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Links and Essays

I wrote a number of essays exploring various aspects of the 19th century, expanding on events that I passed over rather quickly. I also found some websites of particular interest,  which also offered a deeper insight into events as varied as the Goliad Massacre, and transatlantic steamship traffic.

 

 

 

"Forgotten Journey"

The Stephens Party, retrieved from history

John Bidwell

Life in California Before the Gold Rush

Sutter's Fort

The fort at the end of the California Trail

Presidio La Bahia

Goliad, Texas

Ghost Town on the Gulf

Indianola, Texas

Un-Civil War

Civil War in the Texas Hill Country

The Fort at La Ramie

A Way Station on the Trail

The Things They Carried

Wagon Train neccessities

Scenic Wonders of the Trail

What They Saw

The Jumping-Off Places

Where They Started From

Ghost Town on the Gulf

Indianiola, Texas

The Towers of Rememberance

Galveston, 1900

5,000 Miles for a Camel

The US Army Camel Corps

   

Log Cabin Days

How to Build One