Texas History Lessons

On April 23, 1936, Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas. For y’all that don’t have the map of Texas tattooed on your brain, Vernon is up in Wilbarger County near the Red River, about 50 miles west of Wichita Falls. One of my favorite history professors, Hunt Tooley, was from Vernon too. Not sure when his birthday is. 

Whether Dr. Tooley was an Orbison fan or not is not known, but I can pretty confidently say that Mr. Orbison was one of the great singers and songwriters to hail from Texas and he was and still is loved by thousands of folks. One thing I should point out is that I always thought Mr. Orbison was blind. He was famous for always having dark sunglasses on. As it turns out, he was not blind, but he did have very, very, very bad eyesight.

He grew up in Wink, Texas, even more west than Vernon. Wink is way out west in Winkler County near Monahans and Pecos, about a hundred miles southeast of Carlsbad. He got his first guitar when he was six and since then music became a central part of his life and Roy started his first band, the Wink Westerners, there when he was attending Wink High School.

After high school, Roy attended North Texas State College in Denton, Texas for a while. That’s just north of Dallas and Fort Worth in Denton County and on I-35. North Texas State College is now the University of North Texas and they have a world famous music program there. He then went to Odessa Junior College.

In Odessa, the Wink Westerners changed their name to the Teen Kings.

He, and they, had their first hit after he left college in 1956. The song is Ooby Dooby and it was released by none other than the legendary Sun Records. You know Sun Records. They were the company that also released music by Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash, to name a few. Kind of like an early version of 301 Productions with its current lineup of great Texas musicians.

Roy went on to have several hits. Twenty-two Orbison singles reached the Billboard Top 40 between 1960 and 1966. He wrote or co-wrote almost all of his Top 10 Hits:

"Only the Lonely" in 1960, "Running Scared" in 1961, "Crying" 1961, "In Dreams" 1963, and "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964). If you haven’t heard one of these or any Roy Orbison songs then you need to crawl out of the rock you’ve been under and get a little culture. Your ears will thank you.

Because of his greatness, Orbison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. He also was recognized with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award along with five actual Grammy Awards.

He co-founded the great supergroup, Traveling Wilburys in 1988 with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne. Sadly, Orbison died of a heart attack in December 1988 at age 52, a month before the release of his song "You Got It." It was his first hit to reach the US & UK Top 10 in nearly 25 years.

So here’s to the memory of Roy Orbison, born on April 23, 1936.

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On April 22, 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto, modern Harris County near the city of Houston, Texian soldiers captured Santa Anna.

The day before, on April 21, Sam Houston’s rag tag army attacked Santa Anna’s larger army at about 3:30 in the afternoon. Santa Anna was asleep when the Texas soldiers launched the attack.

Santa Anna awoke to a chaotic scene of the Texans savagely routing his army. There was nothing to do to change the course of the battle. He chose to escape rather than die.

On the morning of April 22, Texian patrols still searched the countryside. One patrol, led by a Kentucky volunteer named James Sylvester, found Santa Anna hiding in the grass. He did not try to flee again. Stephen Harrigan wrote that Santa Anna displayed an instinctive arrogance when “he stood up from the grass and presumed to shake Sylvester’s hand.”

They asked if he had seen Santa Anna. He told them that Santa Anna was farther ahead and they marched him back to camp.

Major John Forbes saw one of the young Texans bringing Santa Anna into camp. Santa Anna stepped forward and said the words “Sam Houston” a couple of times, motioning to where the wounded general lay beneath a tree with a shattered ankle. He pulled out a paper and Forbes looked at it and understood. The salutation read, Don Lopez de Santa Anna. 

Santa Anna was then marched to the command tent where Houston lay in pain beneath a large oak tree.

The Spanish officers among the prisoners attempted to keep the men quiet but soon across the camp the words, “El Presidente! El Presidente!” could be heard.

Forbes remembered that Houston lifted himself up on his elbow to see the prisoner. Forbes said, and this is a quote, “the prisoner immediately addressed him, telling him who he was and surrendering himself to him, a Prisoner of War. General Houston looked at him intensely but made no reply.” 

Houston sent for interpreters and people to identify Santa Anna. The exact exchange of words between Houston and Santa Anna was not recorded.

Houston recalled that Santa Anna stated, “The conqueror of the Napoleon of the West is born to no common destiny, and he can afford to be generous to the vanquished.”  Houston claimed to have replied, “You should have remembered that, sir, at the Alamo.” Santa Anna claimed that having to storm the Alamo allowed the slaughter and then added that he was acting on the orders of the government. Houston responded, “You are the government yourself, sir.” 

The Texan soldiers crowding around wanted Santa Anna to be executed. Houston thought it wiser to keep Santa Anna alive. Days later Santa Anna would order the other branches of the Mexican army to retreat and he eventually signed two treaties. 

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

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On April 21, 1836, after a lot of miserable experiences, constant retreating, and a lot of questions about Sam Houston’s decision making and nerve, the Texas Army routed the Mexican Army led by General Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, usually just called Santa Anna here in Texas, at the Battle of San Jacinto.

