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Volume 1 - Number 5 |
 Retreat to
Victory: THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTOby Steve Goodson As Houston’s small army trundled down the road toward Harrisburg, Santa Anna and his column of 750 men invaded San Felipe on the east bank of the Brazos River. His artillery bombarded the west bank deceiving the small band of Texicans under Captain Moseley Baker into thinking he would attempt to cross the river there. Having learned of the newly formed Texican government retreat from Washington-on-the-Brazos to Harrisburg, Santa Anna determined to catch the revolutionary ringleaders. |
 The Runaway Scrapeby Steve Goodson With the fall of the Alamo, the Texicans and their families set out on a retreat before the advance of Santa Anna'a army. William Travis's pleas for reinforcements from the Alamo did not go unheeded. Texican volunteers answered the call and began to converge on Gonzales. Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill who had commanded the garrison at San Antonio, left the Alamo on February 11, 1836, to visit his family and help from the Texican government at Washington-on-the-Brazos. |
 The Electra
Monoplaneby David Morrow About 1911 in the town of Electra my maternal grandfather, Robert B. “Bob” Richardson, built and flew what was probably north Texas’ first airplane. He was born in Philadelphia in 1895 and came with his family from Liber, Ohio, to the newly opened town of Electra in 1907. Created out of the Waggoner Ranch, Electra was then a frontier community full of pioneer spirit. |
 The
Legend of the Bluebonnetas told by Cork Morris "She sat by herself, watching the dancers. In her lap was a doll made from buckskin. A warrior doll. The eyes, nose and mouth were painted on with the juice of herbs and berries. It wore beaded leggings and a belt of polished bone. On its head were brilliant blue feathers from the jay that flitted among the trees in summer. She loved her doll very much." |
 A Clean
Well-Lighted Place A little-known technique called "stereoscopic free viewing" allows two dimensional photography to step into the 3-D world. It takes very little practice and the rewards are well worth the effort. The details are on the page... |
