Charles Hebert

Episode two of the Thirteen Days from the Battle of the Alamo. this episode focuses on what happened to the defenders, the survivors and the wounded soldiers (soldados) of the Mexican army. Told in riveting accounts from the diaries of Col. Enrique de la Pena and Sam Houston's scribe, Alexander Horton.

Excerpt taken from my book On the Run !!! describes the siege of the Alamo by Mexican forces under the command of Generalisimo Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Written and recorded from two different perspectives; those of the Mexican army and those of the defenders of the Alamo. Taken from original sources complete with De Guello!

The story of the internment of the bones from the Mier and Dawson Expeditions with their final resting place on the bluff overlooking the Colorado River in La Grange, Texas. complete with music.

The story of Texas' first college founded by the Methodists in Rutersville, Texas. Founded in 1840 by Martin Ruter, the co-ed college would soon proper and offer studies in the humanities and fine arts. Sam Houston would visit the college in the following years drawing such a crowd that the college auditorium could not hold the gathering and moved outside. This episode is complete with memoirs and memories of a long forgotten time.

The story of the old Ski Hi Drive In Theater in La Grange. A bit of nostalgia with memories of a bygone era complete with Do Wop music of the 50's.

The arrival of Heinrich Kreische in La Grange would mark a turning point in the history of Fayette County. Kreische built a brewery on the bluff overlooking La Grange. Begun in 1860 and completed in 1866 Kreische's Bluff Beer soon became the third largest brewery in the state of Texas. His competition from St. Louis brewers August Busch and Adam Lemp along with the railroad would soon spell the demise of Kreische's Brewery.

The story of Tom Ratigan, a newcomer to La Grange, Texas at the close of the 19th century. A bully by some standards who always carried a chip on his shoulder and befriended no one.

The new steamboat built for Messrs Ward & Company of Matagorda, Texas launched on July 21st 1845 and was intended for the navigation of the Colorado river above the raft. She was 110 feet at the keel, 24 feet at the beam and calculated to carry 600 bales of cotton in three feet of water with a draft of only five inches. Ward named the boat after his sister Kate and on March 8, 1846 the boat made it from La Grange, Texas to Austin. Come visit the journeys of the Kate Ward and relive the steamboat era of the rivers.

The final episode of the Kreisches of Fayette County beginning at the start of World War I through Julia Kreisches death in 1952. The stories as told by Julia Kreische, her Cousin Julia Ulrich and friend of the family Charles Adamick.

The tragic story of the Kreische family in the four decades of a rags to riches to rags story. The hardships that they overcame and the legal obstacles they encountered.