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2021 March Newsletter The San Jacinto Dispatch Daughters of the Republic of Texas March 2021 From the President: Coming Up For The April Program: Dan Worrall If you missed James Haley’s talk at our March We are delighted to 4th meetng, you missed a treat! He told us have Dan Worrall as our about some famous women (like Jane Long speaker for the April and Susanna Dickinson) and other not-so- meeting An expert in famous women (like Charlote Baldwin Allen, the fields of Texas his- tory and archeology, he Obedience Ft. Smith, and Sarah Knight Bow- will share some of the man) of the Republic of Texas. It was great results of his meticulous fun! His list of women covered is atached to research on this area. this newsleter. Trained in regional geology, Dan retired from a career in petro- leum exploration research and management and turned his in- Our meetng on the frst Thursday in April terests toward the history and archeology of his native Houston happens to be April 1st! Please join us as we area. He is a graduate of Rice University, with a Master of Arts hear from Dan Worrell and then elect our from the University of Wyoming and a PhD from UT Austin, all in new ofcers for 2021-2023. We are stll work- geology, plus a masters in teaching from Northwestern. ing on our May Meetng which will be our Dan serves on the Harris County Historical Commission where Memorial Service. We are hoping to have he works to place historical markers at significant sites in West- some kind of hybrid meetng (both in person ern Harris County. He led the successful effort to save the pio- and online), but will let you know soon! neer Morse-Bragg Cemetery from destruction. In 2016 he pub- lished a history of the early settlers in the western part of Great- Congratulatons to our 4th Grade Texas Histo- er Houston, “Pleasant Bend: Upper Buffalo Bayou and the San Felipe Trail in the Nineteenth Century. ry Teacher of the Year, Tifany Thorn, from Horn Elementary in HISD. Congratulatons Curious about the world of the earliest residents of the Houston also to our DRT Essay Contest Winner, Lorien area, Dan began extensive research, compiling digital records Wolter, 7th grade daughter of new member from hundreds of archeological sites to create a map record of Tish Wolter. Their applicatons were sent to the gradual changes to our area over thousands of years. This information, which includes a series of regional maps, is includ- our District VI Representatve, Peggy Town- ed in his just-published book, “A Prehistory of Houston and send, and both nominees were selected to Southeast Texas: Landscape and Culture.” represent District VI at the State level! What an amazing accomplishment for both of -Nancy Burch them! Congratulatons! Welcome to the San Jacinto Chapter!! The State DRT Conventon is scheduled for May 13-15, 2021 at the Hyat Regency San Antonio Riverwalk! Any DRT member may We had seven new members approved in February: atend. The Conventon Registraton form and Brigitte Louise Becker, Stacy Ryan Mangum, Martha info for reserving your hotel room are found “Tica” Berry Perwein, Peyton Elise Conder, Morgan at: htp://www.drtnfo.org/members. Several Conder Davis and two new members whose mem- of us will be atending and will take items bership is a surprise! We will name them later! Wel- from our Country Store to sell. Please join us! come, Ladies! We also have two new Prospective members: Joni Pursch Becker and Catherine Harris. -Beth Garret McCarty We are thrilled to be growing! Page 1 The San Jacinto Dispatch AFTER THE FREEZE… A Report from the Log House Garden Commitee Upon notce of the coming deep freeze this past February, our wonderful Log House angels Gwen Koch and her husband Joe traveled to the Log House and drained our water pipes and turned of the water. Unfortunately, we stll had some freeze casualtes, just as some of you. Afer the freeze, when Maria Gonzales came to clean the house, a burst pipe was discovered. 5th VP Sharolyn Wood met the plumber at the Log House. Several leaks under the house were repaired and two hose bibbs replaced. On the grounds we had freeze landscaping victms such as the fern in the syrup ketle, the Texas Ebony tree and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by the back door. We are hopeful these and others will come back. And we had some survivors such as the palms and redbud tree, and the azaleas appear to be leafng out. Our former groundskeeper Miguel Parrilla has come and cleaned up the grounds and garden beds and uncovered the rock path leading to the front yard. Gwen Kunz treated fre ant mounds and addressed other grooming chores. The Log House has been rented for March 14 and the Log