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Texas Mem Museum Q and A on state facts and history
Q and A style feature answers reader questions about Texas history geography and culture. Topics include the oldest document in the General Land Office a 1544 Spanish law book the origin of Tomball spelled Tomball and its naming after Col Thomas H Ball, the Council House Fight of March 19 1840, letters from mothers to famous descendants, and counts of Texas flower varieties and families. The piece cites various local editors and museums and invites further information.
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Texas
A. Garland Adair
Texas Memorial Museum
Austin
United States
Tom Connally
General Land Office
A. Thes
Peck
Tomball
Thomas H. Ball
Houston
San Antonio