Tejano History
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1776 Mission San Juan Capistrano
Painting by Theodore Gentilz depicting life at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Category: Community | Photographs
ca 1800 Trashing Oats
Painting of men trashing oats in bandera County, ca 1800
Category: Farming | Photographs
1850 John ‘Coffee’ Hays
was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer of the Republic of Texas. Hays served in several armed conflicts, including the Indian and the Mexican-American War.
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
1850 Col. Samuel P. Heintzelman
Col. Samuel Heintzelman was a United States Army General. He served in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, the Yuma War, the Cortina Troubles, and the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps.
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
1850 Col. Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Confederate general, legislator, and author, son of Peter and Mary (Wood) Johnston, was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on February 3, 1807.
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
1850 Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was a career United States Army officer, a Texas Army general, and a Confederate States general. He saw extensive combat during his military career, fighting actions in the Texas War of Independence, the Mexican-American War, the Utah War, as well as the American Civil War.
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
1850 Gen. James Longstreet
Gen. James Longstreet was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to Gen. Robert E. Lee, who called him his “Old War Horse.”
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
1850 Gen. Persifor Smith
Gen. Persifor Frazer Smith was a U.S. Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, as well as one of the last governors of California before it became a state.
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
1850 Big Foot Wallace
He was a famous Texas Ranger who took part in many of the military conflicts of the Republic of Texas and the United States in the 1840s, including the Mexican-American War.
Category: Military Photos | Photographs
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