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 </description><title>Texas History Reader</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @1836)</generator><link>http://texasreader.com/</link><item><title>1849 Daguerreotype Photograph of the Alamo</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/TexasExhibit/Texas1.html"&gt;“Texas, Texans and The Alamo” On-Line Exhibit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="528" height="410" src="http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/TexasExhibit/large/images/alamo_close.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6321123</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6321123</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:03:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Texans you should know: Juan Seguin (1806-1890)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/seguin.htm"&gt;THE WEST - Juan Seguin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/9074680</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/9074680</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:58:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Mary Moody Northern: wealthiest pack rat in Texas history?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theislandermagazine.com/issue/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=41"&gt;Moody Mansion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/8825649</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/8825649</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:41:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Life on the Texas farm/ranch: Lamp Chores</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasescapes.com/DelbertTrew/Lamp-chores-evolved.htm"&gt;Lamp chores evolved.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/8631856</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/8631856</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:25:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category><category>Texas Culture</category></item><item><title>"All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in..."</title><description>“All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Sam Houston&lt;a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/samhouston186875.html"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/8436974</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/8436974</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:10:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Quotes</category></item><item><title>Aaron Burr's daughter may have been buried in Texas</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasescapes.com/CFEckhardt/Theodosia-Burr-Was-South-Carolinas-Lost-First-Lady-Buried-On-Texas-Coast.htm"&gt;Theodosia Burr, Was South Carolina’s ‘Lost’ First Lady Buried On Texas Coast.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/8382624</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/8382624</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:24:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Columbia: First official capital of the Republic</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasbob.com/travel/tbt_frst_capitol.html"&gt;First Capital of the Republic of Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7617570</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7617570</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:48:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Story of El Camino Real in South Texas</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caller.com/news/2007/aug/01/from-kings-highway-to-the-cotton-road/"&gt;From King’s Highway to the Cotton Road&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7508752</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7508752</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:07:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Archeology sheds light on the lives of settlers in the hills west of Austin</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/haas/index.html"&gt;The Haas House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7411245</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7411245</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:11:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas Ghost Towns: Boonville in Brazos County</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/Boonville-Texas.htm"&gt;Boonville, a Ghost Town in Central Texas.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7410058</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7410058</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:49:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>The mysterious John St. Helen of Glen Rose &amp; Granbury</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasescapes.com/CFEckhardt/Did-John-Wilkes-Booth-Live-In-Texas.htm"&gt;Did John Wilkes Booth Live In Texas.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7333797</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7333797</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:18:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>The Last Days of Confederate Veterans</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/CSA-Veterans.htm"&gt;CSA Veterans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7311912</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7311912</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:22:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure entertainment, just to prove..."</title><description>“I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one section of earth by a really top hand.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Mary Lasswell&lt;a href="http://web2.airmail.net/danb1/Quotes.htm"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7310990</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7310990</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:11:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Quotes</category></item><item><title>The Three Navies of Texas</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasnavy.com/tn3nav.htm"&gt;Official Website of the Texas Navies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/7224656</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/7224656</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:06:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>The Life &amp; (Mis)adventures of Samuel Bangs - First Printer in Texas</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fba55.html"&gt;Handbook of Texas Online:Samuel Bangs&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6864834</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6864834</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:42:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>Did you know the Alamo has its own official web site?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thealamo.org/main.html"&gt;The Alamo &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6855761</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6855761</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category><category>Texas Culture</category></item><item><title>Texas Pronunciation: Gruene = green</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.touringtexas.com/gruene/"&gt;Historic Gruene Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6779190</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6779190</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:42:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas Culture</category></item><item><title>"Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq."</title><description>“Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Fran Lebowitz&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6669113</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6669113</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:44:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Quotes</category></item><item><title>Capital of Spanish Texas from 1729-1770 is actually in Louisiana</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/adaes/index.html"&gt;Los Adaes served as the official capital of the Spanish province of Tejas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="462" height="341" src="http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/adaes/images/index-Barreiro-1770.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6560504</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6560504</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:45:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item><item><title>A Little History of Little Elm in Denton County</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2007/07/23/little_elm_journal/news/a-newsle15.txt"&gt;‘A hidden paradise’: Little Elm used to live up to its name&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://texasreader.com/post/6553058</link><guid>http://texasreader.com/post/6553058</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:04:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Texas History</category></item></channel></rss>
