Episodes

  • Victory and Death: The Battle of San Jacinto

    Victory and Death: The Battle of San Jacinto
    Jul 24 2024
    The Texas Revolution was not a matter of victory or death. It was both. This episode is a deep investigation into the history of the April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto between Santa Anna's Mexican army and Sam Houston's Texian army in Peggy McCormick's cow pasture near the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River. For those that prefer shorter episodes, six parts will be released weekly. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENCE AND DEROGATORY STATEMENTS BY PEOPLE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 hrs and 51 mins
  • Poetry and the Texas Revolution

    Poetry and the Texas Revolution
    Jul 21 2024
    This episode looks at how contemporaries started to shape the current events they were living through into the myth and mystique that contributed to Texas memory and Texas history. Several poems are shared that show a conscious effort to establish Texas in the heroic lineage of myth and the American experiment. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Victory or Death: The Roads to San Jacinto

    Victory or Death: The Roads to San Jacinto
    Jun 3 2024
    Victory or Death! Everyone remembers the famous line of William Barret Travis’ call for aid before he and close to 200 other Texas rebels fell at the Alamo. It’s a phrase that has echoed down through the past to the present day as a cry of defiance. During the early months of 1836 it served as a warning. Victory had not come for the audacious young Travis who had been a firebrand in lighting the fires of the conflict. It had not come for Fannin and his men. Death had been served up to them and the way things were progressing it was death chasing at the heels of the Texas families flying towards the Sabine and for Houston and his army it was death or failure that hounded them as they withdrew. Only victory could save the cause. Victory or death hung in the balance and the needle was significantly pointing towards one more than the other. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • JR Tully and the Dreamland Band - The River Got Angry

    JR Tully and the Dreamland Band - The River Got Angry
    May 22 2024
    If you haven't listened to the music of JR Tully, whose based out of San Antonio, then you are missing out and in this episode I share why you need his music in your life. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 mins
  • Jeff Parsons and Fannie Sutherland Remember the Runaway Scrape

    Jeff Parsons and Fannie Sutherland Remember the Runaway Scrape
    May 14 2024
    Jeff Parsons came to Texas as a slave with George and Fannie Sutherland when he was nine years old in 1830. This episode focuses on his memories that he shared with the Galveston Daily News. His tale is filled with vivid accounts of the Runaway Scrape and life in early Texas. In addition, this episode shares a letter that Fannie Sutherland wrote to her sister concerning the death of her son, William, at the Alamo, and the events of the Runaway Scrape. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • Dilue Rose Harris' Account of the 1836 Runaway Scrape

    Dilue Rose Harris' Account of the 1836 Runaway Scrape
    May 8 2024
    Dilue Rose Harris was ten years old at the beginning of 1836 and lived through the tumultuous events of the Runaway Scrape. When she was in her seventies she recorded her memories of that time period. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Creed Taylor's Account of the 1836 Runaway Scrape

    Creed Taylor's Account of the 1836 Runaway Scrape
    May 1 2024
    This episode takes a look at the memories of Creed Taylor concerning the Runaway Scrape, the battle of San Jacinto, and the aftermath. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • The Runaway Scrape

    The Runaway Scrape
    Apr 27 2024
    This episode considers the aftermath of the Alamo and Goliad that led to the large migration called The Runaway Scrape as Texans fled the wrath of Santa Anna. 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: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins