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Last Days of Stephen F. Austin and Early Texas Figures
A historical narrative recounts Stephen F. Austin's leadership during Texas battles, his death in Columbia in 1836, and official mourning orders. It profiles Captain Wiley Martin and Captain Mosley Baker, detailing their roles from Tippecanoe to San Jacinto and later Texas public life, plus local recollections of Richmond figures, a mission to preserve monuments, and the Damon's mound geological and historical notes in Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Sowell
Mission Concepcion
Stephen F. Austin
Ed. Burleson
United States
Mexico
Austin
Washington, D. C
San Jacinto
Texas
Washington
Columbia
William 8S. Fisher
Wiley Martin
Georgia
Aaron Burr
Harrison
Tippecanoe
Santa
Martin
Fort Bend
Richmond
Fort Bend County
Randall Jones
Texas Congress
Mosley Baker
Austin County
San Felipe
Alabama
Ugamechea
Baker
Houston
Galveston
Congress of the Republic
Henry Carson
Wiley Jones
Captain Jones
Deaf Smith
Henry
Joseph Thompson
Thompson
North Carolina
Lake Creek
Trinity River
General Houston
Thes
New Orleans
Johnson
Albert Sidney Johnson
Felix Houston
Santa Anna
Almonte
Morton
Damon's Mound
Abraham Darst
Damon
Brazos River
San Bernard River
Brazoria County
Rosenburg