The steamboat made it safely over the sand bar and arrived at the mouth of the Brazos River in Texas. Upon landing, William Hunter quickly composed a letter to his business associate James Perry to give tidings of his safe arrival. Hunter noted to Perry the presence of 30 Negroes on board and wrote of his plan to inquire of the owner, a settler from Alabama, about the means of their transport into...
Moses Austin had been dead nine years when his final move came about. The owners of the land where Austin and his wife were buried were apparently quite anxious to have their bodies moved off of the property, for reasons unknown today. Their son, Stephen Austin requested to a certain Bishop Rosatti (through his brother-in-law) that they be placed in a Catholic burying ground. It was noted to the...
Location: Walla Walla River, Oregon Territory As European settlers headed west in the early 1800s, Native Americans across the United States experienced unimaginable evils. Their lands were taken by force and many American Indians were forced to forfeit their culture and beliefs to adopt the cultural practices of whites. Though there are many negative connotations among stories of Christian missionaries...