david921866Oct 31, 20231 minAlsey Silvanus Miller-1820-1885Sixteen-year-old Alsey Silvanus Miller traveled alone to Texas in the fall of 1836. After a short stay in Washington County, he made Oak...
David A BowlesSep 5, 20231 minThomas J. Pilgrim - 1804-1877Thomas Jefferson Pilgrim was born in Connecticut but got to Texas as soon as he could. He and a group of sixty men arrived at Matagorda,...
David A BowlesAug 12, 20231 minBattle of Plum CreekOn August 12, 1840, the largest Indian battle ever fought on Texas soil took place on Plum Creek in Caldwell County. The battle between...