This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Romance of Texas History
Texas has endured six flags from first settlement to present. Rotary delegates will meet in Dallas in May for the International Convention. J Frank Davis contributes a Texas history tale to Texas Rotarian, tracing Tejas origins, Spanish missions, missions like San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo, and the Lone Star era.
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Texas
Rotary
Dallas
J. Frank Davis
Davis
Rio Grande
San Francisco de Los Tejas
St Francis of the
Tejas
la Salle
Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis
Philadelphia
George III
Spain
Europe
Mexico
United States
Ashburton
Webster
Washington
Great Britain
Lone Star
Union
Presidio
San Antonio de Bexar
San Antonio
San Antonio de Valero
Alamo
France
Louisiana
Napoleon
Moses Austin
Stephen
Cortez
Virginia
Alvarez de Pinardo
Jamica
Elizabeth
England
Cabeza de Vaca
Francisco de Coronado
Atlantic
Penn
Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle
Mississippi
Louis XIV
Hess
Republic
Sam Troust
San Jacinto
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Commonwealth
Great River
Saint-Denis