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Haddock
HISTORY OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
AND THE
TEXAS NORTHWEST EDITION
EDITED BY CAPT. B. B. PADDOCK
VOLUME I
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1922
COPYRIGHT, 1922 THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
B = 27.50 (4 vols)
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1157721
THE PUBLISHERS IN BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS IN TEXAS DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES TO CAPTAIN B. B. PADDOCK
January 22, 1844 January 9, 1922
NO CITIZEN OF ATHENS IN HER GREATNESS SURPASSED HIM IN LOYALTY AND DEVOTION TO CITY AND STATE
F. S. HASTINGS
MAJOR RICHARD F. BURGESS
BROOKE SMITH
HON. H. P. BRELSFORD
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
1
CHAPTER 1I
1
COLONIZATION BY AMERICANS.
7
CHAPTER III
THE COLONIZATION SYSTEM.
17
CHAPTER IV
THE FREDONIAN WAR
21
CHAPTER V
GENERAL SURVEY OF THE TEXAS COLONIES.
28
CHAPTER VI
F. W. JOHNSON'S REMINISCENCES.
47
CHAPTER VII
FEDERAL RELATIONS
68
CHAPTER VIII
CONVENTIONS OF 1832-33
82
CHAPTER IX
AUSTIN'S MISSION
88
CHAPTER X
STATE OF COAHUILA-TEXAS, 1833-35.
93
CHAPTER XI
FALL OF ANAHUAC
108
CHAPTER XII
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND THE WAR PARTY . . . . 118
CHAPTER XIII
BATTLE OF GONZALES
154
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viii
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XIV 173
THE CONSULATION OF 1835
CHAPTER XV
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 199
CHAPTER XVI
THE CAPTURE OF SAN ANTONIO. 225
CHAPTER XVII
THE MATAMORAS EXPEDITION AND THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL COUNCIL. 245
CHAPTER XVIII
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 266
CHAPTER XIX
THE FALL OF THE ALAMO
.275
CHAPTER XX
JOHNSON AND GRANT AND FANNIN 297
CHAPTER XXI
SAN JACINTO CAMPAIGN
308
CHAPTER XXII
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
323
CHAPTER XXIII
THE TRANSITION FROM REPUBLIC TO STATE. .350
CHAPTER XXIV
TEXAS IN THE MEXICAN WAR
357
CHAPTER XXV
THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BOUNDARY 361
CHAPTER XXVI
THE PUBLIC DEBT
.366
CHAPTER XXVII
PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS. 1846-1860 369
A
CONTENTS ix CHAPTER XXVIII BORDER AND FRONTIER TROUBLES, 1849-1860 .375
CHAPTER XXIX
POLITICS, 1851-1860
387
CHAPTER XXX
SECESSION
396
CHAPTER XXXI
TEXAS IN THE WAR
. 406
CHAPTER XXXII
RECONSTRUCTION
.416
CHAPTER XXXIII
RADICAL RULE AND ITS OVERTHROW
429
. CHAPTER XXXIV
AFTER WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION.
.441
CHAPTER XXXV
MEN AND MEASURES
475
CHAPTER XXXVI
RAILROAD BUILDING AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT 507
CHAPTER XXXVII
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
517
CHAPTER XXXVIII
525
TITE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY
CHAPTER XXXIX
MINERAL RESOURCES
547
CHAPTER XL
PETROLEUM
562
CHAPTER XLI
TIMBER AND LUMBER.
575
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CONTENTS CHAPTER XLII
IRRIGATION 577
CHAPTER XLIII
THE SOUTH PLAINS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. 583
CHAPTER XLIV
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
591
CHAPTER XLV
FORT WORTH BEGINNINGS. 599
CHAPTER XLVI
FORT WORTHI BECOMES A CITY. .608
CHAPTER XLVII
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
.615
CHAPTER XLVIII
PUBLIC SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
.623
CHAPTER XLIX
THE COURTS, BENCHI AND BAR 630
CHAPTER L
INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
.632
CHAPTER LI
FORT WORTH INDUSTRIES
.657
CHAPTER LII
WAR ACTIVITIES OF FORT WORTH .680
CHAPTER LIII
PIONEERS AND BUILDERS.