The victory came at a very good time because people all over Texas were in a panic and the future for them looked grim.

Houston was constantly disappointed at the turnout of Texas men to fight with him and issued many calls for Texans to step up, get rid of their cowardice, and fight for independence. Many Texans were busy fleeing with their families and possessions in the Runaway Scrape towards safety in the east. Some thought that Houston himself was fleeing to the east with hopes that the United States Army might step in and save him. President Burnett had no faith in Houston.

The bloodletting of Texas rebels at Goliad and at the Alamo had many fired up for revenge and probably also a little concerned about what might happen if they came out to be on the losing end of the conflict.

The fact of the matter is that people were concerned because Houston had not been very open about his real plans and goals. Most of the men wanted to fight and frequently voiced their disillusionment.

That all came to an end on April 21, 1836.  

Hidden in part by trees and the rising ground, Houston had his forces take position about 3:30 in the afternoon. 

With cries of Remember the Alamo and Remember Goliad, the Texas army lunged forward. Eighteen minutes later the bloodbath of a battle was over. This time the Texans were victorious. The Texian officers lost control of the men and the violence reached a terrifying level. In the end, Houston’s report states that 630 Mexicans were dead and 730 were held prisoner. In eighteen minutes.

The Texian army lost 9 killed or mortally wounded and thirty soldiers were wounded but survived.

Houston himself had his ankle shattered by a musket ball during the combat. 

Santa Anna disappeared during the bloodshed but was eventually captured. Texans would base their independence on the two treaties Santa Anna would sign in future days from April 21st. 

So there you go. That, in a nutshell, is why April 21st is celebrated across the state of Texas.

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

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Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

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Derrick McClendon

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Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

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On April 20, 1842, twenty-one German noblemen met at Biebrich on the Rhine river, near Mainz and organized the Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas, or in words most of you will understand the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. Most often you’ll see it referred to as the Adelsverein. Adelsverein means Society in German.

The creation of the Adelsverein marked the beginning of the very significant German impact on Texas history and heritage.

Why would these German noblemen decide to do such a thing on April 20, 1842? From the early 1830s to the early 1840s, several publications had appeared in Germany praising Texas as a land of great personal liberty that was rich in abundant and productive land. These publications caught the attention of many people in Germany who were interested in finding a great destination for increasing German emigration. Texas sounded like the ideal place to settle.

The reason for the emigration scheme was to provide the German proletariat with economic relief with direct emigration to Texas. There was a surplus of German labor and they needed a home where they could thrive. They also hoped that the establishment of German settlements in Texas would provide German industry with markets abroad help develop German maritime commerce.

The Adelsverein sent two members to investigate and purchase land, counts Joseph of Boos-Waldeck and Victor August of Leiningen. Sam Houston offered them a land grant west of Austin but they declined out of their fear of Native American raids. Instead they purchased 4,428 acres in Fayette County. Later, they did indeed also select land to the west.

The first German immigrants arrived in Texas in December 1844, and over time over 7,000 Germans arrived to their new Texas home and planted deep roots into the Texas heritage and soil. Even more would follow after the Adelsverein finally ceased to exist.

New Braunfels and Fredericksburg were the society’s first colonies. Bettina, Castell, Leiningen, Meerholz, and Schoenburg followed. The Adelsverein eventually fell apart but German migration to Texas continued.

By 1850 Germans made up 5 percent of the population of Texas. Today about 3,000,000 people in Texas, or close to 20%, have German ancestry. 

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

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Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

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Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

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On April 19, 1875, Tsen-tainte, or White Horse, led his followers to Fort Sill in Indian Territory and surrendered after years of waging war against his enemies. The end had come to the way of life that they had struggled to maintain against the constant westward flow of settlers onto their lands. 

White Horse for a very long time had been considered by white Texans to be the most dangerous man in a nation of fierce warriors, the Kiowa. Now his years of terrorizing settlers had reached an end.

His reputation was one that he had fairly earned since his youth, and he had paid for it with the blood of his foes.

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does.

Website: texashistorylessons.com

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TexasHistoryL

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

Kade Anson

Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

The Oliver White Group

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On April 18, 1931, Texas Sports Hall of Fame member and hometown son of Saint Jo, Texas, Harley Sewell was born. After growing up in Montague County, the Saint Jo Panther football star attended the University of Texas in Austin.

Standing 6 feet 1 inch and weighing in at 230 pounds, Harvey Sewell was a dominant defensive player and was a 1952 All American. He was the Defensive Most valuable player at the 1953 Cotton Bowl against Tennessee. The UT defense, thanks in large part to Mr. Sewell, allowed only 6 Tennessee first downs and 32 yards of total offense. Tennessee had negative 14 rushing yards for the game.

He was also an All Southwest Conference guard in 1951 and 1952.

Everyone remembered him as a very hard working, exceptionally quick player.

Sewell went on to play eleven seasons in the NFL.

He was the thirteenth pick in the first round of the 1953 NFL draft and was selected by the Detroit Lions. Detroit moved him from defense and made him an offensive guard. He started at right guard as a rookie and was important part of the team that won the 1953 NFL championship.

