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Two Counties in Crisis: Measuring Political Change in Reconstruction Texas

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Two Counties in Crisis offers a rare opportunity to observe how local political cultures are transformed by state and national events. Utilizing an interdisciplinary fusion of history and political science, Robert J. Dillard analyzes two disparate Texas counties—traditionalist Harrison County and individualist Collin County—and examines four Reconstruction governors (Hamilton, Throckmorton, Pease, Davis) to aid the narrative and provide additional cultural context. Commercially prosperous and built on slave labor in the mold of Deep South plantation culture, East Texas’s Harrison County strongly supported secession in 1861. West Texas’s Collin County, characterized by individual and family farms with a limited slave population, favored the Union. During Reconstruction, Collin County became increasingly conservative and eventually bore a great resemblance to Harrison County. By 1876 and the ratification of the regressive Texas Constitution, Collin County had become firmly resistant to all aspects of Reconstruction.
Date: September 2023
Creator: Dillard, Robert J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 172, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1875 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 172, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1875

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 2, 1875
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 11, 1875 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 11, 1875

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 11, 1875
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 16, 1865 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 16, 1865

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 16, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1865 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1865

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 9, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 1865 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 1865

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 23, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 1866 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 1866

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1866 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1866

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 29, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1875 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1875

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 2, 1875
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Free Man's Press. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1868 (open access)

The Free Man's Press. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1868

Weekly African-American newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 12, 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Free Man's Press. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1868 (open access)

The Free Man's Press. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1868

Weekly African-American newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 5, 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 30, 1865 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 30, 1865

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 30, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 26, 1874 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 26, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 26, 1874
Creator: McLure, E. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Republican. (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1868 (open access)

The Texas Republican. (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1868

Weekly newspaper from the Marshall, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with and advertising.
Date: September 25, 1868
Creator: Loughery, Robert W. & McCutchan, A. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 21, 1867 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 21, 1867

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 1867
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1874 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 12, 1874
Creator: McLure, E. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 27, 1862 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 27, 1862

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 27, 1862
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 4, 1861 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 4, 1861

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 4, 1861
Creator: Pryor, Charles R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1874 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 5, 1874
Creator: McLure, E. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 195, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1873 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 195, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1873

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 25, 1873
Creator: McCaler, D. & Bartholow, J. N.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 2, 1871 (open access)

The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 2, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising. This was the first African American newspaper printed in Texas.
Date: September 2, 1871
Creator: Nelson, Richard
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 1866 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 1866

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1873 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1873

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 25, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History