.683
THE TEXAS NORTHWEST-COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS.
701
REMINISCENCES 870
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INDEX
Ab initio controversy, I, 418, 419 Ab initio question, I, 425 Ab initio views, I, 423 Abbott, Jo, II, 501 Abilene, II, 843, 844, 845 Acme Brick Company, II, 670
Ad interim government, I, 273, 324 Adams, Francis, I, 27, 63
Adams, H. J., III, 74
Adams, Thomas P., III, 129
Add-Ran College, II, 620, 689 Agee, Howard L., III, 329 Agee Screen Company, II, 676
Agricultural and Mechanical College, II, 459, 482
Agriculture, II, 452, 458, 577; in South Plains, II, 583
Agua, Dulce, I, 298
Alabama Indians, I, 378
Alaman, Lucas, I, 71
Alaman's Report on Texas, I, 73
Alamo, The, I, 36, 37, 54, 226, 234, 235, 237, 275, 288; fall of the, I, 275; plan of I, 287
Alamo Canal, I, 170
Albany, II, 826
Alexander, Jacob, IV, 731
Alexander, Julia D., IV, 731
Alexander, W. W., III, 147
Alexander Lumber Company, II, 671
Alford, Robert W., III, 346
Alford's School II, 617
Alfred, I, 124 Alien ownership of land, II, 471
All-Church Press, II, 656
All Saints Hospital, II, 646
Allday, Martin L., IV, 373
Allen, A. C., I, 127
Allen, Ebenezer, I, 347
Allen, Eugene S., III, 17
Allen, J. K., I, 65, 127
Allen, Martin, I, 123
Allen, Reece S., III, 86
Allen, Samuel P., I, 63, 78
Allen, S. F., I, 187
Allen, S. T., I, 173
Allen, Thomas R., IV, 414
Alley, John, I, 120 Alley, Captain, I, 163 Alley, William, I, 124
Allison, Bruce, III, 253
Allison, James H., II, 655; IV, 749 Almonte's report on Texas, I, 28 Alpine, II, 712 Alvarado, II, 779, 783
Amarillo, III, 513, 585, 812, 813, 814 Ambler, E. T., IV, 661 American invasions, early, I, 6 American National Bank, II, 632
American party, I, 338; II, 500 Anahuac, I, 30, 62, 63, 77, 78, 80, 108 109; fall of, I, 108 Anderson, Austin F., III, 346
Anderson, A. J., III, 110
Anderson, J. L., II, 601
Anderson, Neil P., II, 602
Anderson, N. P. & Company Building II, 658 Anderson, William W., IV, 615 Andrews, Walter R., IV, 468
Andrews, Warren P., III, 308 Andrews county, II, 703
Annexation of Texas, I, 328, 334, 343, 344, 345, 346 Anti-Trust Law. II, 482, 497
Archer, B. T., I, 78, 149, 160, 187, 192 198, 216, 218 Archer City, II, 705
Archer county, I, 369,; II, 703
"Archive War," [, 334
Argyle, II, 738
Arlington, II, 838
Arlington Heights, II, 635
Armour & Co., 659, 662 Armstrong, George W., IV, 726
Armstrong, George W. & Company, Inc., II, 666 Armstrong, M. L., I, 401
Armstrong, Ramsey C., Jr., III, 62 Armstrong County, II, 512, 705 Army, I. 325
Army of Provisional Government, I, 201, 204 Army of Reserve, I, 205
"Army of the people," I, 211 Army of the revolution, I, 206
Army ordinance of 1835, I, 259
Arneson, Axel, IV, 402
Arnold, Ripley A., II, 599
Arnold-Walden Institute, II, 617
Arrington, William, I, 187 Arrington, W. W., I, 157 Art, Joseph L., IV, 635
Ashe, Eugene, IV, 732
Aston, W. Edward, IV, 512
Asylums, II, 480
Atascosa county, I, 369
Atascosito, I, 43 Atascosita ford, I, 310
Athens Pottery Company, II, 670
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INDEX
Bullington, Orville, III, 106 Bullock, James W., I, 79
Burchill's School, II, 617
Burdett Oxygen Company, II, 674
