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.

Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas enlarges upon two pubLications by the late Dr. Mamie McKnight’s organization, Black Dallas Remembered—First African American Families of Dallas (1987) and African American Families and Settlements of Dallas (1990). Our Stories is the history of Black citizens of Dallas going about their lives in freedom, as described by the late Eva Partee McMillan: “The ex-slaves purchased land, built homes, raised their children, erected their educational and religious facilities, educated their children, and profited from their labor. “ Our Stories brings together memoirs from many of Dallas’s earliest Black families, as handed down over the generations to their twentieth-century descendants. The period covered begins in the 1850s and goes through the 1930s. Included are detailed descriptions of more than thirty early Dallas communities formed by free African Americans, along with the histories of fifty-seven early Black families, and brief biographies of many of the early leaders of these Black communities. The stories reveal hardships endured and struggles overcome, but the storytellers focus on the triumphs over adversity and the successes achieved against the odds. The histories include the founding of churches, schools, newspapers, hospitals, grocery stores, businesses, and other institutions established to nourish and …

Video of Dr. Andrew Torget exploring the life of Juan Seguin, a Mexican-born citizen who supported Texas’ right to influence Mexican law, and fought for Texas Independence while commanding a unit at the Battle of San Jacinto.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget exploring the life of Juan Seguin, a Mexican-born citizen who supported Texas’ right to influence Mexican law, and fought for Texas Independence while commanding a unit at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Video of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Susanna Dickinson, who survived the Alamo siege. She relayed a message to General Sam Houston about the outcomes of the Alamo from Santa Anna, and made sacrifices during the Texas Revolution.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Susanna Dickinson, who survived the Alamo siege. She relayed a message to General Sam Houston about the outcomes of the Alamo from Santa Anna, and made sacrifices during the Texas Revolution.

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.

Video of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Joe, a man enslaved to William Barrett Travis. Joe was the only adult male to survive the assault of the Alamo by Mexican forces led by Santa Anna on March 6, 1836. Joe’s survival offers some of the most critical accounts of the fighting. Joe arrived in Texas in 1832 – 1833, and this video lecture covers his life and testimony about the attack at the Alamo. Joe arrived at the Alamo when Travis took over command there in February 1836

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Joe, a man enslaved to William Barrett Travis. Joe was the only adult male to survive the assault of the Alamo by Mexican forces led by Santa Anna on March 6, 1836. Joe’s survival offers some of the most critical accounts of the fighting. Joe arrived in Texas in 1832 – 1833, and this video lecture covers his life and testimony about the attack at the Alamo. Joe arrived at the Alamo when Travis took over command there in February 1836

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Photograph of the split of Interstate 35 into I-35W and I-35E in Denton, Texas.

Photograph facing south on Interstate 35W from the Airport Road overpass. Includes the exit ramp for Bonnie Brea street in Denton, Texas.

Photograph of the view of Interstate 35W facing south from the Airport Road overpass in Denton, Texas. In the distance you can see Mean Green Village and the UNT sports complex.

Photograph of I-35 from the pedestrian bridge of I-35 East. This view is towards the northwest and shows one branch of where I-35 splits into I-35E and I-35W in Denton.

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.