On this day in 1836. . . .

[echeese]

On this day in 1836. . .William Barrett Travis assumes command of the Alamo garrison . . .on a personal note. . .he provided legal services (Travis was a lawyer) to my Great Grandfather X 6 James J Ross.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Where's Pockey in there?

On a related historical note . . . I'm from Daingerfield. I've done a couple of term papers on the history of that community in my younger years. It's the 4th or 5th oldest town in Texas and was founded by a group of Acadians migrating from Nova Scotia to Louisiana (and got lost, but thought they were in Louisiana when they arrived at what would be Daingerfield). They were led by a hired guide, a Englishman named Captain London Daingerfield. I have no idea how long they continued to think they were in Louisiana, but there they settled and built a fort to protect themselves from the Indians.

Long story made short, in the last scuffle with the Indians, Capt. Daingerfield was killed but the battle was won. The settlers later created a town with a square and named it in London Daingerfield's honor.

General Sam Houston, prior to arriving for the battle with the Mexicans and the revolutionary period, traveled through the Daingerfield community and stayed the night with a man named T.C. Connor. Connor's house so impressed Sam Houston that when Houston later built his own house, he modeled it after the Connor house he had stayed in one night years before.

I found the above in a published research paper created in 1966. I also happened to date Charmaine Connor while attending Daingerfield High. She is a great great great granddaughter of T.C. Connor. Her parents shared a lot of local history and family history while I knew them.

In another entry, a member of Houston's inner circle (can't recall his name) had travelled through Daingerfield on his way to Nacogdoches from Arkansas and had to stay the night there due to a severe storm that had brewed up. I mention this because of the comments this traveller made about the place - "Daingerfield amounted to four or five cabins, none of which are fit for pigs." LOL

Texas history fascinates me. The above nuggets are just things I've managed to learn over time. I've spent considerable time researching such things and those two items are not facts that you'll find in any common historical document on Daingerfield. In fact, I've not found it anywhere else at all. I sometimes wonder what happens to this information if I pass. Am I the only one who spotted those obscure entries from a 1966 term paper? If not, am I the only one who found it worth holding on to?

 

[Randolph Duke]

Where's Pockey in there?
On a related historical note . . . I'm from Daingerfield. I've done a couple of term papers on the history of that community in my younger years. It's the 4th or 5th oldest town in Texas and was founded by a group of Acadians migrating from Nova Scotia to Louisiana (and got lost, but thought they were in Louisiana when they arrived at what would be Daingerfield). They were led by a hired guide, a Englishman named Captain London Daingerfield. I have no idea how long they continued to think they were in Louisiana, but there they settled and built a fort to protect themselves from the Indians.

Long story made short, in the last scuffle with the Indians, Capt. Daingerfield was killed but the battle was won. The settlers later created a town with a square and named it in London Daingerfield's honor.

General Sam Houston, prior to arriving for the battle with the Mexicans and the revolutionary period, traveled through the Daingerfield community and stayed the night with a man named T.C. Connor. Connor's house so impressed Sam Houston that when Houston later built his own house, he modeled it after the Connor house he had stayed in one night years before.

I found the above in a published research paper created in 1966. I also happened to date Charmaine Connor while attending Daingerfield High. She is a great great great granddaughter of T.C. Connor. Her parents shared a lot of local history and family history while I knew them.

In another entry, a member of Houston's inner circle (can't recall his name) had travelled through Daingerfield on his way to Nacogdoches from Arkansas and had to stay the night there due to a severe storm that had brewed up. I mention this because of the comments this traveller made about the place - "Daingerfield amounted to four or five cabins, none of which are fit for pigs." LOL

Texas history fascinates me. The above nuggets are just things I've managed to learn over time. I've spent considerable time researching such things and those two items are not facts that you'll find in any common historical document on Daingerfield. In fact, I've not found it anywhere else at all. I sometimes wonder what happens to this information if I pass. Am I the only one who spotted those obscure entries from a 1966 term paper? If not, am I the only one who found it worth holding on to?

Have you found Traces of Texas on facebook yet?

 

[Sirhornsalot]

No, but it sounds like you're aware i just joined FB for the first time

 

[Randolph Duke]

No, but it sounds like you're aware i just joined FB for the first time

Clear your schedule for a few days. You will get lost in that site. You now owe me a beer at the spring game.

And, FYI - today is the 156th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Texas.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

I would have bought you one anyway

Happy Birthday Longhorns!

 

[JimsTexas]

On this day in 1836. . .William Barrett Travis assumes command of the Alamo garrison . . .on a personal note. . .he provided legal services (Travis was a lawyer) to my Great Grandfather X 6 James J Ross.

cheese my man thanks for posting these tidbits of Texas history I never get enough of our Great State history and the people who lived in it. People don't realize that Texas had it's own Valley Forge, and Bunker Hill. As time goes on I sure hope our young people will keep the Great State Of Texas History alive. My friends y'all have a great week.