Footnote to History on Lee Texas Ties and Later Life
The note traces Robert E. Lee’s ties to Texas from 1846 when he helped train troops in the Mexican War and lived on St Marys Street in San Antonio, to owning 640 acres near Bandera and serving as Texas Department commander in 1860. It notes his Civil War rise, his Virginia presidency, sale of land for back taxes, and later Texas ranching history linked to Peter Gallagher and Amy McNutt.
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Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Army of the Confederacy
Texas
Lee
San Antonio
John Wool
St. Mary's Street
Southern Army
Confederacy
Wasington College
Lexington
Peter Gallagher
Amy McNutt
Gallagher
What s In A Name and Texas Flags Marriage Tale
Concan in Uvalde County was named for a coon can card game. Early Texas doctors earned far less than today, with 1907 surveys showing average net around 572 dollars yearly after expenses. A frontier couple married under each flag that ruled Texas, five times under five of the six flags, a tale from Dean T A Taylor.
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Concan
Uvalde County
Texas
American Medical Association
Texas Journal of Medicine
T.A. Taylor
University of Texas
John Litton
Sarah Standifer
Spain
Sarah
John
Taylor
State Capitol Highlights in Texas Presidential Race
Two Texans seek the presidency as Bush and Perot loom large. Bush aides push in Dallas at the state GOP convention while Democrats weigh Richards as Clinton's running mate. Polls show Perot gaining in West Texas. Richards and Guerrero emerge as key party figures amid debates on gender Hispanic influence and future governorship. Only Rep Washington votes to kill supercollider funding.
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Austin
Washington
Texas
U.S. House
Bush
Dallas
GOP
Ross Perot
Bill Clinton
Perot
Mexico
Richards
Clinton
Gov
Ann Richards
White House
Democratic Party
Texas Railroad
Lena Guerrero
Guerrero
George Bush
Texas Feminist Movement
Young Democrats
John Sharp
California State Assembly
California
State Board of Insurance
Southwest Texas Telephone Co
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Gov. Richards
Bill Cosby
Abilene
Annabel Huerta
Kendrick Library Adds Wide Range Of New Titles
Kendrick Memorial Library unveils several new titles across non fiction and fiction. Notable works include Texas Family Law by Gaylord A. Jentz, Yes or No by Spencer Johnson, The Broad Range of Clinical Use of Phenytoin, The Silent Passage Menopause by Gail Sheehy, A World Lit Only By Fire by William Manchester, and Capital Games by Timothy M. Phelps and Helen Winternitz. Fiction selections include Coffin on Murder Street by Gwendoline Butler, Jazz by Toni Morrison, Air Force Eagles by Walter Boyne, and Killer's Choice by Ed McBain.
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Kendrick Memorial Library
Gaylord A. Jentz
Texas
Spencer Johnson
Dreyfus Medical Foundation
Gail Sheehy
Sheehy
William Manchester
Manchester
Capital Games
Timothy M. Phelps
Helen Winternitz
Clarence Thomas
Anita Hil
Supreme Court
Gwendoline Butler
Butler
Air Force Eagles
Walter Boyne
U.S
Toni Morrison
Tom Tyron
New England
Charles King
Thomas Harris
Naguib Mahfouz
Cairo
Egypt
Ed McBain
Steve Carella
87Th Precinct
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Jack Maguire
State Capitol
Lubbock
Peoria
West Texas
Pulse of America
Craig Washington
Houston
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Texas
Hart Bidg
D.C
Phil Gramm
R-Texas
Russell Building
Larry Combest
Dist
Longworth Bidg
Bob Bullock
Rick Perry
Dan Morales
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBJ
State Office
John Montford Box
Jim Rudd
P.O. Box
Kendrick Library Books
Robert Kimmel Smith
Mark
Danielle Steel
NTS Communications
NTS
US Communications, Inc
NTS Comunications
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