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The State of Texas County of Burnet: on the 6 Day Ofaugust, 2007, The
The State ofTexas County ofBurnet: On the 6th day ofAugust, 2007, the Burnet County Commissioners' Court met in special session at 9:00 a.m.. The following members were present: Judge Donna Klaeger; Comm. Prec. #1, Bill Neve; Comm. Prec. #2, Russell Graeter; Comm. Prec. #3, Ronny Hibler; Comm. Prec. #4 Joe Don Dockery. The Burnet County Commissioners' Court will meet on Monday, August 6, 2007 in Special Session at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom #101 located at 220 S. Pierce, Burnet, Texas. 8/2/2007 - 5:13:12 PM ccspec mIg 8607 Page 1of 4 1. Call to order. 2. Invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States. 4. Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas State Flag. ""Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible." 5. Comments from the public and/or elected officials. At this time, any person with business before the Commissioners' Court not scheduled on the agenda may speak to the Court. No formal action can be taken on these items at this meeting. No discussion or deliberation can occur during public and/or elected officials' comments. Comments regarding specific agenda items should occur when the item is called. 6. Discussion and/or action regarding June 27, 2007 flooding event in Burnet County and any and all issues regarding emergency measures and disaster relief in Burnet County. (Klaeger) 7. Discussion and/or action regarding Mitigation Plan revisions and Mitigation Grant Process for Burnet County concerning recent flood. (Klaeger) 8. Resolution of appreciation to Howard Lyons, representative for Texas Department of Transportation for his and TXDOT's support of Burnet County during the June 2007 flooding event. -
Notes and Documents the Texas Frontier in 1850: Dr. Ebenezer Swift
Notes and Documents The Texas Frontier in 1850: Dr. Ebenezer Swift and the View From Fort Martin Scott by: CALEB COKER AND JANET G. HUMPHREY The Texas Frontier in 1850 was guarded by a line of army forts ranging from Fort Worth to Fort Duncan near Eagle Pass. With the end of the Mexican War, settlers had begun pushing toward the Texas interior, and troops became available to furnish new towns some measure of protection from raiding bands of Indians. 1 Fort Martin bScott, established between the towns of Fredericksburg and Zodiac in December 1848, was one such military post. The letter reproduced here, from the fort's physician, provides a marvelous glimpse of frontier Texas in 1850. It includes candid descriptions of a farm in Austin, life at the fort, and relationships with the local Indians. Native Americans living in the vicinity of Fort Martin Scott belonged to a number of tribes. The least predictable and most feared, however, were the Comanches. White settlements disrupted their wide-ranging lifestyle and threatened the abundant supply of game. In the mid-1840s their primary tactic was to attack settlers in small raiding parties and then vanish, often taking with them horses and other livestock. These hit-and-run assaults terrorized those on the frontier for decades.2 The Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas had purchased 10,000 acres of forested land just north of the Pedernales River on Barron's Creek in December 1845. By the following May, settlers began arriving from New Braunfels at the town site named Fredericksburg. -
The Report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's Reconaissance of The
The report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting’s reconnaissance of the wester frontier of Texas 21 Jan 1850 Original Source Document: Congressional Serial Set No. 562 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Doc. No. 64, Washington DC, July 24, 1850 pp. 235-250 Digital Source Document: Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=4PFJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA235#v=onepage&q&f=false also Hathi Trust Digital Library http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3983516?urlappend=%3Bseq=287 (scanned at University of California) http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hj1lgd?urlappend=%3Bseq=285 (scanned at Harvard University) This PDF document was obtained from the Bosque County Historical Commission. www.bosquechc.org Sis Congress, [ SENATE. ] With Ex. Doc . st Session. N0. 64. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, ENCLOSINC 'i report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissance of the ■western frontier of Texas. June 28, 1850. I Read. July 5, 1850. OrJertd to be printed. War Department, Washington, June 27, 1850. mr: I have the honor to transmit herewith a communication from vain Fred. A. Smith, in charge of the Engineer Department, enclosing topy of the report of the reconnaissance of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whi- k, of the Corps of Engineers, of the western frontier of Texas, with a le of the accompanying map, in reply to a resolution of the Senate of t25th instant calling lor such report. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEO. W. CRAWFORD, Secretary of War. Bon. Millard Fillmore, President of the Senate. Engineer Department, Washington, June 26, 1850. Sir: In compliance with the call of the Senate resolution of the 25th stint, herewith I have the honor to enclose a copy of the reconnaissance (Lieutenant W. -
