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This is the story of Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, charge d'affaires to King Louis Philippe of France, who built the French Legation in Austin.
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The Old Stone Fort at Nacogdoches, built in 1779 and torn down in 1902, began as a trading center but also served as a jail, capitol of governments, courthouse, lodge…
This readable and thoroughly documented volume relates the fascinating story of the French Legation in Austin. The oldest house in the city, it was built in 1840 – 1841 as…
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The McFaddin-Ward House, home to the prominent McFaddin family, was built in 1906 in the prestigious neighborhood around Calder Avenue. This entertaining volume tells the story of this house and…
Built in the winter of 1839-1840, this house, and the Texas pioneer who inhabited it, are the central focus of this thoroughly researched and well-written study of Galveston’s merchant elite–Gail…
Women played a vital and, until recently, frequently overlooked role in the settlement of the American West. They were not only mothers, schoolteachers, and nurses, but also cowgirls, outlaws, and…
The stately Italianate mansion known as Ashton Villa is the oldest of the few survivors from the days when Broadway, the locus of wealth and power in Galveston, was a…
