Collin McKinney (1766 - 1861)
TedACampbell's post here re McKinney Ave/McKinney Rd. reminded me of two (at least to me) new and unforgettable people discoveries . I am big time into genealogy and love reading the histories of...
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Now you Texans may know the next unforgettable character but I as a naturalized Texan did not. I found him mentioned on the McKinney website and found his bio on wiki. John King Fisher (1854 – March...
View ArticleRe: Mills Creek
Mike, like M C I found another google link to a thread here originally on Mill Creek. Same as tb75252 has posted: [dallashistory.org] It says nothing about the origin of the name but I would not be...
View ArticleRe: Collin McKinney (1766 - 1861)
Sharon, that makes for marvelous reading. I guess Collin was a little old for the battle of San Jacinto or he had to get back to his holdings in Clarksville(?). Jim
View ArticleRe: Collin McKinney (1766 - 1861)
Sharon: If all this whets your appetite you can get into the McKinney-Milam connection and really burn the midnight oil! Bob
View ArticleRe: Earle Cabell - how did he pronounce his last name?
I went to Wm L Cabell (rhymes with Babble) Elementary school. In 1872, William Lewis Cabell and his family moved to Dallas, Texas. In 1874, he was elected mayor of that city and served four terms at...
View ArticleRe: Earle Cabell - how did he pronounce his last name?
Wasn't Earl's brother a general in the army or air force and somehow involved in the Bay of Pigs?
View ArticleRe: Earle Cabell - how did he pronounce his last name?
Earle's brother, Charles Cabell, was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence until he resigned in the wake of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
View ArticleCollin McKinney (1766 - 1861)
jgoodman, afraid McKinney was otherwise occupied during the battle of San Jacinto in 1836. He was one of five delegates from the Red River Colony to the Convention of 1836 which called for Texas...
View ArticleRe: Can someone help with an address
I'm still wondering about Jack Ruby's club that was near the corner of Carroll and Columbia near the Chinese DQ. Many years ago went on a somewhat historical Kennedy assassination tour with the Dallas...
View ArticleRe: John King Fisher 1854 - 1884
Here are links to the 1963 Shepard Rifkin novel "King Fisher's Road." Fictionalized, but reasonably accurate characterization, as I recall, with well-researched background detail. It's been a few...
View ArticleRe: Collin McKinney (1766 - 1861)
Sharon: You're right. Come to think of it, there were older men at San Jacinto....I think. Sam Houston surely wasn't young. Jim
View ArticleRe: Collin McKinney (1766 - 1861)
Yes and since I started going over Texas History that I had not really considered for the last 48 years, the brutal reality of life back then for the average person- man, woman, child - just trying to...
View ArticleRe: John King Fisher 1854 - 1884
Thanks for the book links, Matthew. After reading more I do not believe I would have called him friend nor approved of him at all. ramblingbob has a very entertaining "palaver" about King Fisher:...
View ArticleRe: hail
Wow, I remember this! T.P. Hill is the highest point at White Rock Lake. Some call it Tee & Pee. It was named for the Texas & Pacific Railway. (My husband's father worked for them his whole...
View ArticleRe: hail
I just googled T.P. Hill and there are lots of sites describing it. Apparently the old art deco boat house is still there. Flag Pole Hill is on a different side of the lake - as best i recall.
View ArticleRe: hail
Just fixing to say that they are indeed still there. Don't know when but they now have doors on the land side and boats in them so I guess are rented out. As I understand, this part of the lake is not...
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