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Grimes, Roy.
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Victoria County (Tex.) -- History.
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300 Years in Victoria County /
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Grimes, Roy.
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Victoria County (Tex.) -- History.
Publisher:
Victoria, Tex. : Victoria Advocate Pub. Co., 1968.
Description:
649 p., [32] p. plates : illus., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Part 1. The cradle of Texas history, 1685-1820. The cradle of Texas history -- The site of Fort St. Louis -- The ruins of Mission Valley -- Mission life day to day.
Part 2. The road to independence, 1821-1842. The road to independence -- The original land grants -- Placido Benavides, border captain -- Margaret Wright, pioneer -- An Irishman born to lead -- The Goliad Declaration of Independence -- James W. Fannin's gallant young men from the states -- What happened at Guadalupe Victoria -- What happened to the De Leon family -- Frontier justice -- The great Comanche raid of 1840 -- What happened in Jackson County -- Victoria's first jail.
Part 3. Adversity and prosperity, 1842-1860. Adversity and prosperity -- The black beans -- Death at the hands of Mustang Gray -- Karankawas kill their last white man -- First Texas volunteers in Mexican War -- The story of the Advocate -- A visitor's view of Victoria in 1850 -- Major James Kerr, one of the first -- Ghosts of towns on Matagorda Bay -- Victoria County's affluence reflected in Census of 1860.
Part 4. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1875. Civil War and Reconstruction -- Campaign stars on Victoria's battle flags -- Confederate roll call -- Life at Camp McCulloch -- A flag from home -- The story of the Advocate -- Hard times in Reconstruction -- The Census of 1870 -- The Taylor-Sutton Feud.
Part 5. Hide and horn, 1875-1890. Peace and plenty -- Hide and horn -- The Brahmans -- The early packing plants -- The old-time ranches and ranch families -- The story of the Advocate.
Part 6. Looking back. Looking back: 140 years of city government -- From sail to rail -- The old-time doctors -- School days -- The Catholic Church in Victoria -- The Protestants in Victoria.
Part 7. The twentieth century. The volunteer firemen -- Making the world safe for democracy -- Oil is where you find it -- Foster Field -- World War II -- The story of the Advocate -- The horizons of industry.
Local Subjects:
Alfreda Mueller Huck Gift Collection.
Sidney Roper Weisiger Gift Collection.
S.H. and Carol Baker Gift Collection.
Jack O. and Ellen Braman Miller Texana Gift Collection.
Sutton-Taylor feud.
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