Location: MILAM, Texas

  1. Raging Measles in Ruckdale, Texas

    Date(s): December 29, 1876 Location:  Tag(s): Health/Death 

    On December 29, 1876, D.F.M. Chandler sat down in Ruckdale, Texas to write a letter to Mrs. Roberts, a dear friend. These two had been in written contact with each other previous to this letter, and Chandler apologized for the lapse of time before his responding. Ruckdale, he said, had been hit with a raging case of the measles. This case of the measles terribly afflicted the community; Chandler's...

  2. Desolating Epidemic in San Antonio

    Date(s): January 30, 1879 Location:  Tag(s): Health/Death, Economy 

    An unknown epidemic struck the community of San Antonio, Texas, in January of 1879. There had been much disease spread throughout Texas in this time, but this epidemic was unrecognizable. The symptoms were such as cholera or yellow fever, which had previously desolated the population in San Antonio, and more widely, throughout Texas.

    Cholera is usually transmitted through either the consumption...