Burges, Richard F., IV, 439
Burkburnett, II, 567, 573, 851, 853 Burkburnett Building, II, 634
Burke, William E., III, 332 Burkhart, Charles B., III, 173 Burkhart, George W., II, 493 Burks, Joseph B., IV, 518
Burks, Will D., III, 274
Burleson, II, 783 Burleson, A. B., I, 385, 475 Burleson, Edward, I, 118, 158, 163, 187, 204, 212, 228, 230, 235, 239, 308, 317, 340, 358, 373, 382, 385 Burleson, Rufus C., II, 595
Burnet, David G., I, 20, 27, 44, 58, 86, 125, 130, 178, 187, 273, 323, 324, 332, 420 Burnet County, I, 369; II, 558 Burnett, Samuel B., II, 540, 632, 665, 874; III, 92
Burney, Hance M., III, 14
Burney, I. H., III, 14
Burnham, Jesse, I, 83, 124, 186
Burnham's Crossing, I, 309
Burnside, Alfred W., IV, 524
Burnside, J. B., II, 601
Burroughs, George W., III, 64
Burroughs, Lewis, IV, 445
Burton, J. W., I, 271, 331
Burton, W., II, 554 Burton, Willard, II, 601; III, 6
Burts, William P., II, 601, 608, 686, 879
Bushong, Elizabeth J., IV, 748
Bushong, George E., IV, 748
Buster, John E., IV, 456
Butcher, Charles M., IV, 517
Butler, Anthony, I. 73, 89, 92
Butler, George, I, 83
Byers, II, 719
Byers, Andrew T., III, 102
Bynum, W. H., I, 127, 149
Byrne, Henry E., III, 45
Byrne, Thomas S., IV, 591 Byrom, John S. D., I, 173, 187, 271
Cabell, W. L., II, 880 Cabiness, C. C., IV, 618 Caddo, II, 827
Cade, John R., IV, 392
Caldwell, Hershal V., IV. 707
Caldwell, Matthew, I, 157, 271, 341
Caldwell, Thomas J., IV, 745
Caldwell, Walter H., IV, 745 Caldwell County, I, 369
Callahan, J. H., I, 377
Callahan County, I, 369; II, 716 Callaway, Sam J., III, 176 Calvert, Roy F., IV, 436
Calvit, A., I, 127
Cameron, John, I, 65, 102, 224, 242
Cameron, R. A., II, 870
Cameron County, I, 369
Camey Spur, II, 739
Camp, L. B., I, 401 Camp Colorado, II, 722
Camp Cooper, II, 866
Campaign of 1835, I, 154
Campbell, Isaac, I, 331
Campbell, Thomas M., II, 493, 502
Campeachy Indians, I, 303
Canals, I, 370 "Canary Island" settlers. I, 35 Candy factories, II, 674
Canning factory, II, 673
Cantey, Samuel B., III, 151
Cantrell, Robert C., III, 134
Canyon, II, 499
Capital, location of, I, 331, 333, 373; controversy over, I, 350
Capitol, I, 373; II, 458, 463, 478 Capps, William, II, 636, 655, 666
Caps, Sterling B., IV, 409
Carb, I., II, 601
Carb, M. R., III, 31
Carbajal, J. M., II, 63, 135, 139
Card, Lewis P., III, 368
Carithers, Dan J., IV, 680
Carlock, Robert L., III, 57
Carnegie Public Library, Fort Worth, II, 640; IV, 740 Carnes, Henry, I, 237
Carrigan, A. H., III, 196
Carrigan, Pat, III, 194
Carroll, B., IV. 381
Carruthers Field, II, 681
Car Shed Convention, II, 484
Carson, Sam P., I, 271, 273, 311
Carson County, II, 717
Cart War, I, 380
Carter, C. L., II, 540
Carter, E. H., IV, 587
Carter, Robert A., III, 182
Casey, Martin, II, 602
Castleman, J. W., III, 329
Castro County, II, 718
Cattle, II. 457; first registered, II, 537
Cattle corporations, II, 457
Cattle industry, I, 30, 33; II. 456, 481. 511, 525
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas, II, 542, 868 Cattle trails, II, 458, 528
Chadwick, Captain, I, 305
Chamber of Commerce, II, 651
Chamber of Commerce Building, 11, 610
Chambers, A. J., II, 601
Chambers, John T., IV, 720
Chambers, Thomas J., I, 59, 77, 100, 103, 104, 205, 408, 412 Chambers County, I, 369
