Posts Tagged ‘texas history’
Happy San Jacinto Day!
In: Drinking
21 Apr 2013Today we celebrate the final battle of the Texas Revolution, a fight that lasted all of 18 minutes. Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna’s army to win Texas independence from Mexico. According to legend, Santa Anna missed
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Indian Marker Tree
In: Outdoors
16 Apr 2013(map) “Long ago, the Comanches tied down these branches to mark a campsite. Today, they point back in time.” Those lines about this historic tourist attraction in Burnet are from a book by Ralph Yznaga, titled Living Witness: Historic Trees of Texas. That’s his photo of the same tree, below. Ralph makes appearances to show [...]
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