This episode shares the story of Jane Wilson's hard life, centered around the harsh experience of being taken captive by a group of Comanche people in the 1850s.

WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.

Text Version Available on Texas History Lessons Substack - The Past Seems Like A Horrid Dream.

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What a difference time and perspective can make on how we view things in the world!

The goal of this post is to consider that opening line along with further introducing you to the work of Mary Austin Holley, give a peak into how people viewed Texas and the Comanches in the early 1830s, along with asking you to consider how our opinions and perspectives change over time. A tall task but I think you can do it.There's also a little bit on Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. What did Larry think of the situation. And more importantly--how did Charles Goodnight deal with the Comanches and Kiowas and vice versa?

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As the title suggests, this episode takes a look at a very complimentary description of Texas in 1832 that would entice even the most reluctant settler.

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This episode contains Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme, complete and unabridged. The book was originally published in 1910.

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This episode continues our look at Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the State.

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This episode covers the Sixth Era of Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme, the Era of the State. It is part one for that era and covers the history of Texas from the time it became a state in the Union to 1870.

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This episode concludes Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the Republic.

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This episode shares the first part of Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the Republic.

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Happy New Years wishes with a little bit about history and a little bit about the future.

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This episode continues our look at Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme and her attempt to set the Era of Revolution down in verse.

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