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INDEX
Champ, J. W., III, 173
Charbonneau, Alexis W., III, 135 Charbonneau, W. F., III, 135
Chase, Ira C., III, 144 Chastain, Claud P., IV, 434 Cherokee Indians, I, 22, 24, 175, 192, 224, 330 Chesley, John E., IV, 505 Chesley, John I., III, 318 Chevallie, Major, I, 359 Chevrolet Motor Company, II, 665 Chicago syndicate, II, 478
Chico, II, 860
Childress, George C., I, 268, 271
Chilton, Horace, II, 501
Chilton, William E., III, 148
Chipps, D. Elliott, III, 38 Chisholm Trail, II, 532
Cholera in 1833, I, 64, 93
Chriesman, Horatio, I, 65
Chrisman, Oscar O., IV, 465
Christensen, J. V. C. T., IV, 621 Churches : Fort Worth, II, 636 Churchill, E. E., IV, 737 Cigar Factories, II, 673
Cinnabar, II, 551
Cisco, II, 572, 744, 746, 747, 748, 749 Cisco & Northeastern R. R., II, 516 City and County Hospital, II, 636
City National Bank of Commerce, Wich- ita Falls, II, 856; III, 113 Civil war, I, 396, 406
Clarendon, II, 512, 742
Clark, Edward, I, 392, 400, 406, 408, 415 Clark, George, II, 468, 472, 484, 486, 505 Clark, John H., I, 365
Clark, Lee, IV, 467 Clark, L. T., II, 540
Clark, S. George, IV, 592 Clark, William, Jr., I, 271
Clark, W. T., I, 434
Clarke, George C., IV, 581
Clarke, W. T., I, 434 Clarkson, Wiley G., III, 110
Claude, II, 512, 706 Clay, Henry, I, 72, 345 Clay, Nestor, I, 82
Clay, Wiley D., IV, 492
Clay County, I, 369; II, 719
Clayton, George R., IV, 564 Cleburne, II, 461, 508, 779, 780, 781, 782 Clement, J. B., I, 187 Clements, J. D., I, 198, 252, 254, 257 Clendenen, Andrew J., III, 38 Cleveland, John H., IV, 564 Clifford, George H., III, 58 Clifford, Nace M., IV, 605 Cline, Walter D., III, 189 Clopper, Nicholas, I, 44 Clopper's Point, I, 115 Clothing factory, II, 669
Coahuila - Texas Departments, I, 69; state government, 1833-35, I, 93 Coal, II, 547 Cobb, Horace H., III, 69
Cobb, Leslie M., IV, 404
Cobb Brick Company, II, 670 Cobden, Alexander, III, 135
Cochran, A. M., II, 481
Cochran, John H., II, 488
Cochran, Lieutenant, I, 384
Cochran County, II, 720
Cocke, William A., II, 503
Cockrell, E. R., III, 102
Coe, Philip, I, 187
Coffee and Spices, II, 676
Coke, Richard, I, 437; II, 441, 453
Coke County, II, 721
Colbert, C. V., II, 546
Cole, David, III, 174
Cole, Howard S., IV, 735
Coleman, II, 508 Coleman, R. M., I, 187, 271
Coleman, William T., IV, 649
Coleman City, II, 723
Coleman County, I, 369; II, 722
Coleto, battle of, I, 302, 303, 304
Collard, C., I, 187
College of Arts, Denton, II, 740
College of Industrial Arts, II, 739
Collett, James D., III, 54
Collier, John, II, 840
Collinsville Manufacturing Company. II, 677
Collinsworth, D. C., I, 164
Collinsworth, James, I, 271, 343
Colonial Administration of Texas, I, 69
Colonial judiciary, I, 93
Colonies in 1825 and 1826, I, 21 ; general survey of, I, 28
Colonization by Americans, I, 7
Colonization laws, I, 14, 17, 18. 19
Colonization law of Coahuila-Texas, I, 15 Colonization system, I, 17
Colony contracts, list of, I, 19, 30, 59
Colorado, II, 796
Colorado County, I, 380
Colquitt, O. B., II, 493, 495, 502, 654
Colston, J. W., II, 540
Columbia, I, 29, 39, 40, 98, 111, 119, 122, 127, 146, 147, 208, 323
Columbus, I, 309 Colvin, George H., III, 11
