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Early East Texas : a history from Indian settlements to statehood / by Joe Ellis Ericson.

Title
Early East Texas : a history from Indian settlements to statehood / by Joe Ellis Ericson.
Author
Ericson, Joe E.
Publication
Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 2002.

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Description
327 p. : maps; 21 cm.
Summary
Focusing on the four Mexican Municipalities of Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine, and Shelby (Tenaha), this work begins with a discussion of the early settlements and lifestyles of the local inhabitants and proceeds through Texas History with the founding of permanent European settlements, the Filibustering Years, the Fredonian Rebellion, the tranquil years in which civil governments were established, the battle of Nacogdoches, the 1832 Revolution, the Cordovan Rebellion, the Cherokee War, the Regulator-Moderator Feud, local affairs, education and religion, law and justice, physicians and medicines, lifestyles, amusements, architecture and daily life. A series of appendices provides the names and on occasion other information of some of the leading men who stamped their personalities on the region. These appendices include: the East Texas Congress, District and County Judges, the East Texas Bar, Delegates to the Convention of 1836, and physicians. A bibliography and a fullname + subject index round out this fascinating history, which should appeal to historians and genealogists alike.--Amazon.com.
Subject
  • Texas > History > To 1846
  • Texas, East > History
  • Texas, East > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Early settlements -- Filibustering years -- The Fredonian Rebellion -- Tranquil years -- The Battle of Nacogdoches -- Revolution/after -- Events in the life of the republic -- Education and religion -- Law and justice -- Physicians and medicines -- Lifestyles -- Epilogues -- Appendicies [sic]: I. East Texas Congress ; II. District and county judges ; III. East Texas Bar ; IV. East Texas delegates: convention of 1836 ; V. East Texas physicians.
ISBN
0788421875
LCCN
^^2003544571
OCLC
  • 50994472
  • SCSB-12394902
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library