Barry Corbin is a genuine Texas Treasure. He has starred in so many great westerns including Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, Conagher, Monte Walsh and Urban Cowboy just to name a few. In This new series he talks about a fave subject of mine: Texas History.
Category: Texas History
On This Day in History: May 23, 1934
Bonnie and Clyde Killed Perhaps the most famous outlaws of the ‘public enemy era’ in America between 1931 and 1934 were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, two lovers who roamed around the United States committing robberies during the Great Depression with their gang. Bonnie met Clyde when she was 19 and her then-husband, who she had married…
Texas News: Three Political Shit Heads Evicted
U.S. Senate: Jasmine Crockett Defeated by James Talarico U.S. House, District 18: Al Greeen Defeated by Christian Menefee U.S. House, District 2: Dan Crenshaw Defeated by Steve Toth
On This Day in History, 1836: The Battle of the Alamo Begins
Battle of the Alamo In 1835, Texas, which was then under the control of the Mexican Republic, rebelled against its overlords. Though there was a fierce debate among Texians as to whether they wanted to declare independence or simply force a return to the freer Mexican constitution of 1824, eventually the rebels did declare…
Know Your Real Texas History: Bowie’s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight
Bowie’s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight The brittle winter grass crunched beneath their boots as James Bowie’s cavalry pressed forward through the mesquite thickets. November 26, 1835, dawned cold and crisp near Alazan Creek, five miles southwest of San Antonio de Béxar. The glint of morning sunlight caught rifle barrels as forty…
Gunfighters’ Ethos of Honor in the Old West
Gunfighters’ Ethos of Honor in the Old West They were called gun-men, gunmen, shootists, man-killers, and gunslingers, but the Western press eventually settled on the all-inclusive term “gunfighter.” By definition, they were “anyone in the Old West who took part in one or more notable exchanges of gunfire among civilians, not involving Native Americans…
189 Years Ago Today The Republic of Texas was Born!
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836 On March 2, 1836, Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos, now commonly referred to as the “birthplace of Texas.” Similar to the United States Declaration of Independence, this document focused on the rights of citizens to “life” and “liberty”…
On This Day in History: February 23, 1836
Battle of the Alamo In 1835, Texas, which was then under the control of the Mexican Republic, rebelled against its overlords. Though there was a fierce debate among Texians as to whether they wanted to declare independence or simply force a return to the freer Mexican constitution of 1824, eventually the rebels did declare…
Reference Library: CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual
CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Via: HSDL) This historical document was originally published by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS; now the Central Intelligence Agency) in 1944, for use by OSS agents in motivating or recruiting potential foreign saboteurs. Agents were granted permission to print and disseminate portions of the document as…
What Would Josey Wales Do?
H/T: The Burning Platform What Would Josey Wales Do? As our political, economic, civic, and social structures continue to degrade, dissolve, and disintegrate before our very eyes, it is easy to become apathetic and surrender to hopelessness. There are relentless powerful forces actively trying to destroy the fabric of our society and force the…