The Francis Whittemore Cragin Collection
The Francis Whittemore Cragin Collection Extent: Approximately 10 cubic feet. Finding Aid Prepared By: Michelle Gay, Spring 2001. Provenance: The materials in this collection were bequeathed to the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum in the will of Francis W. Cragin, and were received shortly after his death. If more information is needed, please see the archivist. Arrangement: Materials were divided into series according to original order and type. In all cases, priority was given to the preservation of original order. Copyright: The materials in the collection may be assumed to be copyrighted by the creator of those materials. The museum advises patrons that it is their responsibility to procure from the owner of copyright permission to reproduce, publish, or exhibit these materials. The owner of copyright is presumed to be the creator, his or her heirs, legates, or assignees. Patrons must obtain written permission from the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum to reproduce, publish, or exhibit these materials. In all cases, the patron agrees to hold the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum harmless and indemnify the museum for any and all claims arising from the use of the reproductions. Restrictions: The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum reserves the right to examine proofs and captions for accuracy and sensitivity prior to publication with the right to revise, if necessary. The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum reserves the right to refuse reproduction of its holdings and to impose such conditions as it may deem advisable in its sole and absolute discretion in the best interests of the museum. Oversized and/or fragile items will be reproduced solely at the discretion of the Archivist. -
General James Henry Carleton
New Mexico Historical Review Volume 30 Number 1 Article 3 1-1-1955 General James Henry Carleton Clarence C. Clendenen Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr Recommended Citation Clendenen, Clarence C.. "General James Henry Carleton." New Mexico Historical Review 30, 1 (1955). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol30/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in New Mexico Historical Review by an authorized editor of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. GENERAL JAMES HENRY CARLETON By CLARENCE C. CLENDENEN* It often happens that men whose influence on the history of a region or era has had a decisive effect, are overshadowed by more glamorous figures, or by more spectacular events than those in which they played a part. It sometimes hap pens, too, that the decisiveness of their actions creates toward them a hostility that causes them to be overlooked in favor of more popular persons, in later years. Very few historical writers have given any attention to the operations of the powerful force of volunteers from Cali fornia that crossed the desert of Southern California in the spring of 1862, and joined forces with the New Mexico and Colorado volunteers, on the Rio. Grande. Fewer still know or have said anything about the man who organized, trained and commanded the California force, and who succeeded General E. R. S. Canby in command of the Department of New Mexico, in the summer of 1862. -
Historical Markers in Texas Approved
HISTORICAL MARKERS IN TEXAS APPROVED: n7 r2 t,% j n'rizcerrj Major Professor Minor Professor Director of the De artment of H ory Chairm of the Graduate council HISTORICAL MARKERS IN TEXAS THESIS - Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State Teachers College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE By Robert Leon Turner, B. S. Duncanville, Texas August, 1939 7 s PREFACE The following chapters attempt to show the work that has been done toward restoration, preservation, and marking of historic spots in Texas by patriotic societies, individuals, civic groups, the Centennial Commission, and other agencies. It has not been the purpose of the writer to go into de- tails regarding every one of the sites and individual markers, especially in instances in which several of the same type were erected. In such cases a general description of the markers is given, together with a general idea of the type of inscription that appears on them. Since so much was done by the Centennial Commission, more attention has been devoted to its activities than to those of other organizations un- able to carry out such an extensive program. Credit is due a great many organizations, societies, and individuals that have helped to further the memory of the past by aiding in the program. In many instances it has been necessary to rely upon in- formation from magazines, newspapers, Chamber of Commerce bul- letins, pamphlets, and personal letters, because of the lack of recorded material. The information obtained, however, has been weighed and carefully compared with other sources on the same subject until its authenticity is assured. -
