by Andy Barnes | Jan 24, 2024 | The De Leons
Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles we call “Marking History” looking at the stories behind the hundreds of historic markers scattered about the Crossroads. She fell in love with a dashing young captain in her father’s command, married him...
by Andy Barnes | Jan 19, 2024 | The De Leons
GOLIAD — Several descendants of the founding family of Victoria were among those gathered at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church parish hall Sunday afternoon at a meeting of the Presidio LaBahia Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The key event at the...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | Victoria
Tamara Diaz | tdiaz@vicad.com. Jun 17, 2022 Updated Jul 23, 2023 This is from the two-volume book, “Slave Narratives of Texas.” The language and spelling in this narrative is exactly as it appeared in the book. STORIES OF EX-SLAVES (Texas) ADELINE CUNNINGHAM, 1210...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | Victoria
Tamara Diaz | tdiaz@vicad.com. Jun 19, 2022 Updated Jul 23, 2023 Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865, after the end of the American Civil War, and issued General Order No. 3. The order proclaimed all slaves held in Texas to be...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | Victoria
Tamara Diaz | tdiaz@vicad.com. Aug 17, 2022 Editor’s note: What’s in a name? Zac Lentz Parkway, the Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts, Ethel Lee Tracy Park, Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center. This is the first in a series of articles exploring the...
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