Colvin, O. V., III, 176 Comanche, II, 725
Comanche County, I, 369, 384; II, 724
Comanche Indians, I, 54, 330, 378 Comer, Luther B., III, 57 Commerce of 1806, I, 30
Concho County, I, 369; II, 726
Confederate soldiers from Texas, I, 407, 408, 409, 413
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INDEX
Congress of the Republic, I, 350
Connell, Giles H., III, 15
Connell, James F., III, 139
Connell, John, I, 83 Connell, Wilson E., III, 161
Connellee, Charles U., IV, 637
Conner, Earl, III, 335
Conner, Emmett R., III, 356
Conner, John H., I, 382
Conrad, Edward, I, 268, 271
Conservatives and the War Party, strug- gle between, I, 118
Constitution by the Convention of 1833, I, 87
Constitution of 1824, support of, I, 78
Constitution of 1876, II, 443
Constitution of the Republic, I, 271
Constitutional Convention of 1875, II, 442 Consultation of 1835, I, 173; members of, I, 186
Conventions of 1832-33, I, 82; of inde- pendence, I, 268; of 1845, I, 351; of Secession, I, 398, 399; of 1866, I, 417 ; of 1868, I, 424
Cooke, Louis P., I, 331
Cooke, William G., I, 339
Cooke, William S., III, 352
Cooke County, II, 728
Cooper, J. F., II, 601
Cooper, J. L., II, 601
Cooper, Lorenzo D., III, 206
Cooper, Vespasian V., III, 324
Corbett, J. J., II, 491
Corinth, II, 738
Corley, T. Ben, III, 358
Corn, James W., IV, 653
Coronado Expedition, I, 2
Coronal Institute, II, 596
Corpus Christi, I, 357 Corsicana, II, 562, 574
Cortina, Juan N., I, 381
Cortina's rebellion, I, 381
Coryell County, I, 369, 382
Cos, General, I, 106, 108, 112, 130, 135, 154, 166, 174, 228, 240, 314
Cottle County, II, 731
Cotton, I, 29, 31, 33, 344, 412; II, 458, 668
Cotton acreage reduction. II, 496
Cotton Belt, II, 613
Cotton Belt System, II, 509
Cotton Oil Mills. II. 669
Cotton Seed Products, II, 669
Couch, Burr W., III, 13
Council House fight, I. 330
Counties, creation of, I, 356; created from 1848 to 1858, I, 369; with irriga- tion, II, 580 County of Santa Fe, I, 362 Courtright, Jim, II, 875 Courts, II, 444
Covert, John DeL., IV, 537 Covert, Joseph S., IV, 535 Cow Bayou Settlement, I, 44
Cowan, E. P., II, 624
Cowan, Samuel H., III, 169
Cowart, Robert E., II, 607 Craddock, John B., III, 85 Crandall, Stewart A., IV, 666 Crane, M. M., II, 486, 490, 492 Crane, William C., II, 596 Crane County, II, 732 Craven, James M., IV., 729
Crawford, William C., I, 271
Creager, R. B., II, 498
Crockett, Davy, I, 285, 286, 292; 1I. 470
Crockett County, II, 732
Crosby County, II, 733
Crosbyton, II, 585
Cross, Wallace J., IV, 526
Crowley, II, 842
Crutcher, George W., III, 338
Culberson, C. A., II, 456, 473, 486, 488, 489, 490, 502
Culberson County, II, 734
Culbertson, John G., IV, 619
Cullinan, J. S., II, 562
Cumberland Rest, II, 648
Cummings, C. C., II, 630, 883
Cunningham, Newton A., III, 38
Cunningham, Ozro W .. III, 287
Cunningham, William F., III, 280
Curiton, C. M., II, 499, 500
Curlee, Walter S., III, 51
Curtright, H. C., III, 139
Custom houses in Texas, I, 109
Dabney, Guy, III, 327
Daggett, Bud, IV, 712
Daggett, Elizabeth M., IV, 748
Daggett, Ephraim B., II, 611; IV, 748
Daggett, E. M., II, 599, 600, 601 ; IV, 712
Daggett. John P., IV, 749
Dahlman Brothers, II, 601 Dahlman, Isaac, II, 658
Dalhart, II, 735
Dallam County, II, 734
