Author: William A. TrenckmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
History of Austin County, Texas
Author: William A. TrenckmanAn Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Austin County, Texas
Author: Martin M. KenneyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385506999
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
The History of Austin County, Texas
Author: William TrenkmannPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511991605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the translation of the text of the article that appeared in German in The Bellville Wochenblatt. William Trenckmann, who edited the original, wrote in his introduction: For a number of years the Wochenblattmann has been concerned with the idea of publishing a special edition dedicated to the County of Austin, in Texas. Certain hindrances such as lack of time and of the article which is quite as essential to pay for printing jobs as it is to waging a war-have thus far prevented its publication. But we are convinced that this supplement, which we now send forth into the world, will be welcomed by all those who live in the county, even if much that we present here in word and picture is already familiar to them through hearsay or through actual personal experience. Many of our loyal readers who have set up their homes elsewhere will be happy to have more information about that section of the earth where Stephen F. Austin made his first settlement and where once stood the first capital of Texas. It was also the place where the earliest German pioneers in this state erected their first cabins and where, since that time, so many men and women of German blood have found homes and have helped to transform the wilderness into a fruitful garden. We have spared no effort or expense to make this booklet as rich in content and interest as possible, and we here with express our right hearty thanks to all those persons who have ably assisted us. We are fully aware that this historical sketch and topographical description of the county which, like our state capital, took its name from the Founding Impresario, cannot lay claim to completeness. Months and years of preparation and research would have been required to make it so. But we have striven within this limited frame to portray the material which is most important and worth recalling, and we believe that we have succeeded reasonably well. We hope, as they read this booklet and study the features of the aged men and women who created a new home for German culture and language on foreign soil, that our readers may gratefully remember what we their sons and grandsons owe to the German pioneers of Texas. If this aim is achieved, then the primary purpose of the little book has been accomplished.
Austin County: An Early History of Austin County, Texas
Author: William A. TrenckmannFrom Jamestown to Texas
Author: Betty Smith MeischenPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453576398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The rugged character and indomitable spirit of the early pioneers of Stephen F. Austins Texas colony had their roots in a turbulent, distant past. From the early 1600s, their courageous ancestors had pushed westward, leaving the European shores to carve out a new nation from the wilderness. They fled religious and political oppression in search of a better life in which freedom was of supreme importance. Many came with tales of their former struggles in Londonderry, Ireland during the great siege, of terrible massacres and clan rivalries in the times of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. They vividly remembered the tribulations of Martin Luther and the deadly religious split with the Catholic Church. More recently, memories of their parents participation in the American Revolution, of dramatic, true life scenes such as depicted in the movie The Patriot filled their minds, their fathers having ridden along side of the wily Swamp Fox, Francis Marion. These pioneers associated themselves with men like Travis, Crockett, Houston and Andrew Jackson. Many of these early trailblazers were Scots-Irish and German immigrants. They were on a westward trek to grasp a special prize, to seal Americas Manifest Destiny. And that prize they sought was Texas. From Jamestown to Texas is the story of these intrepid pioneers and their ancestors who cleared and farmed the land, who fought the Indians, battled the elements, and carved out this wonderful country that we have today.
An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Austin County, Texas
Author: Martin M [From Old Catalog] KenneyPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342553464
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
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History of Austin County Texas: Edited and Published in 1899 as a Supplement to the Bellville Wochenblatt by William A. Trenckmann
Author: William TrenckmannPublisher: Texianer Verlag
ISBN: 9781648717802
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In the spring of 1933, exactions of old age forced William Trenckmann to sell his newspaper to the National Weeklies of Minnesota but he remained its editor in all mat-ters pertaining to Texas. Here the contents of his newspaper series on his beloved Austin County are reproduced in book form for the lovers of Texas today.
Austin County, Texas and Southwest Texas History
Author: A history of Austin County, Texas, in the World war ...
Author: Ruby Grote RatliffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austin County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
From Jamestown to Texas
Author: Betty Smith MeischenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781453576373
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The rugged character and indomitable spirit of the early pioneers of Stephen F. Austin's Texas colony had their roots in a turbulent, distant past. From the early 1600's, their courageous ancestors had pushed westward, leaving the European shores to carve out a new nation from the wilderness. They fled religious and political oppression in search of a better life in which freedom was of supreme importance. Many came with tales of their former struggles in Londonderry, Ireland during the great siege, of terrible massacres and clan rivalries in the times of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. They vividly remembered the tribulations of Martin Luther and the deadly religious split with the Catholic Church. More recently, memories of their parent's participation in the American Revolution, of dramatic, true life scenes such as depicted in the movie "The Patriot" filled their minds, their fathers having ridden along side of the wily Swamp Fox, Francis Marion. These pioneers associated themselves with men like Travis, Crockett, Houston and Andrew Jackson. Many of these early trailblazers were Scots-Irish and German immigrants. They were on a westward trek to grasp a special prize, to seal America's Manifest Destiny. And that prize they sought was Texas. From Jamestown to Texas is the story of these intrepid pioneers and their ancestors who cleared and farmed the land, who fought the Indians, battled the elements, and carved out this wonderful country that we have today.