Webpage from McKinney TXSSAR website containing photographs from an awards ceremony on April 15, 2011 at UNT.

Officer Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, compiled for the July 2011 Board of Managers meeting.

Publication of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, containing news and events related to the organization and its members.

Committee Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, compiled for the March 25 - 26, 2011 State Convention.

Minutes of the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Board of Managers meeting covering the general session, held July 30, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Houston North Greenspoint Hotel, in Houston, Texas. It includes information about the committees and business covered by the attending members.

State officials, between 1882 and 1888, exchanged three million acres of Texas Panhandle property for construction of the monumental Capitol that continues to house Texas government today. The project and the land went to a Chicago syndicate led by men influential in business and politics. The red granite Austin State House is a recognizable symbol of Texas around the world. So too, the massive tract given in exchange for the building, what became the "fabulous" XIT Ranch, also has come to symbolize the height of the nineteenth century cattle industry. That eastern and foreign capital dominated the cattle business during this period is lesser known, absorbed by the mythology built around the Texas cattle-trail period - all but at an end in 1885. This study examines the interaction of Illinois Republicans and Texas Democrats in their actions and efforts to create what have become two of Texas's most treasured symbols.