A Cartoon History of Texas

by Reynolds, Patrick M.

• ISBN13: 9781556227806
• ISBN10: 1556227809
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Summary

Using an easy-to-read and entertaining method, cartoons give a basic overview of Texas history from dinosaurs to the military leaders in the Second World War. Section one includes early Indians and Spaniards, filibusters, and empresarios.

Table of Contents

Part One---Early Texas
Dinosaurs	3	(4)
Triassic Texas	3	(1)
Phytosaur	4	(1)
Metoposaur	5	(1)
The Texas Tech Dinosaur	6	(1)
Indians	7	(3)
The Nabedache Indians	7	(1)
Caddo Lake	8	(1)
The Tawakoni Indians	9	(1)
The Spaniards	10	(10)
The Friars' Silver Digs	10	(1)
First Thanksgiving Day	11	(1)
The Hardship Expedition	12	(1)
A Magnificent Feast	13	(1)
The Old Spanish Roads	14	(1)
The Texarkana Trading Post	15	(1)
The Irish Conquistador	16	(1)
O'Connor's Presidios	17	(3)
Part Two---The Era of the Filibusters
Filibuster	20	(2)
Philip Nolan	22	(8)
The Irish Mustanger	22	(1)
Dreams of an Empire	23	(1)
The First American Filibuster	24	(1)
The Dice of Death	25	(1)
The Survivor	26	(1)
Col. Peter Ellis Bean	27	(1)
Map and Summary	28	(2)
The Louisiana Purchase	30	(1)
The Neutral Ground	31	(1)
The Magee-Gutierrez Expedition	32	(12)
The Enforcer	32	(1)
The Republican Army of the North	33	(1)
The Magee-Gutierrez Expedition	34	(1)
The Siege of La Bahia	35	(1)
The Mysterious Death of Magee	36	(1)
Ambush at El Rosillo	37	(1)
Prelude to an Atrocity	38	(1)
The Massacre at La Tablita	39	(1)
Twilight of a Revolution	40	(1)
A Trap	41	(1)
Map and Summary	42	(2)
Pirates	44	(10)
Jean Lafitte	44	(1)
Louis-Michel Aury	45	(1)
License to Steal	46	(1)
Francisco Xavier Mina	47	(1)
The Battle of Venadito	48	(1)
Getting Rid of Aury	49	(1)
Campeachy	50	(1)
Pirate of the Gulf	51	(1)
The Ultimatum	52	(1)
The Fall of Lafitte	53	(1)
General Andrew Jackson	54	(1)
The Adams-Onis Treaty	55	(1)
The James Long Filibuster Expedition	56	(28)
The Filibuster Army	56	(1)
Another Republic of Texas	57	(1)
The Old Stone Fort	58	(1)
Filibuster Trading Posts	59	(1)
The Filibuster and the Pirate	60	(1)
Knocking Off the Filibusters	61	(1)
Collapse of the Republic	62	(1)
Escape Across the Sabine	63	(1)
International Incident	64	(1)
Fort Las Casas	65	(1)
Jane Wilkinson	66	(1)
Jane Long	67	(1)
Reunited...briefly	68	(1)
Coming Apart	69	(1)
Determination	70	(1)
Long's Second Attempt	71	(1)
Preparations	72	(1)
The President Without a Country	73	(1)
The Commander-in-Chief	74	(1)
A Slight Case of Mutiny	75	(1)
The Last Filibuster	76	(1)
The Taking of La Bahia	77	(1)
The Short Siege	78	(1)
Emperor Augustin I	79	(1)
The ``Execution,''	80	(1)
She Who Waits	81	(1)
Map and Summary	82	(2)
Mrs. Jane Long	84	(10)
Standoff at Bolivar Point	84	(1)
The Mother of Texas	85	(1)
``We Regret to Inform You,''	86	(1)
Baby Mary Long	87	(1)
Jane's Boarding Houses	88	(1)
Jane's Plantation	89	(1)
Kiamata	90	(4)
Part Three---The Era of the Empresarios
Moses Austin	94	(18)
The Austin Family	95	(1)
Missouri-Bound	96	(1)
The Fancy Duds Parade	97	(1)
Austin's Company Town	98	(1)
Young Stephen Austin	99	(1)