Important Post-Civil War Forts in Texas 13
3l<i MQtd to. 9/' / STANDING IN THE GAP: SUBPOSTS, MINOR POSTS, AND PICKET STATIONS AND THE PACIFICATION OF THE TEXAS FRONTIER, 1866-1886 DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Loyd M. Uglow, B.A., M.A. Denton, Texas May, 1995 3l<i MQtd to. 9/' / STANDING IN THE GAP: SUBPOSTS, MINOR POSTS, AND PICKET STATIONS AND THE PACIFICATION OF THE TEXAS FRONTIER, 1866-1886 DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Loyd M. Uglow, B.A., M.A. Denton, Texas May, 1995 Uglow, Loyd M. f Standing in the Gap; Subposts. Minor Posts, and Picket Stations and the Pacification of the Texas Frontier. 1866-1886. Doctor of Philosophy (History), May, 1995, 284 pp., 14 figures, reference list, 116 titles. This dissertation describes the various military outposts on the Texas frontier between 1866 and 1886. It is arranged geographically, with each chapter covering a major fort or geographical area and the smaller posts associated with it. Official military records and government reports serve as the primary sources of data. In 1866 when the United States Army returned to the defense of Texas after four years of civil war, the state's frontier lay open to depredations from several Indian tribes and from lawless elements in Mexico. The army responded to those attacks by establishing several lines of major forts to protect the various danger areas of the frontier. -
Military Posts in the Southwest, 1848–1860
New Mexico Historical Review Volume 16 Number 2 Article 2 4-1-1941 Military Posts in the Southwest, 1848–1860 A. B. Bender Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr Recommended Citation Bender, A. B.. "Military Posts in the Southwest, 1848–1860." New Mexico Historical Review 16, 2 (). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol16/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in New Mexico Historical Review by an authorized editor of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW VOL. XVI APRIL, 1941 NO.2 MILITARY POSTS IN THE SOUTHWEST, 1848-1860 By A. B. BENDER RoM THE beginning of our history to the late nineteenth F century, frontier defense formed a chief concern of our government. In dealing with this problem prior to the Mex ican War, various methods were tried. Land was purchased from the red man, an "Indian country" was created, anilUi ties and gifts were furnished the Indian, and a chain of forts was established along the edges of the frontier settlements or in the heart of the Indian country. When the war extended our domain to the Pacific and the California gold discovery attracted new emigrant waves to the Far West, the prob lem of frontier defense became more pressing. The virgin lands of the Far Southwest, which in earlier years had an interest only for traders, trappers, and merchants, now beck oned miners, speculators, adventurous land-hunters, and home seekers from the more populated districts of the East. -
The Frontier” by Roy Betzer, 1978
Excerpts from “The Frontier” by Roy Betzer, 1978 Early U.S. Military Presence in Texas Fort Martin Scott The purpose of the frontier post was to push forward the line of military protection, allowing the establishment of new communities, farms, ranches, mines, etc. To accomplish these goals, both mounted and non-mounted soldiers would, if at all possible, garrison frontier posts. The soldiers at these posts were to patrol and maintain the security of the area. Once an area was secure and communities established, the smaller posts and camps would be decommissioned and the military line would be pushed further out onto the frontier. Usually this resulted in an increase in white settlers, which in turn resulted in increased Indian raids followed by a period of increased troop movements to the new frontier posts. A viscous cycle condoned in the 18305 by the executive branch of the Government of the United States of America in opposition to a ruling of the judicial branch. This constant movement of the line of military posts was a constant reminder to the Native American Indian that their world was being squeezed into an ever smaller and more restricted space. After the War of 1812, the U.S. Army had rid itself of mounted troops saying they were too costly to maintain. Then in the early 1830s, with the prosecution of the Seminole Campaigns, the Army found they needed mounted troops and they raised, with the approval of Congress and the Commander in Chief Andrew Jackson, a regiment of dragoons, and within a few more years a second regiment of dragoons. -
Contents Part I. West Texas Under the Dominion of Spain, France and Mexico I
