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With great pleasure I opened the email notice to the most recent Texas History Newsletter from the Copano Bay Press.  Its editor, Mark Pusateri, has been so kind as to post a notice and link to this website.  His own website is <http://www.copanobaypress.com/>. ...

I compiled and posted a summary about Samual G. Hardaway in the Biographical Sketches tab.  It gives the basic facts about his life and includes a photograph of him.  Most importantly, I also posted in the Hardaway Addendum eight pieces of correspondence, plus two...

Randy Richau made contact through the site because of his interest in the Georgia Battalion.  Randy describes himself as a son of Texas, patriot, soldier, and veteran with a love and passion for history.  As a re-enactor, he knows Scott McMahon, director of Presidio...

Judith Austin Mills completed her second historical novel this summer and published it in October. This one, "Those Bones at Goliad: A Texas Revolution Novel" (Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2015), continues her historical narrative from "How Far Tomorrow: Remembering...

Judith Mills contacted Rick and me through a comment on the website. She is the author of "How Far Tomorrow: Remembering the Georgia Battalion in Texas" (Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2011). So began a wonderful email correspondence with someone who has done much...

My partner Jerry Ehernberger and I arrived in San Antonio on Sunday and set aside Monday for a car trip to Goliad and Refugio. Our first stop was the Presidio La Bahia outside of Goliad. Its Director, Scott McMahon, was not available to meet us, but the receptionist...

In anticipation of my trip to San Antonio, I needed to sort out the sites I might be able to visit. In the process of checking online, I also found out which public or private agency in Texas is responsible for each site. I called Mission La Bahia and had a most...

Well-known science fiction writer for young adults, Greg Urbach, contacted me through the website with a complement about the Timeline. He also writes historical fiction and may include events related to the Georgia Battalion in future work.

In anticipation of a trip to San Antonio for the week of Christmas, I emailed Scott McMahon, Director of the Presidio La Bahia in Goliad. I hoped to meet him during my visit but he was unavailable during the brief time I could be there.

I had cc'd Sarah Reveley with my response to Bob Brinkman. She replied with a sympathetic and encouraging message. After I replied to her, she composed a very good reference letter on my behalf and cc'd David Martin and David Vickers of the Crossroads of Texas Living...