Texas Originals
Western Fiction Writer Andy Adams
Posted on · He is recognized as the greatest writer of the Cowboy life.
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Preservationist Adina De Zavala
Posted on · An unwavering protector of Texas history and the person who helped preserve the Alamo.
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Texas Originals: Plácido Benavides
Posted on · He is known as the "Paul Revere of Texas" for his role in the Texas Revolution.
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Texas Originals: Karle Wilson Baker
Posted on · She was a groundbreaking Texas poet and author.
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Texas Originals: Moses Austin
Posted on · He is the patriarch of Anglo settlement in Texas and father of Stephen F. Austin.
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Texas Originals: Winifred Sanford
Posted on · This author wrote short stories about the Texas Oil Boom of the 1920s.
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Texas Leader Of Cherokee Chief Bowl
Posted on · He was the leader of the Cherokee in Texas.
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Texas Originals: Lorenzo de Zavala
Posted on · He opposed Spanish rule over Mexico and then opposed Mexican rule over Texas. Fought with the Texians against Mexico for Texas Independence and became the Republic of Texas' first Vice President
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Stephen F. Austin
Posted on · Known as the Father of Texas, he led the first successful colonization effort of Texas. The Texas Empresario, his name is now a part of Texas history, with the state capital named in his honor.
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Hero Of Austin, Angelina Eberly
Posted on · Heroic figure during the battle for Texas Independence. She helped protect the state documents that were housed in the newly formed capitol city of Austin from thieves trying to return them to the city of Houston.
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John Biggers
Posted on · This African-American artist and educator is best known for his murals in Houston. Maya Angelou described Biggers work as historic that "...leads us through his expressions into the discovery of ourselves at our most intimate level."
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Tom Lea
Posted on · Author and artist who is best known for the sweeping murals inspired by West Texas landscapes. His style was described as "the wonderful, ever changing light on the structure of the world."
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Barbara Jordan
Posted on · The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the South, the first woman to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, and the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.