#texashistory

[blondebrainpowered]

In Fort Worth, Texas, people gathered to build a rather sinister bust of a snowman at 1004 Lamar St. in January 1889.

[itsmythang]

So back in the day, Black people had to sit in the back of the bus, and if there were not enough seats available, then they had to wait for the next bus or not go. State Board exams for Cosmetologists were always held in Austin, Texas. Well, the students at Franklin Beauty were prepared to take their state board exam to become licensed cosmetologists in the State of Texas. Since they didn't allow but 1 or 2 black students to purchase tickets for the bus to Austin, Texas, Belinda Kendall's grandfather chartered his own bus & took them all. The cool thing is they all passed the exam 34 students.

[texas-newmexico-history]

Brown County, Texas

[dallas-pioneer]

Virginia surgeon John Horace Stevens (1824-1881) married Alabaman Mary Ann Armstrong (1843-1916) on January 26, 1869 in Vienna, Louisiana and the couple relocated to Dallas the following year. Dr. and Mrs. Stevens acquired acreage and a farmhouse west of town in what later became Oak Cliff. After their passing, son Walter developed the farm into the Stevens Park Estates subdivision and adjacent Stevens Park Golf Course in their memory. 

[illuminatingfacts]

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[texaspsych]

1845/1848 - Quanah Parker is born in Wichita Falls, Texas (according to some sources)

[claimyourkin]

These are the regulations for the Teachers of the Freeman Schools in Texas.

"United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-V9JD-7?cc=2427894&wc=31S1-FMS%3A1556264002%2C1556266801 : 1 August 2016), Texas > Roll 15, Monthly reports from teachers and subassistant commissioners, June 1869-Apr 1870 > image 305 of 1420; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1978).

[origingenealogy]

These are the rules for Teachers of Freeman Schools in Texas.

"United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-V9JD-7?cc=2427894&wc=31S1-FMS%3A1556264002%2C1556266801 : 1 August 2016), Texas > Roll 15, Monthly reports from teachers and subassistant commissioners, June 1869-Apr 1870 > image 305 of 1420; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1978).