He played for Detroit from 1953 to 1962 and then played for the Los Angeles Rams for 1963.

Sewell made it to 4 Pro Bowls, in 1957, 1958, 1959, and in 1962.

After his career as a player ended, he went on to scout for the Los Angeles Rams for 37 years.

Harley Sewell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Mr. Sewell died at age 80 on December 17, 2011.

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does.

Website: texashistorylessons.com

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Twitter: @TexasHistoryL

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

Kade Anson

Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

The Oliver White Group

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On April 17, 1871 the Texas legislature passed a bill that has great relevance to thousands of people today and thousands more in the past. It was the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War and Edmund J. Davis was governor. It was on that day, a Monday to be precise, that the legislature passed a bill providing for the organization of the Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College and allocated $75,000 for the construction of academic buildings and accommodations. Governor Davis placed three men on a commission of three men and gave them the task of finding a location for the college on a site no smaller than 1,280 acres of land. Brazos County and the town of Bryan, which had just incorporated as a municipality that year, won the competition, largely due to the efforts of a gentleman named Harvey Mitchell, and it was a competition because there’s no doubt that the college would be an important asset to any town or city. Some University of Texas alumni might disagree.

Final establishment and organization of the college took a little while, and A&M opened in 1876.

This college was the first public institution of higher learning for the State of Texas and, of course, grew to become today’s Texas A&M University, one of the leading research universities in the country.

The legislature renamed it Texas A&M in 1963 and today the Bryan-College Station university has a campus that covers over 5,500 acres and provides educations to over 70,000 undergrads, graduates students, and doctoral students. It is also home to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Famous alumni are too many to consider but they do include RIP Torn, Robert Earle Keen, Lyle Lovett, and Rick Perry.

Now, A&M was supposed to have opened on October 2, 1876 but this had to be delayed because only 6 students had enrolled. A couple of days later, on October 4, 1876 A&M opened for business with 40 students, all males, and 6 faculty.

Today the University has over 3,800 academic staff members and over 70,000 students making it the largest public university in the United States.

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does.

Website: texashistorylessons.com

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TexasHistoryL

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

Kade Anson

Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

The Oliver White Group

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In this episode we look at the history of the world in its relation to the early history of Spain and the dawn of the Modern Age. From thousands of years ago through the Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, and the arrival of the Moors.

"At the time that the New World and Old World exchange began, things were very different. That is almost an understatement of the fact because the exchange between them was a revolution of such a grand scale that it had impacts all over the planet. But to begin simply, let’s state that Spain did not exist as we now know it. In fact, for the places we call France, England, Spain, and Germany, for starters, the actual circumstances were far different. It was, to put it simply, a different world. There were 1500 independent political entities compared to the twenty or so we now recognize as European nation-states. The nation-state as we now know it did not begin coming into existence until the late 1700s. The European invasion of the Americas coincided with, and funded, the developments of the nation-state. What became Spain was divided into the Kingdoms of Castile & Leon, Aragon, Galicia, Asturias, and Granada."

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does.

Website: texashistorylessons.com

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TexasHistoryL

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

Kade Anson

Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

The Oliver White Group

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If you have any photography, videography or aerial photography and video, go visit PANTHER CITY AIR to see how they can fulfill your needs.  

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This episode is a refresher on a few of the significant events in Texas History that occurred in the months of January, February, and March.

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does.

Website: texashistorylessons.com

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TexasHistoryL

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

Kade Anson

Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

The Oliver White Group

Podcast Recommendations:

Wild West Extravaganza Podcast

The History Cafe Podcast

Hymns of the Highway Podcast

Off Mic, Off the Record Podcast

Texas River Tonk Podcast TXRiverTonk Podcast

LINKS:

If you have any photography, videography or aerial photography and video, go visit PANTHER CITY AIR to see how they can fulfill your needs.  

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In this episode we take another look at the Karankawas and much more with special guest Tim Seiter. Tim is a PhD candidate at Southern Methodist University studying colonial Texas. He is currently working on a dissertation on the Karankawas and a book on the social history of presidio soldiers to be titled Wrangling Pelicans. Learn more at karankawas.com and timseiter.com

The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic

If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!

Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does.

Website: texashistorylessons.com

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TexasHistoryL

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artists

Jerrod Flusche

Rosmand – Mando Salas

Zach Welch

Seth Jones

Derrick McClendon

Kade Anson

Randy Hoyet on Spotify

Robert Herrerra

Jacob Charles

Chris Cunningham

Tristyn Sanchez

The Oliver White Group

Podcast Recommendations:

Wild West Extravaganza Podcast

The History Cafe Podcast

Hymns of the Highway Podcast

Off Mic, Off the Record Podcast

Texas River Tonk Podcast TXRiverTonk Podcast

LINKS:

If you have any photography, videography or aerial photography and video, go visit PANTHER CITY AIR to see how they can fulfill your needs.  

Tio Bruce's The Greatest Playlist In Texas and Hence the World. 

Texas History Lessons Spotlight Artist Spotify Playlist

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