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News from the Texas State Historical Association - Gilmer Mirror

TSHA - May 22, 2013 - 9:48pm

News from the Texas State Historical Association
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San Jacinto app icon Kirkus Reviews lauds San Jacinto, the enhanced eBook app, as "an accessible, well-illustrated study of one of the great turning points in American history." The app provides multiple viewpoints of "one of the most decisive battles ...

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News from the Texas State Historical Association - Gilmer Mirror

Handbook of Texas - May 22, 2013 - 9:48pm

News from the Texas State Historical Association
Gilmer Mirror
With maps, panoramas, images, and links to the Handbook of Texas Online, the app tells a fuller story of the Battle of San Jacinto and the San Jacinto Monument. Developed in partnership with JoSara MeDia, the San Jacinto app 's rich digital content ...

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McDonald Observatory: Searching for Dark Energy - Space.com

TSHA - May 22, 2013 - 4:47pm

McDonald Observatory: Searching for Dark Energy
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McDonald came to be due to an "unexpected legacy" from a banker in Paris, Texas, according to the Texas State Historical Association. William Johnson McDonald died in 1926 at age 81 and arranged for $850,000 (the equivalent of $11 million in modern ...

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Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn't secede ... - PolitiFact

TSHA - May 22, 2013 - 10:26am

Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn't secede ...
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As a senator, according to the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas, Houston angered pro-slavery factions by voting in 1848 to prohibit slavery in Oregon; supporting the delicately balanced slavery/anti-slavery decisions in the ...

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Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn't secede ... - PolitiFact

Handbook of Texas - May 22, 2013 - 10:26am

Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn't secede ...
PolitiFact
As a senator, according to the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas, Houston angered pro-slavery factions by voting in 1848 to prohibit slavery in Oregon; supporting the delicately balanced slavery/anti-slavery decisions in the ...

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