A Texian Partisan column
Old Three Hundred tells Texas history through the news and checks it against the Handbook of Texas. It's a column of the Texian Partisan.
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On November 7, 1835, the Consultation at San Felipe declared Texas no longer bound by the compact of union with Mexico and reserved the right to an independent government.
Craig Campobella, the Conroe sculptor of the Texian, the First Stand bronzes at Anahuac and a Battle of Gonzales statue, died Thursday.
Stephen F. Austin was born November 3, 1793. Before the Texas Revolution, he gave his colonists elected local judges, a written code, an appeals court and a bound land record.
An 18-month dig beside the Alamo Church recovered four solid-shot cannonballs that the Alamo's historians link to the 1836 siege and battle.
On October 28, 1835, about 90 volunteers under James Bowie and James Fannin held a river bend near Mission Concepcion against 275 Mexican troops and drove them back in about 30 minutes.
On October 22, 1836, Sam Houston took office as the Republic of Texas's first elected president at Columbia, with two hours to prepare his inaugural address.
On the night of October 9, 1835, Collinsworth's volunteers took Presidio La Bahía in about 30 minutes, cutting the Mexican link between San Antonio and the Gulf.
Gonzales holds its Come and Take It Celebration October 2 through 4, with the Battle of Gonzales Reenactment Saturday afternoon on the 191st anniversary weekend of the 1835 standoff.
One hundred ninety-one years ago today, settlers at Gonzales refused to return a cannon they had borrowed from the Mexican government on the written condition that they give it back on request.
Galveston will spend about $121,300 to restore the 1900 Texas Heroes Monument, Henry Rosenberg's gift to the heroes of the Texas Revolution, even though no one is sure whether the city or...
The morning after San Jacinto, a disguised dictator faced the wounded general who crushed his empire in eighteen minutes.
April 21, 1836: Texian volunteers crush Santa Anna's army in eighteen minutes, securing independence and proving the indomitable spirit of a nation.