Fatherly Advice	100	(1)
College, Business, & Politics	101	(1)
Lead and Marriage	102	(1)
Financial Ruin	103	(1)
The Real Power in Spanish Texas	104	(1)
Chance Encounter	105	(1)
Baron Felipe Enrique Neri de Bastrop	106	(1)
Bastrop's Sales Pitch	107	(1)
The Provincial Council	108	(1)
Ruined Health	109	(1)
Arrangements	110	(1)
Dying Request	111	(1)
Stephen Austin	112	(37)
The Spanish Escort	112	(1)
Stephen Takes Over	113	(1)
Austin's Exploration	114	(1)
Juan Erasmo Seguin	115	(1)
Jonesborough	116	(1)
Red River Port	117	(1)
Land First Rate	118	(1)
The Plan	119	(1)
Lively	120	(1)
``Muldoon Catholics,''	121	(1)
To Qualify as a Texan	122	(1)
The First Colonist	123	(1)
Andrew Robinson	124	(1)
Waiting for the Lively	125	(1)
The Lost Colonists	126	(1)
What Happened to the Lively	127	(1)
Good News & Bad News	128	(1)
Comanche Hold-Up	129	(1)
Comanche No Fight Americans	130	(1)
The Tattered Travelers	131	(1)
Austin Arrived in Mexico	132	(1)
The Waiting Game	133	(1)
Time Well Spent	134	(1)
Triumph!	135	(1)
Picking Up the Pieces	136	(1)
The Old 300	137	(1)
Jared Ellison Groce	138	(1)
The First Texan of Wealth	139	(1)
The First Cotton Gin in Texas	140	(1)
San Felipe de Austin	141	(1)
Austin's Capital	142	(1)
Barter Economy	143	(1)
Empresario	144	(1)
The First Rangers	145	(1)
Stephen Austin's Government	146	(1)
Public Education	147	(1)
The Bachelor Father of Texas	148	(1)
The Rush to Colonize	149	(1)
The Empresario Grants	150	(1)
The Irish Empresarios	151	(1)
Green DeWitt	152	(3)
DeWitt's Colony	153	(1)
Gonzales	154	(1)
Martin De Leon	155	(8)
The Mexican Empresario	156	(1)
DeLeon's Colony	157	(1)
Victoria	158	(1)
Overlapping Colonies	159	(1)
The Tobacco Incident	160	(1)
DeWitt's Arrest	161	(1)
The Downfall of DeWitt's Colony	162	(1)
German Immigrants	163	(4)
Ernst's Place	164	(1)
The First Permanent German Settlement in Texas	165	(2)
Robertson's Colony	167	(5)
Leftwich's Grant	167	(1)
Nashville Company	168	(1)
The Austin & Williams Contract	169	(1)
Robertson's Colony	170	(2)
The Fredonia Rebellion	172	(9)
One of the Wildest Incidents	172	(1)
Haden Edwards' Ultimatum	173	(1)
Who's in Charge?	174	(1)
The Republic of Fredonia	175	(1)
The Fredonian Rebellion	176	(1)
The Fall of Fredonia	177	(4)
Part Four---People and Places
Characters	181	(9)
Smugglers	181	(1)
Lincoln's Partner	182	(1)
Georgetown	183	(1)
Our First Senators	184	(1)
The Swiss Merchant	185	(1)
Fancy Squirts	186	(1)
The First Cowboy Strike	187	(1)
From Gunslinger to Lawyer	188	(1)
The Baker	189	(1)
Entertainers	190	(3)
The Crack-Shot Cartoonist	190	(1)
Orchid of the Silver Screen	191	(1)
Country Music Meets Jazz	192	(1)
Sports	193	(4)
Play Ball!	193	(1)
Honest John McCloskey	194	(1)
Louis ``Top'' Santop	195	(1)
Women Playing Hardball	196	(1)
Forts and Military	197	(10)
The First Frontier Fort	197	(1)
Fort Inge	198	(1)
Fort Ewell	199	(1)
A Lousy Location	200	(1)
Fort Cibolo	201	(1)
Milton Faver	202	(1)
The First Texan at West Point	203	(1)
General Randal	204	(1)
Randall County	205	(1)
The Texas 9th Infantry Regiment	206	(1)
African-Texans	207	(6)
Runway Slaves	207	(1)
Wild Cat and the Escape	208	(1)
The Quilt Code	209	(1)
Going to Pot	210	(1)
Matthew Gaines	211	(1)
Amid the Impeachment	212	(1)
Colleges	213	(7)
Sul Ross State	213	(1)
Lawrence Sullivan Ross	214	(1)
The Era of Good Feeling	215	(1)
the First Land-Grant College in Texas	216	(1)
An Innovative College	217	(1)
The First School of Nursing	218	(1)
Liz the Librarian	219	(1)
Places	220	(16)
The Aransas Pass Lighthouse	220	(1)
The Rabbit	221	(1)
The Floating Capital	222	(1)
The Elissa	223	(1)
William Henry Hamblen	224	(1)
The Palo Duro Highway	225	(1)
The Bluebonnet	226	(1)
Dangerous Snakes	227	(1)
Beneath the Lone Star	228	(1)
Powell's Cave	229	(1)
Yuletide Places	230	(1)
Good Ol' St. Nicholas	231	(1)
Smeltertown	232	(1)
Name Dropping	233	(1)
Hondo	234	(1)
A Popular Sign	235	(1)
Counties	236	(18)
From Seat to Seat	236	(1)
Bosque County	237	(1)
Comal County	238	(1)
Delta County	239	(1)
Dimmit County	240	(1)
Frio County	241	(1)
Hale County	242	(1)
Hartley County	243	(1)
LaSalle County	244	(1)
Limestone County	245	(1)
Milam County	246	(1)
Sterling County	247	(1)
Willacy County	248	(2)
Part Five---The Big ``D''
Map of Dallas Metropolitan area	250	(2)
This Was Dallas	252	(1)
Early Visitors	253	(1)
The Founding of Dallas	254	(9)
John Neely Bryan	254	(1)
Bryan's Bluff	255	(1)
Bird's Fort	256	(1)
The Founders of Dallas	257	(1)
It Was Almost Called Warwick	258	(1)
The Gilbert Family	259	(1)
Bryan's Contest	260	(1)
Polk, Dallas, and Texas	261	(1)
The Old Preston Trail	262	(1)
La Reunion	263	(6)
Socialist Colony	263	(1)
Au Texas	264	(1)
Cantagrel	265	(1)
La Reunion	266	(1)
La Reunion Failed	267	(1)
The Last of La Reunion	268	(1)
The Texas State Fair	269	(2)
Sports in Dallas	271	(8)
Strikes, Spares, and Sins	271	(1)
The Bowling Champion	272	(1)
When the NFL Came to Dallas	273	(1)
The Dallas Texans	274	(1)
Try, Try Again	275	(4)
Part Six---Texas in the 20th Century
Lumbering	279	(3)
Aviation	282	(6)
The Czech Aeronaut	282	(1)
A Blacksmith's Biplane	283	(1)
Barron Field	284	(1)
The Flying Stinsons	285	(1)
Famous Aviator	286	(1)
Stinson School of Flying	287	(1)
Stay Tuned	288	(1)
Paving the Way	289	(1)
Ma and Pa Ferguson	290	(19)
James Ferguson	290	(1)
Farmer Jim	291	(1)
``Pa'' Ferguson's Good Works	292	(1)
A Term for the Worse	293	(1)
Farmer Jim vs. the Intellectuals	294	(1)
Indictment	295	(1)
Impeachment	296	(1)
The Verdict	297	(1)
After His Impeachment	298	(1)
The Ferguson Ranch	299	(1)
The Slow Road to Recovery	300	(1)
Plan for a Comeback	301	(1)
The Get Even Candidate	302	(1)
The First Woman Elected Governor	303	(1)
Pardon Me, Governor	304	(1)
More Scandals	305	(1)
Honeymoon Campaign	306	(1)
Governor Dan Moody	307	(1)
Tycoon Governor	308	(1)
The Great Depression	309	(10)
The Fat Boy	309	(1)
Can You Spell H-A-T?	310	(1)
Lighting Up the Lone Star	311	(1)
Electrified	312	(1)
Farewell to the Fergusons	313	(1)
The CCC	314	(1)
The Soil Soldiers	315	(1)
The CCC and State Parks	316	(1)
They Were Not Just Work Camps	317	(1)
Summer Soldiers	318	(1)
World War II	319	(2)
The Rattlesnake Bomber Base	319	(1)
The Texans Who Ran the War	320	(1)
Bibliography	321	(2)
Index	323