Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop.
Austin County is a rural,agricultural dominated county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census,the population was 30,167. Its seat is Bellville. The county and region was settled primarily by German emigrants in the 1800s.
Brenham is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County,United States,with a population of 17,369 according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the county seat of Washington County.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was an American attorney,politician,and poet. He was a leading political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was elected as the second President of the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston. He was known for waging war against bands of Cherokee and Comanche peoples to push them out of Texas,and for establishing a fund to support public education.
James Edward Ferguson Jr.,known as Pa Ferguson,was an American Democratic politician and the 26th Governor of Texas,in office from 1915 to 1917. He was indicted and impeached during his second term,forced to resign and barred from holding further Texas office.
Blinn College is a public junior college in Brenham,Texas,with additional campuses in Bryan,Schulenburg,and Sealy. Brenham is Blinn's main campus,with dormitories and apartments.
Pat Morris Neff was an American politician,educator and administrator,and the 28th Governor of Texas from 1921 to 1925,ninth President of Baylor University from 1932 to 1947,and twenty-fifth president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1944 to 1946. He served as Grand Master of Masons in Texas in 1946.
John Ireland was the 18th Governor of Texas from 1883 to 1887. During Ireland's term,the University of Texas was established,and construction on the Texas State Capitol began. Ireland is credited with the selection of local pink granite as the construction material.
Joseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term,the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.
Central Texas College (CTC) is a public community college in Killeen,Texas. Founded in 1965,it has branch campuses in Europe and on military installations across the U.S.
John Lee Smith was the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Texas serving under Governor Coke R. Stevenson during World War II and a vocal opponent of Texas labor unions during his tenure.
John Walter Cranford was an American attorney and politician from Texas. A Democrat,he was most notable for his service as president pro tem of the Texas Senate and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
John Martin Thompson (1829–1907) was a lumberman,Native American tribal and civic leader,born in the old Cherokee Nation prior to removal in what is now Bartow County,Georgia,USA. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Thompson,a South Carolinian of Scot-Irish descent,and Annie Martin,a mix blood Cherokee. She was the daughter of Judge John Martin,the first Chief Justice of the Cherokee Nation and Nellie McDaniel.
The Grove is an unincorporated community in Coryell County,Texas,United States. The area is known for its abundance of Texas bluebonnet flowers during the spring. According to the Handbook of Texas,the community had a population of 65 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area
Isawa Shūji was a Japanese educator of the Meiji period.
Ty Lee Harrington is a former American baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Texas State University from 2000 through the 2019 season. Under Harrington,the Texas State Bobcats to three NCAA tournament appearances,two Southland Conference baseball tournament championships,and three Southland Conference baseball regular season championships. Harrington is the most victorious coach in program history.
The Mount Tabor Indian Community is a cultural heritage group located in Rusk County,Texas. There was a historical Mount Tabor Indian Community dating from the 19th century. The current organization established a nonprofit organization in Texas in 2015.
Eugene Campbell Barker was an American historian at the University of Texas,the managing director of the Texas State Historical Association,and the editor of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. He chaired the history department while soliciting gifts to the university,which he used to build a collection of archives and artifacts. In 1950,the university dedicated the Eugene C. Barker History Center as a repository for his collections. These collections are an important part of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas.
