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Fire Eater in the Borderlands: The Political Life of Guy Morrison Bryan, 1847-1891

From 1847 to 1891, Guy Morrison Bryan was a prominent Texas politician who influenced many of the policies and events that shaped the state. Raised in his Uncle Stephen F. Austin's shadow, he was a Texas nationalist who felt responsible for promoting the interests of his state, its earliest settlers, and his family. During his nineteen years in the Texas Legislature and two years in the United States House of Representatives, he safeguarded land grants, supported internal improvements and education, and challenged northern hostility towards slavery. Convinced that abolitionists would stop at nothing to destroy the institution and Texas, he led his state's walkout of the National Democratic Convention in 1860 and became a leading proponet of secession. During the Civil War, he served as a staff officer, and his ability to mediate conflicts between local and national leaders propped up the isolated Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department. Finally as Speaker of the House, he helped oust Governor Edmund J. Davis in 1874 and "redeem" the state from Republican rule before convincing President Rutherford B. Hayes to adopt a conciliatory policy towards Texas and the South. Despite the tremendous influence Bryan wielded, scholars have largely ignored his contributions. This dissertation establishes his …
Date: August 2020
Creator: Kelley, Ariel Leticia
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hellcat News (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Vol. 74, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 2020 (open access)

Hellcat News (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Vol. 74, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Monthly newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: September 1, 2020
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2020 (open access)

Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2020

Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." The theme of this issue is "Tales from Two Cities."
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Dallas Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Firearms of the Texas Rangers: From the Frontier Era to the Modern Age

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From their founding in the 1820s up to the modern age, the Texas Rangers have shown the ability to adapt and survive. Part of that survival depended on their use of firearms. The evolving technology of these weapons often determined the effectiveness of these early day Rangers. John Coffee “Jack” Hays and Samuel Walker would leave their mark on the Rangers by incorporating new technology which allowed them to alter tactics when confronting their adversaries. The Frontier Battalion was created at about the same time as the Colt Peacemaker and the Winchester 73—these were the guns that “won the West.” Firearms of the Texas Rangers, with more than 180 photographs, tells the history of the Texas Rangers primarily through the use of their firearms. Author Doug Dukes narrates famous episodes in Ranger history, including Jack Hays and the Paterson, the Walker Colt, the McCulloch Colt Revolver (smuggled through the Union blockade during the Civil War), and the Frontier Battalion and their use of the Colt Peacemaker and Winchester and Sharps carbines. Readers will delight in learning of Frank Hamer’s marksmanship with his Colt Single Action Army and his Remington, along with Captain J.W. McCormick and his two .45 Colt pistols, …
Date: August 15, 2020
Creator: Dukes, Doug
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legacies of Power: The Cultural Heritage of Theological White Supremacy, A Case Study of Ku Klux Konfederatism in Denton County Texas, 1850-1930 (open access)

Legacies of Power: The Cultural Heritage of Theological White Supremacy, A Case Study of Ku Klux Konfederatism in Denton County Texas, 1850-1930

Undergraduate thesis exploring modern American racism as the result of the nation's legacy of theological white supremacy and its deep-rooted racial issues that remain unresolved because of the theo-mythologies embedded at the core of the nation's foundational fabric that have been and continue to be largely unaccounted for in corrective racial discourse through a case study of Denton, Texas. By employing localized interdisciplinary methodological approaches aimed at unveiling the theo-myth which underscores the modern American racial ontology, this study examines how theological white supremacy was homogenized into popular culture in Denton County Texas following the Civil War via neo-Confederate Ku Klux Klan movement, which the author calls Ku Klux Konfederatism, that continues its influence today through localized theo-political institutions, sociocultural systems and cultural 'norms.'
Date: April 20, 2020
Creator: Luther Rummel, Jessica Rae
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 2020 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 2020
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2020 (open access)

Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2020

Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." The theme of this issue is "Disasters: Natural and Man-Made."
Date: Spring 2020
Creator: Dallas Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 2020 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 2020

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 25, 2020
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 2020 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 11, 2020
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 2020 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 2020
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 2020 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 25, 2020
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mount Pleasant Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 146, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 16, 2020 (open access)

Mount Pleasant Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 146, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 16, 2020

Semiweekly newspaper from Mount Pleasant, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 2020
Creator: Oglesby, Miranda
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, February 15, 2020 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, February 15, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 2020
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 12, 2020 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 12, 2020
Creator: Hill, Earl, III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 119, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 119, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 28, 2020
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 92, Number 2, February 2020 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 92, Number 2, February 2020

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: February 2020
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mount Pleasant Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 146, No. 100, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 28, 2020 (open access)

Mount Pleasant Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 146, No. 100, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 28, 2020

Semiweekly newspaper from Mount Pleasant, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 28, 2020
Creator: Duncan, Di
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 217, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 2020 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 217, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 2020

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 2, 2020
Creator: Einselen, Sarah
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 198, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 2020 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 198, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 2020

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 5, 2020
Creator: Einselen, Sarah
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 251, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 2020 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 251, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 2020

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Einselen, Sarah
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 2020 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 2020

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 6, 2020
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heritage, 2020, Volume 3 (open access)

Heritage, 2020, Volume 3

Quarterly publication containing articles related to the preservation of historic artifacts and sites in Texas. Also included are book reviews, current preservation news, and a listing of historical museums in Texas.
Date: 2020
Creator: Texas Historical Foundation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 129, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 2020 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 129, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 2020

Triweekly newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weston Post (Weston, Tex.), Issue No. 4, Fall 2020 (open access)

The Weston Post (Weston, Tex.), Issue No. 4, Fall 2020

Quarterly newsletter from Weston, Texas that includes news and information about the community.
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Yurkovitch, Brittany
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History