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Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas

Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas

by M. E. M. Davis

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Author
Davis, M. E. M. (Mollie Evelyn Moore), 1852-1909
Credits
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Ron Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
F350.5: United States local history: Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West
Subject
Texas -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
60144
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60144
Release Date
August 21, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Under Six Flags THE STORY OF TEXAS
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — UNDER SIX FLAGS.
  4. 4.I. FORT ST. LOUIS. (1685-1721.) — 1. IN THE NAME OF FRANCE. — 2. IN THE NAME OF SPAIN. — 3. IN THE NAME OF OBLIVION.
  5. 5.II. SAN ANTONIO. (1714-1794.) — 1. A BOLD RIDER. — 2. COWL AND CARBINE. — 3. A HURRIED RIDE. — 4. INDIOS BRAVOS. — 5. ALONG THE OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD.
  6. 6.III. NACOGDOCHES. (1794-1821.) — 1. A FATAL VENTURE. — 2. THE DISPUTED BOUNDARY LINE. — 3. THE NEUTRAL GROUND. — 4. THE RED HOUSE. — 5. THE CHAMP D’ASILE. — 6. A TREACHEROUS SHOT. — 7. A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.
  7. 7.IV. SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN. (1820-1835.) — 1. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. — 2. UPS AND DOWNS. — 3. ORDERS AND DISORDER. — 4. A TRUMPET CALL. — 5. OUT OF A MIST. — 6. THE PRIEST’S HOUSE. — 7. BY THE BRAZOS.
  8. 8.V. GOLIAD. (1835-1836.) — 1. MESSENGERS OF DISTRESS. — 2. IN CHURCH AND FORTRESS. — 3. FORT DEFIANCE. — 4. PALM SUNDAY. — 5. REMEMBER THE ALAMO! REMEMBER GOLIAD! — 6. TWO GENERALS. — 7. HOW THE GOOD NEWS WAS BROUGHT.
  9. 9.VI. HOUSTON. (1836-1842.) — 1. ON BUFFALO BAYOU. — 2. THE INVINCIBLE. — 3. THE CAPITAL. — 4. THE WAR OF THE ARCHIVES. — 5. THE BLACK BEANS.
  10. 10.VII. AUSTIN. (1842-1861.) — 1. “THE REPUBLIC IS NO MORE.” — 2. ACROSS THE BORDER. — 3. DYING RACES. — 4. THE TEXAS RANGER. — 5. A CLOUD IN THE SKY.
  11. 11.VIII. GALVESTON. (1861-1865.) — 1. A BUFFALO HUNT. — 2. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. — 3. HOME AGAIN.
  12. 12.IX. A FLIGHT OF YEARS. (1865-1900.)
  13. 13.X. THE NEW CENTURY.
  14. 14.XI. TEXAS. — FROM THE DOME OF THE CAPITOL.
  15. 15.PRONUNCIATION. — FOOTNOTES.
  16. 16.INDEX.
  17. 17.Transcriber’s Notes

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