No Trespassing!
WARNING! If you’re out traipsing through the woods as Becka and I often do, keep a close watch for purple painted posts. The state...
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David A. Bowles
David A Bowles
Aug 31, 20231 min
San Antonio Mayor – Francois Guilbeau Jr.
Francois Guilbeau, Jr. (1813-1879) moved to San Antonio in 1839 during the early years of the Republic of Texas. The French-born...
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David A Bowles
Aug 28, 20232 min
Austin’s First Cabinet Maker
Lorenzo Van Cleve arrived in the spring of 1839, months before the town of Austin was founded. Newly elected President Mirabeau Lamar had...
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David A Bowles
Aug 25, 20231 min
Majestic Mountain – Mount Rushmore
Alamo Height’s resident, Lincoln Borglum finished “Mount Rushmore National Memorial” after his father, Gutzon Borglum, died in 1941. The...
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David A Bowles
Aug 21, 20231 min
Andrew Jackson
1767-1845 Andrew Jackson boarded in the home of Christopher and Mary Taylor in Jonesborough (the oldest town in Tennessee). The...
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David A Bowles
Aug 19, 20231 min
Children of the Revolution
My third award-winning book Children of the Revolution, in the Westward Sagas series is about Peggy Mitchell. She taught the first...
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David A Bowles
Aug 18, 20231 min
Spring House
My first book in the Westward Sagas series is named Spring House, because that is where the most important scene in the book takes place....
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David A Bowles
Aug 16, 20231 min
John A. Rowland
The owner of the Taos Trading Post, John A. Rowland, paid sixty dollars in silver for the return of nine-year-old Fayette Smith. The boy...
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David A Bowles
Aug 12, 20231 min
Battle of Plum Creek
On August 12, 1840, the largest Indian battle ever fought on Texas soil took place on Plum Creek in Caldwell County. The battle between...
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David A Bowles
Aug 11, 20231 min
Dr. Joseph W. Robertson
Dr. Robertson, a First Footer of the new town of Austin, arrived in the fall of 1839. He represented Bastrop County in the fourth session...
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David A Bowles
Aug 9, 20231 min
William H. Cushney 1819-1852
New York born William H. Cushney 1819-1852 became a “First Footer of the Republic of Texas” in 1840. He served in the Texas Army before...
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David A Bowles
Aug 7, 20231 min
Travis County Treasurer Killed in 1841
On August 7, 1841, the mutilated body of Travis County Treasurer, Thomas W. Smith was found outside the town limits of Austin. Sheriff...
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David A Bowles
Aug 6, 20231 min
James Burke
James Burke of Natchez, Mississippi caught Texas fever in 1837. Burke sold his thriving business and headed to Texas. First clerking for...
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David A Bowles
Aug 4, 20231 min
Sam and Mary Maverick’s Wedding
On August 4, 1836, Samuel Augustus Maverick, a signor of the Texas Declaration of Independence, married Mary Ann Adams. Mary was the...
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David A Bowles
Jul 29, 20231 min
Texas First U.S. Senator Dies
Thomas Jefferson Rusk died on July 29, 1857. Rusk was a signor of the Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos on...
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David A Bowles
Jul 26, 20231 min
Death of Sam Houston
On July 26, 1863, Sam Houston died at the age of 70. He was twice President of Texas, Governor of Tennessee, and Texas. He was a United...
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David A Bowles
Jul 24, 20231 min
Samuel Augustus Maverick
On this day in 1803, Samuel Augustus Maverick was born in Pendleton, South Carolina. He came to Texas prior to the Texas Revolution and...
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David A Bowles
Jul 20, 20232 min
Fact or Fiction
A friend and I were discussing a story in my novel Children of the Revolution. He was surprised to learn that the story I wrote was based...
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David A Bowles
Jul 17, 20231 min
Death of Clara Driscoll
On July 17, 1945, the Savior of the Alamo, Clara Driscoll, died at the age of 64. Texans knew her for saving the Alamo, philanthropist,...
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David A Bowles
Jul 3, 20231 min
One Strong Woman
Rose Anne (Rosa) Thurman was born October 29, 1872, on the family farm near Teck (Travis Co.), Texas. The “Reserve” on Lake Travis now at...
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