Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Karankawa and Other Indians
The Karankawa Were Tall, Tattooed and Pierced
Scalping, War Trophies and Ritual Cannibalism
Culture Clash Quasi Complete
Where Did the Karankawa Go?
Mary Amarro, the Last Karankawa?
The Karankawa Were Not So Bad
The Karankawa Called Themselves “Clamcoeh”
The Last Years of the Karankawa
The Atlatl and the Bow and Arrow
White Children as Indian Captives
Part II. Early Explorers and Immigrants
First Europeans to Map Aransas Bay in 1720
Languages Spoken in El Copano
What Would You Bring to Texas in 1825?
Tejas, Texas, Texian, Tejano
Cabeza de Vaca, Faith Healer to the Karankawa
Bollaert’s View of Copano Bay and Corpus Christi in 1842
Empresarios of Texas Brought Immigrants and Revolt
John Charles Beales Landed at El Copano in 1833
Acadian Trail of Tears in the Coastal Bend
The Camels that Terrorized the Coast
Stephen F. Austin’s Militia Saved the Colony
Stephen F. Austin in Love
Texas Frontier Justice and Compassion
Disease and Illness in the Americas before Columbus
Disease in Early Texas and Hazardous Remedies
Ethnic Folk Medicine in Frontier Texas
The Bluest Blue Norther in Texas
Part III. Early Missions, Ports and Towns
El Copano Was Small but Historic
Richly Decorated Altars at Refugio Mission in 1795
Copano Bay Navigation Has Always Been Difficult
Map and Model of St. Mary’s of Aransas in 1869
Aransas City Was on Live Oak Peninsula, but Short-Lived
Wood Mansion, the Oldest Living House in Refugio County
The First Millionaire in Texas
The Indian Trails Became Modern Highways
The Lighthouse at the Aransas Pass
John Wesley Hardin Never Killed Anyone in Refugio County
Part IV. The War for Texas Independence
A Mexican View of Texas
The Texian Army: “A Mob, Called an Army”
783rd Part of the Credit for Victory at San Jacinto
San Jacinto: The Eighteen Minutes that Changed the World
The Next Few Weeks After San Jacinto: The Important Role of the Port of El Copano
The Laura and the Yellowstone: Steamboats that Could
Presidio La Bahia Was Once Fort Defiance
Shackelford Led the Red Rovers in the Texian Army
Santa Anna Lost His Leg to the French Navy
Part V. Shipwrecks, Treasures, Sculpture and Dominos
Spanish Treasure Was Shipwrecked on Padre Isle in 1554
Spanish Gold and Silver Treasure
The Treasure of Barkentine Creek
Jean Lafitte’s Treasure Is Buried at False Live Oak Point
Raoul Josset’s Sculpture Yet to Be Accepted in Refugio
Union Forces at St. Mary’s Put to Rout by a Picket Fence
Texas 42 Was Invented in Texas, but Where?
Timeline
Bibliography
About the Author
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →