THIS WEEK IN TEXAS
Houston goes into exile with Cherokees
BY BARTEE HAILE
      During the first week of April 1829, Sam Houston sent his teenaged bride home to mother, decided to resign as governor of Tennessee and made preparations for a self-imposed exile among his boyhood friends, the Cherokees.
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ALL THINGS HISTORICAL
Travis' second most quoted letter from Alamo
Archie P. McDonald
      The second most quoted letter William B. Travis penned in the Alamo while awaiting Santa Anna's assault began, "Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make him a splendid fortune; but if the country should be lost, and I should perish, he will have nothing but the proud ...
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30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center
      ONE YEAR AGO Bob and Doris Bowman publish their first book of a new series, "The Forgotten Towns of East Texas." The first volume and will be followed by three more volumes in the coming years. Beulah Congregational Methodist Church celebrates its 113th anniversary with its annual homecoming. R...
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