San Antonio de Bexar including Franciscan Missions (1935 F. Lanier) w/original Alamo Flag

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1 San Antonio de Bexar including Franciscan Missions (1935 F. Lanier) w/original Alamo Flag In 2006, Sterling Bank in partnership with the Dallas Historical Society displayed the flag that was flown over the Alamo by 200 Texans, while under siege by the army of Santa Anna, which was 1800 strong. The Mexican Constitution of 1824 gave Texans similar rights as American citizens. The new Mexican Governments started to take those rights away, which sparked the war. To call attention to this, the Texans removed the crest from the Mexican Flag and replaced it with the year of the Constitution. For thirteen days the Texans held off the Mexican army, but the Alamo fell on March 6 th, Unframed Unlaminated $15.00 Unframed Laminated $20.00 Black Wide/Styrene Framed 24 X 36 $60.00 (like below) Other framed options such as Barnwood/Glass Framed $80.00, w/magnifier $90.00 & w/magnetic Magnifier/Ferrous Backing $100.00:

2 Texas (1849 & 1853 J. De Cordova) Current Outline Explained Testimonies on the 1849 map including those of Sam Houston and John Coffee Hays (w/signatures) to name a few as well as 1844 Map 1 year prior to entering the USA: Unframed Unlaminated $15.00 Unframed Laminated $20.00 Black Wide/Styrene Framed 24 X 36 $ Other framed options such as Barnwood/Glass Framed $80.00, w/magnifier $90.00 & w/magnetic Magnifier/Ferrous Backing $100.00

3 Compromise of 1850 (w/inset map below) explained: Senator James A. Pierce of Maryland introduced a bill that offered Texas $10 million in exchange for ceding to the national government all land north and west of a boundary beginning at the 100th meridian where it intersects the parallel of 36 30', then running west along that parallel to the 103d meridian, south to the 32d parallel, and from that point west to the Rio Grande. The bill had the support of the Texas delegation and of moderate leaders in both the North and South. Holders of bonds representing the debt of the Republic of Texas lobbied hard for the bill, for it specified that part of the financial settlement be used to pay those obligations. The measure passed both houses of Congress in the late summer of 1850 and was signed by President Fillmore. Though there was some opposition in Texas to accepting the proffered settlement, voters at a special election approved it by a margin of three to one. The legislature then approved an act of acceptance, which Governor Bell signed on November 25, The boundary act and four additional bills passed at about the same time, all dealing with controversial sectional issues, came to be known collectively as the Compromise of Handbook of Texas Online, Roger A. Griffin, "Compromise of 1850," & finally DeCordova s 1853 map inset showing the new shape:

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8 Augustus Koch s view of Brenham in 1873 shows a city that emerged from the throes of the Civil War and Reconstruction with some confidence that it would continue to prosper. As with other contemporary views, the railroad occupies a significant place in the geography and future of the city. Washington County citizens organized the Washington County Railroad to link with the Galveston and Red River Railway (later the Houston and Texas Central) and had more than twenty miles of track in operation by April For a few years, Brenham served as a shipping point for a small region, but the track and equipment deteriorated during the Civil War, and in 1869 the Houston and Texas Central acquired the railroad and extended track to Austin. Viewed from the south, the Washington County Courthouse in the center of the public square is the dominant structure with its distinctive spire. Contemporary accounts of the city suggest that the courthouse might not have presented such an elegant picture, because the public square was fenced and used as a livestock pen. This lack of detail corresponds with Koch s practice, seen in most of his bird s-eye views, of omitting outbuildings, fences (although he does include a number of fences in the left foreground), light poles, and other smaller items that he, no doubt, considered distractions. The McIntyre Hotel, two blocks to the northeast (at the corner of Main and Goat Row), might not have been completed by the time Koch made his sketch, but the Giddings & Giddings bank building at the northwest corner of North and Sandy streets, which was also the location of the Masonic Hall, is an impressive and accurately rendered structure, including the pilasters and arched windows that decorate the upper two stories. The Brenham Banner advertised Koch s view for $3 in April The price was lowered to $2 in May. Koch, as was his habit, also represented the African-American community. More than half of Washington County s population was enslaved in 1860, and Koch s view shows the beginnings of racial segregation in the city, with an African-American church shown south of the railroad track (lower left-hand corner of the image). The small structures at the far east end of Sandy Street might, in fact, be the beginnings of Camp Town, a community of former slaves that grew up in the area near where the federal soldiers established their camp during Reconstruction. Koch s view is, in some respects, a unique historical record of the city, because fire destroyed a large part of the downtown area later in

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