Texas Gulf Coast Stories

by Williams, C. Herndon

• ISBN13: 9781609490324
• ISBN10: 1609490320
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-03
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

These are the Stories of the Texas Gulf Coast, from its Early Days as a Spanish Colony Through its official Statehood in the 1800s.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
Karankawa and Other Indians
The Karankawa Were Tall, Tattooed and Pierced	p. 13
Scalping, War Trophies and Ritual Cannibalism	p. 15
Culture Clash Quasi Complete	p. 16
Where Did the Karankawa Go?	p. 18
Mary Amarro, the Last Karankawa?	p. 20
The Karankawa Were Not So Bad	p. 22
The Karankawa Called Themselves "Clamcoeh"	p. 24
The Last Years of the Karankawa	p. 26
The Atlatl and the Bow and Arrow	p. 27
White Children as Indian Captives	p. 29
Early Explorers and Immigrants
First Europeans to Map Aransas Bay in 1720	p. 31
Languages Spoken in El Copano	p. 32
What Would You Bring to Texas in 1825?	p. 34
Tejas, Texas, Texian, Tejano	p. 36
Cabeza de Vaca, Faith Healer to the Karankawa	p. 37
Bollaert's View of Copano Bay and Corpus Christi in 1842	p. 39
Empresarios of Texas Brought Immigrants and Revolt	p. 41
John Charles Beales Landed at El Copano in 1833	p. 43
Acadian Trail of Tears in the Coastal Bend	p. 47
The Camels that Terrorized the Coast	p. 48
Stephen F. Austin's Militia Saved the Colony	p. 49
Stephen F. Austin in Love	p. 51
Texas Frontier Justice and Compassion	p. 53
Disease and Illness in the Americans before Columbus	p. 55
Disease in Early Texas and Hazardous Remedies	p. 56
Ethnic Folk Medicine in Frontier Texas	p. 58
The Bluest Blue Norther in Texas	p. 59
Early Missions, Ports and Towns
El Copano Was Small but Historic	p. 63
Richly Decorated Altars at Refugio Mission in 1795	p. 65
Copano Bay Navigation Has Always Been Difficult	p. 69
Map and Model of St. Mary's of Aransas in 1869	p. 71
Aransas City Was on Live Oak Peninsula, but Short-Lived	p. 73
Wood Mansion, the Oldest Living House in Refugio County	p. 76
The First Millionaire in Texas	p. 78
The Indian Trails Became Modern Highways	p. 79
The Lighthouse at the Aransas Pass	p. 81
John Wesley Hardin Never Killed Anyone in Refugio County	p. 83
The War for Texas Independence
A Mexican View of Texas	p. 85
The Texian Army: "A Mob, Called an Army"	p. 87
783rd Part of the Credit for Victory at San Jacinto	p. 89
San Jacinto: The Eighteen Minutes that Changed the World	p. 90
The Next Few Weeks After San Jacinto: The Important Role of the Port of El Copano	p. 92
The Laura and the Yellowstone: Steamboats that Could	p. 95
Presidio La Bahia Was Once Fort Defiance	p. 97
Shackelford Led the Red Rovers in the Texian Army	p. 99
Santa Anna Lost His Leg to the French Navy	p. 100
Shipwrecks, Treasures, Sculpture and Dominos
Spanish Treasure Was Shipwrecked on Padre Isle in 1554	p. 103
Spanish Gold and Silver Treasure	p. 106
The Treasure of Barkentine Creek	p. 108
Jean Lafitte's Treasure Is Buried at False Live Oak Point	p. 110
Raoul Josset's Sculpture Yet to Be Accepted in Refugio	p. 112
Union Forces at St. Mary's Put to Rout by a Picket Fence	p. 114
Texas 42 Was Invented in Texas, but Where?	p. 115
Timeline	p. 119
Bibliography	p. 123
About the Author	p. 127
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