By Jan Payne Pierce
The last trek of summer— a camper behind my newer Dodge Lariat pickup—oh, boy would Obama be mad if he knew I traded up for less gas mileage in a truck that barely fits in my garage. While driving endless miles of high plains, I tried not to think how much I had already spent just to get going west. I just thanked the Lord for a big safe truck after passing a crunched beetlebug in a wreck.
by Jan Pierce
In honor of the late radio commentator, Paul Harvey, this article will tell the “rest of the story” of Texas history as played out during March 1836.
J’Nell Pate’s recent Western History article featured an 1849 German visitor giving a bad report about German settlements in Texas. Read this revised article that I wrote for a publication in 2004 and re-evaluate another type of German—the one fleeing from persecution to freedom—in Texas.
written by James R. Carlson
edited by Jan Payne Pierce
The history of Texas and Texans has been called His Story. As history often relays the story of mankind, have you ever wondered what God is up to when things happen? God has created this great land of ours, but did you know that He also helped shape its history? As people throughout history prayed for God’s blessing upon Texas and Texans, one might say that Texas was literally built with prayer.
