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Though feuds and range wars were rampant throughout the American West, it seems the Lone Star State wins the "prize" for having the most. In virtually every county in the state, bitter wars were waged, often beginning with a few family members before growing to include hundreds of men. From disputes rising out of Civil War sympathies, to cattle thievery, and old-fashioned arguments between neig...
The Mexican–American War , also known as the First American Intervention , the Mexican War , or the U.S.–Mexican War , was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from spring 1846 to fall 18...
The county is named for Edward Burleson, a general and statesman of the Texas Revolution. Cemeteries Cemeteries Links Wikipedia
Huff Creek Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, United States: Note: African-American Cemetery
This project is for those from Texas and/or their respective Counties. : Only add profiles to this project if the county or counties is/are unknown. For example, John Doe's birth, marriage, or death place is listed as Texas Please follow this link for more information. of Honor Recipients - Texans (either born in Texas or the Home of Record is Texas)==Texas claims 75 Medal of Honor Recipients, ...
Galveston County, Texas United States of America = Geographic Location: 29° 18' 4.8528" N, 94° 47' 51.7056" W This is a (sub) project of the State of Texas and Counties Project and the Galveston County, Texas sub-project is for those who were born, lived, and died in Galveston County, Texas. * Galveston County, Texas Genealogy on familysearch.org * Galveston County, Texas on Wikipedia * Galvest...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jasper County, Texas. Official Website The county was created as a municipality in Mexico in 1834, and in 1837 was organized as a county in the Republic of Texas. It is named for William Jasper, an American Revolutionary War hero. Adjacent Counties Hardin County Orange County Tyler County Angelina County Newton County...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harris County, Texas. Official Website Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca may have visited the area in 1529. French traders recorded passing through in the 18th century. Spaniards attempted to establish a fort in the area around the same time, but did not persist for long. The first recorded European settlers in Harris County arrived in 18...
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most po...
The Evergreen Cemetery Association organized in 1894 and purchased 25 acres at this site to establish a cemetery. The first recorded burial was that of the infant Nellie Storkes on October 4, 1894. Charles Hooper replaced first sexton Joseph Grenedig in 1898 and served until 1924. He was succeeded by his son, James, during whose tenure (1924-1936) 12 of the original 25 acres were sold. Hooper ...
Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: DYS, ICAO: KDYS, FAA LID: DYS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 7 miles southwest of downtown Abilene, Texas, and approximately 150 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas. The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force. The 7 BW is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber win...
Fairview Cemetery ,Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA: Additional information The office staff requires a family member contact them to obtain plot information and directions to a grave marker. They will not give it out to photo volunteers who are not family. Their phone number is: 1 - 432 - 688 - 8911
Pioneers of Texas= >Welcome to the Pioneer of Texas Project. Please add profiles that were born or migrated to Texas between the years of 1599 and 1899. The importance of this project is to trace the early settlers of Texas and to be sure everyone is recognized and highlighted by a side project. A few early pioneers are highlighted, but they need assistance adding more profiles of our ancestors...
The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers franchise is currently a member of the West division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB). Since 1994, the Rangers have played in Globe Life Park in Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The team's name is borrowed from the famous law ...
Wikipedia University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (informally UT Austin, UT, University of Texas, or simply Texas) is a state research university and the flagship institution of The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883 as "The University of Texas", its campus is located in Austin—approximately 1 mile (1,600 m) from the Texas State Capitol. The institution has t...
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team located in Houston, Texas. The Astros are members of the American League (AL) West division in Major League Baseball (MLB), having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League (NL). The Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park since 2000.The Astros were established as the H...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. Official Website Overview El Paso is a city and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, in the far western part of the state. It stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua w...
Lon Morris College was a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and was the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that was owned by an individual conference and not the denomination as a whole. Lon Morris was an accredited two-year institute of higher learning, which provided instruction in the arts and sciences with a core curriculum emphasizing...
Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
This cemetery is located on CR 410, Talpa, Coleman County, Texas. Find a Grave TX Gen Web
Brown Ranch Cemetery is located in the Fisk Community about twelve miles south southwest of Coleman. To reach the cemetery, go one mile south of Fisk on FM 1026, turn left (east) and go one mile. The cemetery is located at a crossroad, where both the Methodist and Baptist Churches and the Brown Ranch school were located. The land for the cemetery was given by the Moore family and the first gr...
This project is for those buried in Milligan Cemetery, Latexo, Houston County, Texas. Find a Grave
Driftwood Cemetery, Driftwood, Hays County, Texas This cemetery traces its origin to the building of a sanctuary by the Driftwood Methodist Episcopal Church, South, here in 1884. The sanctuary was built on two acres of land acquired by the congregation from David L. and Mattie Elizabeth Dorrah. This cemetery was established on a portion of the churchyard immediately south of the sanctuary late...
Phillips Cemetery, Drippings Springs, Hays County, Texas Early settlers John and Nancy Phillips deeded land at this site to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1880. A small church was built and was dedicated on March 13, 1880. As was customary, members of the community were buried near the church. The earliest documented burial is that of B. G. Sorrell, who died on March 13, 1880. Among the gr...
Historic Timeline 1150 AD Indigenous peoples first inhabitants, possible ancestors of the Lipan Apache. 1721 José de Azlor y Virto de Vera names the Blanco River. 1826 Benjamin Milam is given a contract to settle 300 families between the Colorado and Guadalupe rivers. 1836 Comanches claim all land in Blanco County. 1847 Meusebach–Comanche Treaty 1850s Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., gr...