Sharon Marsalis Wrote:
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> That is amazing I had no idea. I just always
> thought it was my shopping area and named after
> some local guy.
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Another great controversy as to the namesake.
Sam Acheson and A C Greene had opposing views and for once I sided with Mr Greene.
I think the Preston descendants, ironically then living in Highland Park and cheered on by Mr Ted Dealey, popularized the notion it was named for William Gilwater Preston.
Problem there was he did not come to Texas until later and there is no record of any Preston on the military rolls of William Gordon Cooke's command, the Texas Army, or for that matter any pre-statehood militia. William Gilwater Preston was captain of a Ranger Company about 1855.
The late Gerald Harris had a favored theory he maintained he read of in a thesis at the University of Texas when he was a student in the early 1960s but he could never re-locate the account, despite two trips just for that purpose. He did bring back some fascinating documents re another favored subject, Sam Houston and the annexation of Texas.
Turns out Mr Harris was on the right track and the reference he sought was accurate as to the time and circumstance - it was just not Captain Preston.
M C
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> That is amazing I had no idea. I just always
> thought it was my shopping area and named after
> some local guy.
=================
Another great controversy as to the namesake.
Sam Acheson and A C Greene had opposing views and for once I sided with Mr Greene.
I think the Preston descendants, ironically then living in Highland Park and cheered on by Mr Ted Dealey, popularized the notion it was named for William Gilwater Preston.
Problem there was he did not come to Texas until later and there is no record of any Preston on the military rolls of William Gordon Cooke's command, the Texas Army, or for that matter any pre-statehood militia. William Gilwater Preston was captain of a Ranger Company about 1855.
The late Gerald Harris had a favored theory he maintained he read of in a thesis at the University of Texas when he was a student in the early 1960s but he could never re-locate the account, despite two trips just for that purpose. He did bring back some fascinating documents re another favored subject, Sam Houston and the annexation of Texas.
Turns out Mr Harris was on the right track and the reference he sought was accurate as to the time and circumstance - it was just not Captain Preston.
M C