House and grounds are all cleaned and ready for company. March 2021 Page 2 The San Jacinto Dispatch Let’s support our SJC when we buy groceries!! ** Corrected shopping number** Kroger Community Rewards and Randalls grocery stores have given Daughters of the Re- public of Texas, Pioneer Memorial Log House new numbers. Please check with your local Kroger to have your Kroger Plus Card updated for our new # RF149. Randalls donation card number is #14197 for the Pioneer Memorial Log House. You can request this number to be programmed onto your Randalls shopping card. Remember, you shop anyway, so this is a painless way for our chapter to receive a donation from Kroger and Randalls just because we shop. Every little bit helps! Message from Jim Haley, March Meeting Speaker San Jacinto Chapter - Calendar of Events HERE IS JIM HALEY’S LIST OF THE WOMEN HE DISCUSSED (as sent to Nancy Burch): Well, that was a fun tme – thank you so (See yearbook for details) much for the invite . I appreciated the inquiry about the 2021 women we talked about. They are, in roughly chronological order: Chapter Meeting (10:30 via Zoom) April 1 Rosa Maria Hinojosa de Balli (1752-1803) – Texas’ frst catle queen ran a spread of over a million acres in South Texas / Pa- San Jacinto Day Ceremony April 21 dre Island Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1798-1880) – widow of James “Come and Sip It” Fund Raiser (TBA Spring) Long who was killed flibustering in Texas for her uncle, Genl. James Wilkinson. Stranded on Galveston Island awaitng rescue, Chapter Meeting (10:00 Social/10:30 Meeting) May 6 gave birth to Mary James Long. Susanna Dickinson (1814-1883) – only adult Anglo survivor of DRT Annual Convention, San Antonio May 13– May15 the Alamo, had four more husbands, did just about everything a woman in a man’s fronter world had to do. June Luncheon June 3 Angelina Peyton Eberly (1798-1860) – Austn boarding house keeper and Sam Houston’s Austn landlady. Fired the town can- non to keep the archives from being removed, startng the brief “Archives War.” Charlote Baldwin Allen (1805-1895) – wife of A. C. Allen and probably the true originator of the city of Houston. Sarah Borginnis Bowman (1813-1866) – the “Great Western” and a paradigm Texas virago. “All right, boys, who wants a wife with $15,000 and the biggest leg in Mexico?” Sabina (?-?) – Slave and partner of Texas Supreme Court Chief Justce John Hemphill, mother of his two children whom he placed in Wilberforce University in Ohio, where they could get educated and be free. I am guessing that these are the women that members are most interested in. Members beautifying I also briefy mentoned several from later in Texas history, our treasured whose rights were upheld by the Texas Supreme Court in part of Justce Hemphill’s legacy to preserve the rights that women Log House and enjoyed under Spanish law. I can provide those names and look grounds up the case citatons if anyone asks. Thanks again. March 2021 Page 3 The San Jacinto Dispatch Mark your calendars for our San Jacinto Chapter Installation Luncheon Mark your calendars to attend our chapter’s Installation luncheon on Thursday, June 3 at Braeburn Coun- try Club. The club is so pretty with all of its windows looking out to their gardens, and we will all be ready to attend a social event. A registration form will be sent soon. The country club follows CDC Guidelines, and hopefully we will all be vaccinated by June. If we do not have enough people interested in attending or guidelines change, we will cancel the luncheon and return peoples payments. Let us know your interest in attending and mark your calendars for June 3. If neces- sary a hybrid event will be planned so we can install officers, recognize the History Teacher, and intro- duce new members. Keep your fingers crossed that we can be together in person in June! Stay safe and be well! Gwen Koch, Social Chair [email protected] ~ 713/826-9061 Meet our San Jacinto Chapter Essay Contest Winner and our Texas History Teacher of the Year! Meet Lorien Wolter, our Meet Tifany Thorne, our 7th Grade Texas Essay Chapter’s Texas History Contest Winner! Lorien Teacher of the Year! Tifa- attends Memorial Private ny is a 4th grade Texas High School and is the History teacher at Horn daughter of member Tish Elementary, part of HISD Wolter. Lorien’s essay was in Bellaire, Texas. She was titled, “Dilue Rose Harris: recommended by her A Brave Rose of the Re- principal (and our mem- public of Texas”. Lorien’s ber) Vanessa Flores. Tifa- essay also won at the Dis- ny also won at the District trict level and is moving level and is moving on to on to the State Competi- the State Competition.
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