Dallas, II, 605
Dalrymple, W. C., I, 382, 385
Darnell, Nicholas, II, 611
Darnell, N. H., I, 354; II, 612
Darrah, Robert R., III, 74
Darter, W. A., II, 601
Darter, William A., III, 41
Davenport, A., IV, 472
Davenport, George L., III, 356 Davidson, A. B., II, 494
Davidson, Lynch, II, 500
Davidson, R. V., II, 494
Davidson, Sam, II, 493; III, 52
Davis Administration, II, 441
Davis, "Cyclone," II, 501 Davis, Daniel, IV, 662
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Davis, Edmund J., I, 414, 417, 424, 426, 429, 435, 437, 438; II, 477
Davis, George W., I, 187
Davis, Joe H., IV, 703 Davis, Sam W. III, 129 Davis, Theo G., IV, 579
Davis, William Henry, II, 601. 685 Dawson County, I, 369; II, 736
Day, Clem H., III, 311 Day, G. H., II, 609
Dayton, F. Hannan, III, 267
Dayton, George W., III, 188
Dayton, James E., III, 268
Deaf Smith County, II, 760
De Arredondo, Joaquin, I, 9
Deavenport, Berry H., IV. 677 Deavenport, Mary E., IV, 678 Decatur, II, 510, 859, 861
Declaration of Causes in 1835, I, 189
Declaration of Independence, I, 266, 268
Decree of April 6, 1830, I, 71, 74, 76
Dedmon, Perry G., III, 150
Deffebach, A., II, 554
Dueling, I, 352
Duke, Thomas M., I, 56
Dukes, Andrew J., IV, 569
Dulaney, R. O., IV, 536
Duncan, Andrew J., III, 142
Dunn, John, I, 211
Democratic conventions, I, 387, 434, 437 ; of 1878, II, 476
Democratic party, II, 475
Denison, II, 507
Denton, II, 739
Denton County, II, 738
Department of Brazos, I, 70 Desdemona, II, 568, 746 De Soto expedition, I, 2
de Ugartechea, Dominga, I, 108
De Vaca, Cabeza, I, 2
De Vaux, H. A., III, 194
Devine, Thomas J., I, 402; II, 476
DeVitt, P. M., IV, 708
Fast Texas missions, I, 3
East Texas, settlement of, I, 15
Eastern Texas Railroad, I, 372
Eastland, II, 746, 747. 748
Eastland County, 1, 369, 384: II, 547, 568, 742, 885 Economic and social conditions in Texas, I, 47
Economic Readjustment, II, 452
Ector County, II, 749
Eddleman, E. H., IV, 378
Eddy, J. M., II, 510, 612
Edrington, H. C., II, 632
Edrington, William R., III. 135
Education, public, I, 329, 353; II, 451. 591
Educational Facilities in Fort Worth, II, 615
Edwards, B. W., I, 23, 24
Edwards, Hayden, I, 19, 22, 24, 27, 50, 103
Eagle Ford, II, 605
Early Texans, character of, I, 68
Easley, Alexander C., III, 88
East Line & Red River Railroad, II, 467
East Line Railroad, II. 455
DeWitt, Green, I, 19, 27, 38, 51, 58, 103 157 DeWitt Colony, I, 19, 29, 38, 51 Dexter, II, 730
de Zavala, Lorenzo, I, 20, 44, 135, 143. 162, 173, 187, 271, 273, 310
Dickens County, II, 740 Dickenson, Lieutenant, I, 293, 294
Dickenson, Mrs., I, 308
Dickinson, Charles I., IV, 736
Dickson. D. C., I, 388
Diggs, Hubb, III, 138 Dill, J. R., IV, 492 Dillingham, Olie D., III, 297 Dillion, Mount, IV, 728
Dimmit, Phillip, I, 54, 164, 165, 212, 243, 246, 255; II, 719 Dimmit County, I, 360 Dingee, Arthur .S., II, 601 ; II1, 67 Dinsmore, Silas, I, 82
Division of Texas, I, 418 Doan's Station, II, 862 Dobson, Archibald B., I, 82 Dodge, Grenville M., II, 604 Donald, D. Stephen, IV, 419 Donavan, A. G., II, 661
Donley County, II, 741 Donnell, Archibald A., III, 353 Donnell, Ben D., IV, 435
Donovan, A. G., IV. 714
Donovan, W. Jonah, III, 318
Dorset, Douglas H., III, 337
