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!
Blackbeard The Arch Pirate A Curious Portrait
A 1926 account describes Edward Teach known as Blackbeard with dramatic appearance and fierce bravado. It recounts legends of his feisty humor, fiery entertainments aboard ship, and notorious marriages. The piece also covers a local Texas fundraising ram auction by the Junction Baptist Church for Buckner Orphans Home, detailing donors and total proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Blackbeard
Edward Teach
Thatch
Tach
Drummond
Blackbeard
Israel Hands
Stevenson
Hands
Treasure Island
Captain Teach
North Carolina
Teach
Teachs
West Indies
Western Newspaper Union
Ss. S. Bundy
Roosevelt
Texas
Buckner Orphans Home
O. W. Cardwell
W. P. Wiley
Junction State Bank
Baptist Church
S. S. Bundy
U. S
Bundy
Cardwell
Telegraph
Baptist Church of
Junction
Ram
Buckner
J. A. Heyman
Weaver H. Baker
L. R. Hodges
Grady Kendrick
Chas St. Clair
Joe St. Clair
Alton Powell
Bennett Kendrick
W. C. Oliver
Earl Glossbrenner
Carl Glossbrenner
Dan St. Clair
A. O. Lawler
Bundy Ram