well as articles on local history subjects and contributions to several multi-author publications. He is a member of the Harris County Historical Commission as well as a member of professional and scholarly organizations. Texas Heritage Society Tour of Texas - In Search of Philip Nolan March 26, 2011 Cleburne Times Tribune Article - March 29, 2011 The Texas Heritage Society in a joint venture with the Johnson County Historical Commission and Johnson County, Texas have established the Philip Nolan Research Center in the Johnson County courthouse in Cleburne, Texas.
On Saturday, March 26, 2011, a brief ceremony was held at the Johnson County courthouse.
Some of the 350 Books Donated by Texas Heritage Society Members: Mary Alice Williams and Hewitt Clarke. Left to Right: Attorney Charles Lummus, THS Vice President Hewitt Clarke, and Johnson County Judge Roger Harmon. Our most recent Tour of Texas took us to Cleburne, Texas where steps were taken to further the development of the Philip Nolan Research Center.
Following the ceremony, archeological exploration was conducted with metal detectors at two different locations where the battle, which took the life of Philip Nolan in 1801, may have occurred.
Texas Heritage Society Meeting March 17, 2011, 6:30 p.m. First Baptist Church of The Woodlands
Speaker - James Harkins Texas General Land Office Our speaker for March 17, 2011 will be James Harkins from the Texas General Land Office. Jame's talk is entitled "Genealogical and Historical Resources at the General Land Office." He will be talking about the more than 35 million documents and 10,000 maps in their collection, the various collections that exist in the archives, how they relate to genealogical research , and how they can be accessed from home. James Harkins is the Outreach Manager for the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records Program, where he is responsible for promoting the General Land Office Archives and its collections to various groups. James graduated from Texas State University - San Marcos with a bachelor's degree in Communications in 2005 and received a master's Degree in Public Administration from Texas State in December of 2010. He has worked for the Texas General Land Office since May 2005. Note: The March 2011 meeting of the Texas Heritage Society will be held at a different location. We will be meeting at the First Baptist Church of The Woodlands located at the corner of Grogans Mill Road and Sawmill Road (11801 Grogan's Mill Road, The Woodlands, Texas 77380). The church complex includes several buildings. We will meet in The Atrium which is located on the northern-most part of the campus, facing east. It is the last building on the campus. We convene at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and a business meeting. Our program begins at 7:00 p.m. Hope to see you there. Texas Heritage Society Invited to Unveiling and Dedication Our Publicity Chair, Pat Spackey, has cordially invited all the members of the Texas Heritage Society to the dedication of The Lone Star Monument and Historical Flag Park in Conroe, Texas on April 21, 2011 (San Jacinto Day), at 5:30 p.m. The park is located next to the Montgomery County Memorial Library in Conroe, Texas. There will be an unveiling of a bust of Charles B. Stewart by Pat Spackey. Texas Heritage Society Members Attend 175th Anniversary of Texas Independence
Sam Houston IV, Pat Spackey and Kameron Searle Are Descendants of Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence
THS members, Phil Whitley, Pat and Ted Spackey and Marisa and Kameron Searle, were in attendance at Washington-on-the-Brazos on February 27, 2011 for the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico. Speakers at the 175th Birthday of Texas included Sam Houston IV and United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Thousands were in attendance at the ceremony to remember their Texas heritage and history. Click Here to See 2010 THS Christmas Party Pictures! Texas Heritage SocietyTour of Texas History #8"Lower Brazos - Los Brazos de Dios"Saturday January 15 and Sunday January 16, 2011
Whistler Hotel Bed and Breakfast, Angleton, TexasThis is a special overnight outing. We will learn about the sugar plantations on the black soil of the lower Brazos, where Stephen F. Austin lived and his first colonists had their pick of the rich land along the river.Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - Lecture and lunch at the old Whistler Hotel on the Chenango Plantation located at 1820 County Road 36, Angleton, Texas, 77515. Archaeologist and historian James Smith will be our speaker. So rich in Texas history, Chenango was first owned by Ben Fort Smith where his mother Obedience Smith lived in the early years. Smith sold the plantation to the notorious Monroe Edwards, who was a forger of great talent and finally died in Sing Sing Prison.12:30 p.m. - Travel to old town of East Columbia for a visit to one of the original houses built along the river. then to the interesting museum at West Columbia and a talk about the first Capitol of Texas and the inauguration of Sam Houston as president of the Republic of Texas there.2:00 p.m. - Across town to the Varner Hogg State Historic Park for a lecture about the sugar plantation where Santa Anna was protected by Columbus Patton, a good friend of Sam Houston. Patton later moved a slave girl named Rachel into his bedroom and openly lived with her until the family had him declared insane.3:30 p.m. - Travel a few miles south to the museum in the small town of Brazoria, where a large statue of Henry Smith stands and Confederate General John Bankhead Magrude had his headquarters during the war.5:00 p.m. - Check into a motel in Clute, where there are seven motels along the highway, all with winter rates. Many of our members and guests will be staying at the La Quinta Inn in Clute, Texas located at 1126 South Hwy 332 West, Clute, Texas 77531. Tel. 1-979-265-7461.6:30 p.m. - Happy hour at On the River Restaurant a few miles away in Freeport, rated by Texas Monthly as one of the finest seafood restaurants in Texas. Dinner off the menu and a talk by historian Les Pettigrew about Confederate forts along nearby rivers and the little known battles with Union forces.Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Freeport History Museum for a talk by historian Mr. Hickey who will start with the French explorers and take us through the important events in early Texas history there. Then he will take us on a trolley ride around the old town of Velasco.11:00 a.m. - After checking out of the motel, we will meet at the Brazosport Museum in Lake Jackson for a talk by historian Harry Sergeant about the tragic Abner Jackson Sugar Plantation after all four sons went into the Confederate Army. Abner died during the war, two sons were killed in battle. Two brothers returned, but got into a dispute. One shot the other, then died of consumption.12:00 noon - Lunch somewhere or return home.Important Notice!!!
For further information about this very interesting THS Tour of Texas contact:Hewitt ClarkeRebelwriter@pdq.net281-367-2709
At our September Quarterly Meeting, THS Editor, Melinda Cagle, received a gift from Kameron Searle thanking her for all her hard work on an article about the Lake Creek Settlement in Austin's Second Colony that is soon to be published. _____ Texas Heritage Society - September 16, 2010 MeetingTexas Historian and Author of the Biography Sam Houstonand the Book Passionate Nation |
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