Texas and Texans Q&A Snapshot of State History
A series of trivia style questions and answers covers Georgetown’s memorial site from 1848, Randolph Field as the leading Texas air field, Texas road concrete totals, Hancock Springs Indian name Big Medicine Springs, annual liquor sales per capita, farm crop values 1935 to 1936, Lake Cisco as the largest Brazos reservoir, the Brazos River as the longest wholly Texas river, Sebe Barnes with Sam Bass and their Round Rock defeat, and the Greenback party’s 1882 gubernatorial candiate performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebe Barnes
Sam Bass
Texas
Round Rock
Heal Those Sore Gums Pyorrhea Remedy Ad
An old advertisement claims LeTon’s Pyorrhea Remedy heals sore gums and can save health despite extended pyorrhea. It asserts dentists recommend it and druggists offer money back if it fails when used as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LETON
Facts From Texas History Quiz Aids
A set of quiz questions and answers surveys Texas history topics from commercial failures in 1938 to Andrew Briscoe’s 1839 railway vision and Texas rainfall records. It covers Texas area comparisons, Cynthia Ann Parker burial, early local school taxes in Comal County, and notes on settlement timings.
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A. Lake
Cisco
Sandy Creek
Eastland County
Texas
Southern Pacific Railway
Andrew Briscoe
Harrisburg
San Diego
California
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Richmond
Austin
el Paso
Briscoe
Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company
Cynthia Ann Parker
Anderson County
Poyner
Anderson and
Henderson County Line
Comal
New Braunfels
New Braunfels Academy
Texans and settlements from Presidio to Brazoria in 19th century
The text recounts 19th century Texan events including Spencer Leaton Burgess plans at Presidio del Norte shifting to the American side after the 1848 treaty, Brazoria’s 1830 newspaper by D W Anthony, and 1892 Democratic splits led by Governor Hogg. It notes East Texas Regulators and Moderators leaders in 1839-41 and a question about J P Buchanan’s congressional succession.
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Presidio County
Texas
John W. Spencer
Ben Leaton
John D. Burgess
Presidio del Notre
Rio Grande
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Brazoria
D. W. Anthony
Texas Gazette
Brazoria Commercial Advertiser
Anthony
San Felipe
Constitutional Advocate
Texas Public Advertiser
Notable Texas trivia from early 20th century records
A quiz of historical facts covers Postmaster General appointment under Woodrow Wilson in 1913, Garcia Library at the University of Texas with vast Spanish collections, Seguin’s 1843 proof sale for $50, and Texas prairie hog wallows from long droughts. It also notes early traffic lights in Texas around 1750 and Vermonters in the San Jacinto battle.
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Garcia
University of Texas
United States
Battle of
San Jacinto
Mose Lapham
Deef Smith
Vince's
Willard Chamberlain
Texas
Mississipi
Ellis Benson
Texas Ports in Texas History and Industry
A historical note lists fourteen deep water ports serving Texas including Galveston Houston Port Arthur Beaumont Orange Texas City Freeport Corpus Christi Port Aransas Sabine Pass Port Isabel Port Neches Port Bolivar and Brownsville. It also references tanning extracts obtainable from multiple Texas plants.
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Galveston, Houston
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Orange
Texas City
Freeport Corpus Christi
Port Aransas
Sabine Pass
Port Isabel
Port Neches
Port Bolivar
Brownsville
Texas Plans Board Reports Growth in Tourism and Crops
The Texas Planning Board lists trees such as mac, osage orange, canaigre, palmetto roots and agrito among notable flora. It ranks tourism second to oil with last year’s revenue at 460 million dollars, followed by agricultural crops at 446 million, and cotton at 210.9 million.
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Texas Planning Board
Texas
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Georgetown
Church and
Ninth Streets
Randolph Field
San Antonio
United States Army
Highway Department
Hancock Springs
Lampasas
State Liquor Control Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Brazos River
Brazos
Greenback
G. W
Wash) Jones
Bastrop
John Ireland
Bae Chama CT Cae
Nature
Dean
Newton County
Germany
France
Russia
Democratic Party
Hogg
Farmers Alliance
the Grange
Greenback Party
East Texas
Charles W. Moorman
Edward Merchant
J. P. Buchanan
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Buchanan
Albert Sidney Burleson
Mennen
Manufac
Boulder
E. A. Schuessler
Wilson
Seguin
Nacogdoches
Mexico
Charlies Sc
Undertaker
Cient Power and
Texas Power & Light Company
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