First Footer of the Republic of Texas, Michael Ziller was a German immigrant and ex-soldier under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. He...

In the spring of 1839, lumber for the first permanent Capitol of Texas had been cut and hauled from Bastrop to the building site at West...

Before coming to Texas, Green DeWitt was the first sheriff of Ralls County, Missouri 1821-1824. He petitioned Mexico in 1822 for...