CONTENTS PART I. WEST TEXAS UNDER THE DOMINION OF SPAIN, FRANCE AND MEXICO I. Explorations and Expeditions. II. Old Missions. Forts and Early Colonization. III. Industrial, Social and Local Conditions. PART II. WEST TEXAS BEFORE ANNEXATION AND AFTER THE BEGINNING OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION I. Colonial Development. II. Industrial Enterprises, Overland Transportation, Early Roads, and Well-Known Places. III. Important Expeditions. PART III. THE FRONTIER FROM ANNEXATION UNTIL THE CESSATION OF INDIAN HOSTILITIES Effect of Annexation and Further Explorations and Expeditions. II. Federal Forts, Posts, and Stations. III. Forts, Posts, and Stations (Continued). IV. Characteristics of Early Army Cantonments. V. Early Settlers, and their Domestic, Social, and Other Activities. VI. Early Roads and Overland Transportation. VII. The Civil War and Its Effect on the Frontier. PART IV. COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY HISTORY I. Creation of New Counties - Bexar County - Travis County - Comal County - Denton County - Gillespie County - Hays County - Medina County - Williamson County - Cooke County - Bell County - El Paso County - McLennan County - Tarrant County - Hill County - Johnson County - Bosque County - Coryell County - Burnet County - Uvalde County - Bandera County - Kerr County - Llano County - San Saba County - Lampasas County - Comanche County - Erath County - Parker County - Wise County - Young County - Jack County - Palo Pinto County - Brown County - Blanco County - Mason County - Hamilton County - Montague County - Clay County - Stephens County - Kendall County - Coleman County - Hood and Somervell Counties - Menard County - Eastland County - Shackelford County - Presidio County - Tom Green County - McCulloch County - Callahan County - Taylor County - Throckmorton County - Further Activities, Accomplishments and Reward of Early Western Frontiersmen. PART V. INDIANS OF WESTERN TEXAS I. The Early Indians of West Texas. -
Fort 'Orth, Texas
fio. RESTORATION AND .TENSION OF FEDERAL FORTS IN THE SOUTh ST FROL 1865 TO 188& TIEI Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State Teachers College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MAr 0F AJT2 By Alice Bell Bennett, B.A. Fort 'orth, Texas August, 1941 ii '150 TABLE OF COTENTS Page iv Chapter I. FED2IaL INDIAN PLICY IN TUE OUHE2 BEFR{$ 1865--w--------------------- - 1 I *FEDERLt iIDIa POLICY IN OKLAHOMA AFTER THE CIVILAR-----------------a 9 III. FEDERAL INDIAT CONTROL IN T AS-------- 24 IV* Y OPERATION IN NEW E1iICO, ARIZO , ATND CALIFORNIA------------- V. C NCLUS I N----------------------------- 109 iii PREFACE This thesis is an attempt to protray the part the forts of the Southwest had in developing the Federal Indian Policy in that region from 1865 to 1885. It is that period in our nation's history when our army was trying to protect our settlers on the western frontier from the savage Indian, marauding Mexican, and renegade white. Perhaps some of the soldiers in tbe United States army of this period were not what they could have been, but it is the author's wish that all who read these pages shall see the soldier the fearless, courageous, and loyal defender of our country's flag that he was. The story of this thesis begins with the Indian sit- uation in the Southwest at the close of the Civil War and closes when the last wild tribe submitted to the authority of the government. The work of the army pushed the Red frontier back from the West to meet the East that the nation might stretch peacefully from ocean to ocean. -
Annual Report of the Secretary of War 1851
Annual Report of the Secretary of War (1851) 29 Nov 1851 Original Source Document: United States Congressional Serial Set 634 (1851/52) 32d Congress, 1st Session, House Executive Document No. 2, Part I, Washington DC, Digital Source Document: Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=840FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Hathi Trust Digital Library http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3983581 (scanned at University of California) http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnwtgf (scanned at Harvard University) Contained in this PDF: Pages Contents 105-116 Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 29 Nov 1851 117-124 I. Papers respecting military and Indian affairs in Texas 1. Instructions to General P. F. Smith, Washington DC, 30 Apr 1851 To: General Persifer P. Smith, Commanding Eighth Military Department From: C. M. Conrad, Secretary of War 2. Report of Colonel S. Cooper, Fort Graham TX, 14 Jun 1851 To: Major General Roger Jones, Adjutant General, U. S. Army, Washington DC From: S. Cooper, Brevet Col. Asst. Adjutant General and acting Inspector 3. Report of Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Hardee, Austin TX, 29 Aug 1851 To: Major George Deas, Assistant Adjutant General, San Antonio TX From: W. J. Hardee, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 161-165 VI. Report of the General-in-Chief, 21 Nov 1851 191-206 VI. Report of the General-in-Chief, Organization of the Army, D. Position and distribution of the Troops in the Western Division 216-226 VII. Report of the Quartermaster General Jessup 254-288 VII. Report of the Quartermaster General Jessup, C. Operations of the Quartermaster’s Department at San Antonio, Texas Fort Worth (p.270) Fort Graham (p.271) Austin (p.273) Fort Gates (p.274) Fort Croghan (p.275) The Annual Report of the Secretary of War (1851) can also be found as a Senate document in United States Congressional Serial Set 611 (1851/52) 32d Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Document No.