James Power, an Irish empresario who brought Mexican, American, and Irish colonists to his Texas coast colony between the Guadalupe and Nueces rivers, is an oft-overlooked figure who played a huge role in the history of the Coastal Bend. In this episode, we explore why Power came to Texas from Wexford, Ireland and the dream he had of starting a colony in Coahuila y Tejas back in the 1820s...