Being a Texan handcrafted-texas-flags

Being a Texan handcrafted-texas-flagsTexans seem to be recognized throughout the world as TEXANS first and AMERICANS second. The Can Do Spirit and the write your own ticket nature of the Lone Star State from cowboys on the open plains, to the rough necks in the oil patch to the space flight engineers and captains of industry is marvelously reflected in this quote from a former Texas Senator. The quote is paired with an antiqued replica map of the Republic of Texas. This is one of only

At the third charge of 830 (Mexican soldiers) only 130 were left alive

well wooded and with a fair proportion of water" in a now obvious attempt to lure settlers to the remote region

Since this work was done in the years before internet or any online capability

In the canton

Selecting a flag for the new republic had been on the minds of the delegates and the people of Texas for some time

It is very ornate with striking vignettes of the goddesses of Liberty and Justice flanked by the Texas and American flags

This pair of maps

The Houston & Texas Railway Company began as the Galveston and Red River Railway

Captain Anthony F

The original Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway company lasted a short time (just a little over ten years) and was purchased in 1937 by the Atchison

The Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway was chartered in 1885 in order to construct a line between Forth Worth and Brownwood

with teams changed at every two or three stations