Tag Archives: Texas History

Bob Feldman : Reconstruction in Texas/2

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

African-Americans voting in 1867. Image from the Texas Liberal.The hidden history of Texas Part VII: Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1876/2 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / December 26, 2011 [This is the second section of Part 7 of Bob … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1876

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The Freedman’s Bureau in Texas. Image from Afrotexan.com.The hidden history of Texas Part VII: Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1876/1 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2011 [This is the first section of Part 7 of Bob Feldman’s … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : The Confederate State of Texas, 1846-1860

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Between 12,000 and 15,000 Texas lost their lives in the Civil War. Painting from the Texas Civil War Museum.The hidden history of Texas Part VI: The Confederate State of Texas, 1860-1865 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / October … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : The Slave State of Texas, 1846-1860

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Newspaper notice of runaway slave jailed in Bastrop County, Texas, 1855. Image from AfroTexan.com.The hidden history of Texas Part V: The Slave State of Texas, 1846-1860 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / October 5, 2011 [This is Part … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : White Supremacist Republic of Texas, 1836-1845

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Seal of the Republic of Texas, 1839. Image from Wikimedia Commons.The hidden history of Texas Part 4: The independent Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2011 [This is Part 4 of Bob … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : The Alamo and the Republic of Texas

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Battle of the Alamo. Art via Son of the South.The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 years under Mexican rule/2 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 7, 2011 [This is the second segment of Part … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Hidden History: Slavery in ‘Coahuila y Tejas’

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Mexico in 1825, including the state of Coahuila y Tejas. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 years under Mexican rule By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 24, 2011 [This is … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Texas Under Mexican Rule

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas colonizer Stephen F. Austin (with his father, Moses Austin, inset on right). Painting from the Fort Bend Museum / Wikimedia Commons. The hidden history of Texas Part 2: The 1821-1826 years under Mexican rule By Bob Feldman / The … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : The Hidden History of Texas

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas, 1836. Image from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The hidden history of Texas Part 1: The pre-1821 years By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2011 [This … Continue reading →

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Gregg Barrios : The Risqué Business of Texas’ Most Famous Stripper

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

In the late ’50s, Candy Barr was the toast of the Dallas burlesque circuit.Risqué Business:The complicated life of Candy Barr,Texas’ most famous stripper By Gregg Barrios / The Texas Observer / January 21, 2011 How times have changed. These days, … Continue reading →

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Dick J. Reavis : How Davy Crockett Really Died

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Costumed Klansmen plying their trade. Image from University of North Carolina.The true story:David Crockett and the KKK in San Antonio By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / June 23, 2010 During a bout of recent microfilm reading in … Continue reading →

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Textbooks and the Confederacy : Teach the Whole Story

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from photobucket.Texas textbooks:Let’s teach the truth about the Confederacy By Michael Lind / June 2, 2010 ‘Our new government is founded upon… the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man.’ — Alexander Stephens, Vice … Continue reading →

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