Double Seal Ring Company, II. 677
Douglas, Levander P., III. 340
Douglas, Stephen A., I, 395 Douglass, Robert, IV, 703 Douglass, Samuel C., I, 83 Doyle, William S., IV, 689
Dresing, J. F., Jr., IV, 710
Drumm, Robert, IV, 645
Dublin, II, 751
DuBose, Leonard H., III, 120
Deffebach, Thomas G., III, 178
De Leon, Martin, I, 19, 42, 93
De Leon Expedition, I, 3
Democratic convention at Charleston, I. 395
Dunn, W. W., II, 601 Dunnam, W. V., IV, 742
Durbin, Warren E., IV, 496 Duringer, William A., III, 70
Durst, John, I, 75, 101
Duval County, I, 369
Dyer, Clement C., I, 173, 187
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Edwards, Mary J., III, 69 Edwards, Monroe, I, 63, 78 Edwards, Patrick H., III, 77
Edwards County, I, 369; II, 547
Eldredge, Alva R., III, 86
Election of 1800, I, 395
Elections under military rule, I, 433 Electra, II, 565, 850, 851, 853 Electric Light and Power, II, 672 Eliasville, II. 574, 868
Elks, II, 639 Ellett, William A., I, 401 Elliott, Ross, IV, 538
Ellis, James F., II, 599, 601, 693 ; III, 119
Ellis, Lea R., III, 364
Ellis, Merida G., II, 693
Ellis, M. G., II, 601 Ellis, Richard, I, 58, 268, 271
Ellis County, I, 369
El Paso, II, 518, 754
El Paso Modern Business Blocks, II, 752
El Paso County, I, 369; II, 753
Elser, Max, II, 510
Encinal County, I, 369
England and Texas, I, 344, 346
English, William, I, 83
Epperson, B. H., I, 401
Erath, George B., I, 378
Erath County, I, 369, 384; II, 544, 750
Essex, Winfield S., IV. 457
Estes, John W., IV, 475
Evans, A. N., IV, 516
Evans, B. C., II, 601, 698; III, 149
Evans, J. B., I, 294
Evans, Joseph I., IV, 494
Evans, Robert, I, 294
Evans, Sam, II, 601
Evarts, G. A., II, 690
Everett, Robert M., III, 216
Everett, Stephen H., I, 173, 187, 271 Ezell, Ubert D., IV, 440
Fair Plains, II, 730 Fairfax, C. K., II, 601
Fakes & Co., IV, 396 Falls County, I. 369
Fannin, J. W., I, 160, 166, 167, 203, 204, 212, 214, 225, 227, 248, 249, 254, 256, 260, 264, 279, 297, 306
Farmer, G. P., II, 599
Farmers' Alliance, II, 461, 482
Farmers' Union, II, 459, 498
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank. II, 632 Farmers & Merchants Bank, II, 606
Faught, John W., IV, 442 Federal relations, I, 68 Fee, Charles H., III. 312
Feild, Julian, II, 638. 697, 839
Fence cutting, II, 457, 481, 543 Fender, J. E., II, 670
Ferguson, James E., I, 498, 499; im- peachment of, II, 499
Ferguson, William T., II, 696
Ferguson, W. R., IV, 631
Ferrell, J. Mike, IV, 672 Field, E. Stanley, III, 248
Field, James H., II, 601
Field, J. T., II, 696
Fields, Richard, I, 25
Finances : State, II, 446
Finances of Republic, I, 213. 214, 325. 332, 366 Finley, George P., II, 501
Finley, N. W., II, 484
Finley, R. W., II, 490
Fire Department, Fort Worth, I1, 626
First cotton compress, II, 668
First National Bank, II, 632, 633
First Sabbath school, II, 593
Fishburn, William B., III, 71
Fisher, John, I, 271
Fisher, S. Rhoads, I, 271
Fisher, William S., I, 187
Fisher, W. C., I, 341
Fisher County, II, 756
Fitch, Jacob T., IV, 527 Fitzsimmons, Robert, II, 491
Flanagan, J. W., I, 417, 427
Flanagan, Webster, I, 436
Flannigan, J. W., II, 500
Flannigan. Webster, II, 483
Fleming, J. R., II, 489
Fleming, W. R., III, 300
Fletcher, Joshua, I, 123
Fletcher, Josiah H., I, 215
