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Stephen F. Austin, at the request of the Mexican Government, musters the local militia to assist with the recent Fredonian rebellion occurring in Nacogdoches. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fredonian-rebellion
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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San Felipe de Austin, right? There is a great little truck stop right there on I 10. I spent the night there many times in the big rig, and I hiked up to the little historical sight a dozen times. Fascinating place.
As the Mex army moved east after the Alamo, the settlers burned their own town, and fled east.
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Looks like Millard’s Crossing. Cool.
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San Felipe de Austin, right? There is a great little truck stop right there on I 10. I spent the night there many times in the big rig, and I hiked up to the little historical sight a dozen times. Fascinating place.
As the Mex army moved east after the Alamo, the settlers burned their own town, and fled east. Truck stop is not there anymore and there is an all new historic sight and museum there now. Texas Historical Commission has accurately reconstructed one of the old city blocks there with the Farmer’s Hotel (seen behind me in photo), the school, courthouse, printing shop, hotel kitchen and brick bake oven, one small residence, and a saw pit. The town was fired by the militia to prevent the Mexican army from dismantling the town and using the wood to construct barges to get across the Brazos river there.
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My truck stop is gone? Dammit! I spent the night there 50 times, on the San Antonio road. It was owned by a family from India.
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My truck stop is gone? Dammit! I spent the night there 50 times, on the San Antonio road. It was owned by a family from India. There was a park in the median of IH 10 ( gone) and a bunch of stuff that has been cleaned up there. New overpasses and big highway improvements along right of way. Widening and such. Really was needed.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Looks like Millard’s Crossing. Cool. Millard commanded one of the Infantry regts at San Jacinto!
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Kaywoodie,, you look good in that photo. But I really am not an expert in that time period.
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Fyi, the commission is currently dumping a few million $$$$ into Washington on the Brazos SHS and doing the same thing there with structure reconstruction and they did at San Felipe.
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Kaywoodie,, you look good in that photo. But I really am not an expert in that time period. Thank you! Most all of my kit is handsewn. My frock is walnut dyed brain tan buckskin. My rifle is Doc Gary Peterson’s interpretation of a Model 1792 contract rifle.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I loved David Copperfield! You nailed it!
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My truck stop is gone? Dammit! I spent the night there 50 times, on the San Antonio road. It was owned by a family from India. Arent' they all owned with zero percent loans by families from India? Not sure what the last name is for truck stop owners. Last name for motel owners is always Patel.
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I loved David Copperfield! You nailed it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Me likeee!
Time for another.
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Bob where do you find a high silk hat like that?
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The last time I went to San Felipe de Austin was 2019. There were about a dozen reconstructed buildings there, including a nicely built dogtrot log cabin, something I know a lot about. There was one thing left from the original village, the well, it didn't burn.
There were all kinds of historical markers. When Travis wrote his famous letter, about how he would not surrender the Alamo, the letter was delivered there to San Felipe de Austin.
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Bob where do you find a high silk hat like that? That’s called a Round Hat. This one is wool felt. I have another of fur felt a bit different. It was fabricated by a gentleman named Matthew Brenkle of the Boston Mass. area. He specializes in custom hand made hats of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Fyi. The silk hats are more late 1870’s until the first quarter of 20th century.
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The last time I went to San Felipe de Austin was 2019. There were about a dozen reconstructed buildings there, including a nicely built dogtrot log cabin, something I know a lot about. There was one thing left from the original village, the well, it didn't burn.
There were all kinds of historical markers. When Travis wrote his famous letter, about how he would not surrender the Alamo, the letter was delivered there to San Felipe de Austin. That dog trot cabin is not at the new historical site. It still belongs to Parks and Wildlife dept I believe. The Stephen F. Austin state park is on the opposite side of the highway from the new State historic site. Park belongs to TP&W. The new site is THC. The new structures were formally opened in 2021.
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Hey Bob you look good. Couple questions. How did you do the edges of your frock to make it look frayed? You mentioned it is brain tanned leather. And what is the little rainbow colored flower on your hat?
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