Floore, John W., Jr .. III, 259
Flouring Mills. II, 667
Flournoy, George, I. 401
Flournoy, George M., I, 401
Flournoy, Robert W., III, 55
Flowers, Lee, IV, 393
Floyd County, II, 757
Floydada, II, 585, 758 Foard County, II, 758
Forbes, John, I, 125, 128, 224
Forbess. W. C., III. 81
Forcier. L. M., IV, 546
Ford. Henry S., III. 101
Foreign Relations of the Republic. I, 335
Forester, Ed W., IV, 509 Fort Belknap, I. 378, 385; II, 599, 865. 866, 867 Fort Bend, I, 39, 310
Fort Chadbourne, II, 721, 821
Fort Davis, II, 778
Fort Davis scene, I, 338
Fort Elliott, II, 451
Fort Graham, II, 833
Fort Griffin, II, 602. 824, 825
Fort Lipantitlan, I, 40
Fort Phantom, II, 509
Fort Phantom Hill, II, 865
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Fort Richardson. II, 776 Fort Stockton, II, 810
Fort Worth, II, 456, 475, 507, 508, 521, 546, 559; beginnings of, II, 599; be- comes a city, II, 608; water supply, II, 623; postal matters, II, 628; post- masters, II, 629; institutions and or- ganizations, II, 632; churches, II, 636; parks, II, 642; newspapers, II. 652; press, II, 656; statistics, II, 656; in- dustries, II, 657; livestock market, II, 660; pioneers and builders, II, 683; chief city of Tarrant County, II, 833; population, II, 835; Reminiscences, II, 870
Fort Worth Board of Trade, II, 651
Fort Worth Club, II, 648
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show, II, 664
Fort Worth Life Insurance Company, II, 633 Fort Worth National Bank, II, 603
Fort Worth Record, II, 655
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, II, 655
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company, II, 660
Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad, II, 510, 612, 860
Fort Worth & New Orleans Railroad, II, 509, 612
Fort Worth & Rio Grande, II, 514, 613 873 Foster, John F., IV, 645
Foster, L. L., II, 483
Fouts, Andrew J., IV, 548
Fox, George, IV, 573
Foye, Frederick, I, 83
France, I, 2 Francis, Charles I., III, 123
Fraser, A. B., II, 601
Fraternities. II, 638
Fredonian Rebellion, I, 21, 50
Free Baby Hospital, II, 647
Free grass, II, 457, 481, 542
Free silver issue, II, 473, 490, 880 Free-silverites, II, 492
Freedmen, I, 420 Freeport, II, 547 Freestone County, I. 369, 430 Friberg, George E., IV, 658 Frio County, I, 369
Frisco System, II, 509, 515
Fritz, Clifford O., IV, 607 Frizzell, Rista H., IV, 636
Frontier counties in 1863, I, 410
Frontier defense, cost of, I, 386
Frontier protection, I, 382, 406; II, 450 Frontier troubles, 1849-1860, I, 375 Frost, C. L., II, 510, 612 Fry, Charles H., III, 150
Fulton, Edward L., III, 345
Fulton, George A., IV, 593 Fund, permanent school, II, 495
Fuqua, Benjamin, I, 187 Furr, H. Byron, IV, 580
Gaines, Andrew W., III, 155
Gaines, General, I, 311, 312
Gaines, James, I, 268, 271
Gaines, Milton J., IV, 608
Gaines, Samuel M., IV, 381
Gaines, Sydney A., IV, 608
Gaines, S. K., II, 628
Gaines County, II, 759
Gainesville, II, 507, 537, 729, 730, 731
Gaither, J. C., III, 138
Galveston, I, 42, 77, 109, 310, 323, 325, 413, 416, 421
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company, I, 30
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway, II, 454
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